Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Dancers Tong and Hortin dish on HSDC’s Winter Series, Victor Quijada and not the Nutcracker

CHICAGO — An abundance of choreographic royalty appears onstage at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) this weekend and next as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago…

A New Lens for Dance: Pros and Cons of Live Streaming Performance

CHICAGO — Dance for the camera is nothing new, but with idevices, YouTube and the Internet literally everywhere, broadcasting dance to living room sofas is…

The Chicago Dancing Festival closes in grandiose style

Hours before the grand finale to the Chicago Dancing Festival in Millennium Park, a storm rolled through so big it nearly washed away the Pritzker…

Duets on the menu for Friday’s CDF

The Chicago Dancing Festival opened last night and I’m still buzzing from the excitement. Walking past a line of hopeful dance patrons in a standby line…

Kyle Abraham’s ‘Counterpoint’ set to premiere at Chicago Dancing Festival

It’s been a fruitful summer for dance in Chicago – and I’m not just talking about PRODUCE. Tonight, Dance for Life will see two world…

Highlights to look for in 2014-15 (and tickets on the cheap)

Season announcements for the big venues have been trickling into my inbox, and this is actually the time to think about loading your dance calendar….

Hubbard + Jiří Kylián = Love (not a review)

The San Francisco Chronicle once named Jiří Kylián “one of the greatest choreographers of our age.” Boy, those reporters sure are smart. You know that saying…

Dizzy Feet’s Nigel Lythgoe and Jenna Elfman pop in for a visit at Hubbard Street

After a SYTYCD audition stop in Chicago, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe stopped in for a visit to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s studios to observe a…