Tag: Nejla Yatkin
From Chicago to Lima to Antananarivo: ‘Dancing Around the World’ with Nejla Yatkin
Author: Guest Contributors Published Date: April 28, 2018
CHICAGO — World Dance Day is not merely an annual event to Chicago-based choreographer Nejla Yatkin. After growing up in Berlin with familial roots in…
Northwestern’s ‘Danceworks’ presents 3 world premieres by 3 of Chicago’s strongest female choreographers
Author: Guest Contributors Published Date: March 5, 2018
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s dance department has presented Danceworks, its annual showcase of contemporary choreography, since the 1980s. A few years ago when Joel Valentín-Martinez…