HSDC to Honor Baryshnikov in 2014 (!)
On the heels of its successful season opener at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago dropped a big and very exciting bomb on us yesterday. Next May, HSDC’s annual...
View ArticleCloud 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 the most highly anticipated event of the season. Three...
View ArticleChicago Dancing Festival founders receive Public Humanities Award
Every once in awhile, we are reminded that dance is about more than just dance. Each year since 1984, the Illinois Humanities Council has awarded the Public Humanities Award to acknowledge outstanding...
View ArticleThat’s (not just) Entertainment: Dance as a tool for cultural dialogue and...
In 2013, Chicago-based Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) became the first American dance company to appear in the 15th annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience in Durban, South Africa. JOMBA!’s...
View ArticleDuets on the menu for Friday’s CDF
The Chicago Dancing Festival opened last night and I’m still buzzing from the excitement. Walking past a line of hopeful dance patrons in a standby line akin to what one might see at a Sting concert, I...
View ArticleUPDATE: More Change in Store at the Dance Center
A few months after an inconspicuous note tucked in the season announcement that Bonnie Brooks would be curating its presenting series, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago released a statement...
View ArticleDancer/Choreographer Paul Christiano dies at age 39
“A few years ago, Paulie was directing a production conceived and choreographed entirely by him from the ground up. Early on in the creation process Paul let me know there was an extra piece he wanted...
View ArticleFrank Chaves’ Swan Song
Even on the heels of a highly successful 25th anniversary season, the announcement of Frank Chaves’ retirement as Artistic Director of River North Dance Chicago (RNDC) was not wholly unexpected. Over...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Harris Theater Announces Choreographer-in-Residence...
Note: The following is an anonymous response to a recent announcement by Chicago’s Harris Theater for Music and Dance granting $600,000 over the course of three years to choreographer Brian Brooks as...
View ArticleChanges afoot at the Auditorium Theatre
CHICAGO – Tania Castroverde Moskalenko officially took the helm as the new CEO of the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University at a press luncheon onstage Oct. 27. Key stakeholders from the...
View ArticleChicago Dancing Festival Tickets Released July 16, 17 and 18
The Chicago Dancing Festival is a REALLY good idea. Concerts are free, the venues are top notch, and so is the dancing. If you can get tickets. Each venue begins releasing its stash next week for the...
View Article… and then there was that time I ate lunch with Lin Hwai-min.
When I think of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, the first image that comes to mind is golden colored rice pouring out of the sky and some guy raking the rice into concentric circles in a mega-sized...
View ArticleMadison Ballet to close season with “Rise,” artistic director W. Earle...
MADISON, WI — Madison Ballet’s Rise will mark the end of the company’s season and the end of an era as artistic director W. Earle Smith concludes his 19-year career with the organization. The...
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