RE|dance group’s bookish Victorian beauties transform Hamlin Park in ‘Mysterious Disappearance’

CHICAGO — Walking in for RE|dance group’s The Mysterious Disappearance of the Second Younger Sister, Thursday and Friday, the dark, deep Hamlin Park Theater was adorned with a writer’s desk sporting an antique typewriter in the foreground and an antique dress form sporting a tailored women’s jacket in the background. The old ornate windows that, with the theater’s beautiful wood…

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RE|Dance celebrates five years with ‘The Long and Forgotten Winter’

If you’re friends with Lucy Riner on Facebook, then you’ve heard about this show. With Riner and co-Artistic Director Michael Estanich at the helm, RE|Dance is taking an “all-in” approach in preparing for its five-year anniversary next weekend at the Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts.  With the help of a MetLife New Stages for Dance grant, The Long and Forgotten…

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RE|Dance Group, The Cultural Center, and What Dancing Looks Like Beneath the Surface of the Earth (Preview)

I was a little bummed to spend part of a steamy Saturday at the Cultural Center rather than on the beach, but my visit to RE|Dance Group’s rehearsal was well worth the time away from my tanning regime. My late morning arrival was greeted by dancers rehearsing awhile and then a full run-through of their upcoming 1/4″ Below the Surface…

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