Dance in the Parks: the other free Chicago dancing festival… (Preview)
Lauren Warnecke The idea is simple: good dance performed in Chicago park spaces, open to the public and totally free. The idea is simple, and brilliant. You might be thinking that the…
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Hubbard Street 2’s Terence Marling and the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop (Preview)
“You make the road as you go…” Terence Marling The Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop is the annual chance for Hubbard Street’s dancers to strut their stuff as choreographers. Among a slew…
Chicago Repertory Ballet Celebrates 100 years of ‘The Rite of Spring’ (Preview)
100 years ago The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) opened in Paris, and caused quite the hubbub. The age-old story of Pagan ritual sacrifice and the ushering in…
Preview: Midwest Nexus Kicks Off with Synapse’s ‘Swath’
I’ve known Rachel Damon for about 10 years, and I feel like I know her work pretty well. A Damon dance is grounded, dark, and shrouded in abstraction. She blurs…