Tag: reviews
Review: ‘As the Crow Flies’ looks to the Midwest for inspired improv
CHICAGO — What makes dance “midwestern”? I don’t know, really, other than the unapologetic determination of midwesterners to do it. Call me biased, but there’s…
Review: Lather.Rinse.Repeat | Fall.Climb.Release.
CHICAGO — The vibe was phenomenally good at Links Hall last weekend for Catalyst Movmnt’s first production, Lather.Rinse.Repeat | Fall. Climb. Release. The curatorial project…
Review: ‘The Making’ exerts power over Pulaski Park
CHICAGO — Last Saturday marked the final performance of The Seldoms’ world premiere of The Making, an evening-length work for the company’s seven ensemble members,…
Carefully crafted, contained Salty Lark splits a bill with Philly’s Naked Stark
CHICAGO —This past weekend Madeleine Reber and her company Salty Lark Dance shared a split bill called 664 Miles with Philadelphia-based choreographer Katherine Kiefer Stark’s…
Review: Anna Martine Whitehead’s S P R E A D at Links Hall
CHICAGO — Few dancers in Chicago have broken out as distinctly as Anna Martine Whitehead did in her LinkUP residency-ending performance at Links Hall March…
Music and musings are just ‘Some of a Thousand Words’
CHICAGO — A one-nighter last Saturday marked the second of NYC-based Brian Brooks’ Chicago engagements during his tenure as the inaugural choreographer in residence at the…
The Cambrians return with ‘Empress Archer’
CHICAGO — Beginning in 2013, Benjamin Wardell dreamed up a process called “The Nexus Project.” He recruited dancers Michel Rodriguez Cintra and worked with a gaggle…
Aerial Dance Chicago gets Spooky
CHICAGO – Aerial Dance Chicago (ADC)’s loft space off the Irving Park blue line provided an intimate and appropriate setting for Ghost Stories, the company’s…
Nora Sharp and Haydee Souffrant: seeking syncronicity
CHICAGO — Links Hall’s white space was packed to the gills Sept. 18 for the last of three performances of “Belonging,” as is usually the…
JUBA! Surprises and Delights (review)
CHICAGO — Last weekend’s JUBA! puts a cap on the 26th annual Rhythm World: Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP)’s month-long tap festival including classes, workshops…
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