A work about wheelchair-bound astrophysicist Stephen Hawking soars.
Author Archives: Matt de la Peña
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Thodos Dance Chicago bows out after a final New Dances this weekend
The 25-year-old company and choreography incubator presents one last summer showcase.
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Esoteric Dance Project’s Perspective keeps things simple, funny, and relatable
Brenna Pierson-Tucker and Christopher Tucker’s company brings three world premieres to Links Hall.
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Tango 21 brings the real tango, without the rose between the teeth
The company and its offshoot Tango 21 Dance Theater preserve the Argentine form.
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Hubbard Street Dance gets lucky with its latest Danc(e)volve: New Works Festival
Lucky Plush founder Julia Rhoads, one of four female choreographers featured, adds some humor to the program.
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Live from La Havana Madrid
Teatro Vista’s immersive show re-creates a Latino nightclub in its 60s heyday.
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Dancer Ayako Kato moves from protest to perseverance in the face of environmental disaster
The solo dance Blue Fish was originally inspired by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster.
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Liz Gerring’s dance performance Horizon is an experiment in pure movement
The Liz Gerring Dance Company makes its Chicago debut with an abstract, minimalist hour-long piece.
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The multidisciplinary Tesseract explores queer identity through the lens of science fiction
Dance and video—both 3-D and real-time—combine in this MCA show featuring veterans of Merce Cunningham Dance.
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Boy wonder Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit makes the Joffrey’s “Game Changers” soar
The program also includes exquisite works by Christopher Wheeldon (Fool’s Paradise) and Wayne McGregor (Infra).
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Boy wonder Justin Peck makes the Joffrey’s ‘Game Changers’ soar
Set to Sufjan Stevens, the dancer-choreographer’s Year of the Rabbit lives up to the program’s title.
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The MCA’s Merce Cunningham retrospective spotlights the art of collaboration
“Merce Cunninghman: Common Time” considers one of the 20th century’s most significant choreographers.
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Kyle Abraham and Abraham.in.Motion tackle civil rights in the time of Freddie Gray and Laquan McDonald
“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.
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The Cambrians bring the mashup to the dance world
In Empress Archer, the troupe combine various pieces into one work.
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The Joffrey’s new Nutcracker spellbinds amid the snow
Christopher Wheeldon’s update of the classic puts class consciousness at the forefront, to illuminating effect.