Tag: performance previews
Ginger Krebs’ Soft Parade works hard, plays hard
The day after Giordano Dance Chicago closed its spring season, I went to a studio showing of Ginger Krebs’ Soft Parade, premiering this weekend in…
Cloud Gate approaches….
In what may be the most comprehensive marketing campaign I’ve ever seen, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s visit to Chicago next week might be…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago
Twenty-five years after his death, the legacy and impact of Alvin Ailey on American contemporary dance cannot be disputed. His dances are ones that never…
Joffrey tests its boundaries in ‘Contemporary Choreographers’ (preview)
“Choreography is where dance makes sense to me,” says Chicago-based choreographer Brock Clawson. Amidst the polar vortex, Clawson joined the Joffrey Ballet for a few…
Eat to the Beat is back, with a twist…
In an effort to attract new audience members, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance has been working to develop programs that draw from the thousands…
Tap star Savion Glover in a one-nighter at the Harris Theater (Preview)
As the premiere tapper of his generation, Tony-award winner Savion Glover brings his latest project STePz to Chicago in a one-night engagement at the Harris Theater for…
Redmoon’s Massive Winter Pageant in its Massive New Space (preview)
Pilsen is strange. Turn down one block and it’s a hip, happening, vibrant neighborhood. Turn down another block and it’s deserted factory warehouses. Sort of….
DMTs Show Artistry and Collaboration in the Third Annual MOVED Concert (preview)
MOVED is a student run organization in the Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling (DMT & C) program at Columbia College Chicago. With a mission of advocacy for…
Opposites Attract in Paige Caldarella’s ‘Off Center’
CHICAGO — Can different genres of dance co-exist in a performance space? The question isn’t new, but each attempt at an answer produces widely different…
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater and Natya Back-to-Back at the Harris (preview)
On my visit to the studios of Ballet Chicago yesterday, looking out from the 19th floor over the ballet barres at our beautiful skyline, I…