Christopher Wheeldon’s $4 million production grounds the fantasy in working-class life.
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Dance troupe Khecari’s latest work is part performance, part slumber party
Site-specific The Retreat takes us off the grid in troubled times.
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Links Hall cofounder Bob Eisen celebrates his 70th birthday with a performance and party tonight
“Past, Past, Present” includes three works reflective of the venue’s past, present, and future.
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The dance project Closer culminates in a big-ass dance party this weekend
Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad present the group portion of their work at Links Hall.
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#SayTheirNames: a dance performance draws connections between Sandra Bland and two black women activists
Vershawn Ward of Red Clay Dance performs #SayHerName at Links Hall as part of a solo program titled “The Body Wails, the Body Restores.”
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Nora Chipaumire’s Portrait of Myself as My Father is a search for someone she never knew
The Zimbabwe-born performance artist explores the black male body and African masculinity in connection to her own identity.
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When Dylan met Jeraldine: the Joffrey’s Romeo and Juliet are the real deal
The Joffrey’s Romeo and Juliet, which opens tonight, features real-life couple Jeraldine Mendoza and Dylan Gutierrez in the title roles.
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An Evening of Dance With MacArthur Fellows puts genius onstage
In honor of the 35th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellowships, a free performance featuring five fellows from the dance world.
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Five best bets for fall dance 2016
The Seldoms and the Joffrey Ballet are among this fall’s best bets for dance.
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The Chicago Dancing Festival is fully booked, but there are still free shows to see
Tickets for the free performances have been snapped up, but shows at Navy Pier and Pritzker Pavilion don’t require advance reservations.
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The archival ambitions of the Chicago Dance History Project
How a group of local dance advocates and scholars are amassing as much material as possible about the art form’s relationship to Chicago
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In ‘Walking With ‘Trane’ Urban Bush Women dig deep into A Love Supreme
In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Brooklyn dance troupe turns to John Coltrane’s groundbreaking 1964 record.
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Cosmic Body: a trance-inducing dance experience, sans the purple haze
Norwegian choreographer Ingri Fiksdal brings her trippy quartet Cosmic Body to the MCA this weekend.
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Amid Fest shows midlife dancers getting not only older but better
The Links Hall festival featuring dancers Deborah Hay, Bob Eisen, and Bebe Miller, among others, runs through January 31.
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Dancer-choreographer Ayako Kato tackles the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster
Japanese native Ayako Kato peforms Blue Fish II, an exploration of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster, as part of the contemporary series SpinOff.