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Home » Archives for Matt de la Peña

Author Archives: Matt de la Peña

Posted inBlogs

Aura Curiatlas Physical Theatre’s A Life With No Limits ranges from human caregivers to fundamental particles

by Matt de la Peña July 26, 2017August 18, 2021

A work about wheelchair-bound astrophysicist Stephen Hawking soars.

Posted inBlogs

Thodos Dance Chicago bows out after a final New Dances this weekend

by Matt de la Peña July 13, 2017August 18, 2021

The 25-year-old company and choreography incubator presents one last summer showcase.

Posted inBlogs

Esoteric Dance Project’s Perspective keeps things simple, funny, and relatable

by Matt de la Peña June 15, 2017August 18, 2021

Brenna Pierson-Tucker and Christopher Tucker’s company brings three world premieres to Links Hall.

Posted inArts & Culture

Tango 21 brings the real tango, without the rose between the teeth

by Matt de la Peña May 31, 2017August 18, 2021

The company and its offshoot Tango 21 Dance Theater preserve the Argentine form.

Posted inBlogs

Hubbard Street Dance gets lucky with its latest Danc(e)volve: New Works Festival

by Matt de la Peña May 3, 2017August 18, 2021

Lucky Plush founder Julia Rhoads, one of four female choreographers featured, adds some humor to the program.

Posted inArts & Culture

Live from La Havana Madrid

by Matt de la Peña April 26, 2017August 18, 2021

Teatro Vista’s immersive show re-creates a Latino nightclub in its 60s heyday.

Posted inBlogs

Dancer Ayako Kato moves from protest to perseverance in the face of environmental disaster

by Matt de la Peña April 19, 2017August 18, 2021

The solo dance Blue Fish was originally inspired by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster.

Posted inBlogs

Liz Gerring’s dance performance Horizon is an experiment in pure movement

by Matt de la Peña April 5, 2017August 18, 2021

The Liz Gerring Dance Company makes its Chicago debut with an abstract, minimalist hour-long piece.

Posted inBlogs

The multidisciplinary Tesseract explores queer identity through the lens of science fiction

by Matt de la Peña March 23, 2017August 18, 2021

Dance and video—both 3-D and real-time—combine in this MCA show featuring veterans of Merce Cunningham Dance.

Posted inBlogs

Boy wonder Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit makes the Joffrey’s “Game Changers” soar

by Matt de la Peña February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

The program also includes exquisite works by Christopher Wheeldon (Fool’s Paradise) and Wayne McGregor (Infra).

Posted inArts & Culture

Boy wonder Justin Peck makes the Joffrey’s ‘Game Changers’ soar

by Matt de la Peña February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

Set to Sufjan Stevens, the dancer-choreographer’s Year of the Rabbit lives up to the program’s title.

Posted inArts & Culture

The MCA’s Merce Cunningham retrospective spotlights the art of collaboration

by Matt de la Peña February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

“Merce Cunninghman: Common Time” considers one of the 20th century’s most significant choreographers.

Posted inBlogs

Kyle Abraham and Abraham.in.Motion tackle civil rights in the time of Freddie Gray and Laquan McDonald

by Matt de la Peña February 22, 2017August 18, 2021

“When the Wolves Came In,” a trio of dances inspired by the classic protest album We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, comes to the MCA this weekend.

Posted inBlogs

The Cambrians bring the mashup to the dance world

by Matt de la Peña February 15, 2017August 18, 2021

In Empress Archer, the troupe combine various pieces into one work.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Joffrey’s new Nutcracker spellbinds amid the snow

by Matt de la Peña December 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Christopher Wheeldon’s update of the classic puts class consciousness at the forefront, to illuminating effect.

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