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Home » Dance Center of Columbia College

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Two dancers in red (on lying on the floor on the left, the other crouched right, play with yellow ropes entangled around them.
Posted inAgenda

Medieval healthcare, Black Hollywood, and Elevate Chicago Dance

by Kerry Reid and Salem Collo-Julin October 13, 2022October 13, 2022

Those of us of a certain age fondly remember Steve Martin’s appearance on Saturday Night Live as Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber. But women were also all up in the bloodletting and potion-making. Tonight at 6 PM the International Museum of Surgical Science (1524 N. DuSable Lake Shore Dr.) offers a presentation by historian Jennifer […]

Posted inCity Life

Poetry, radical love, and snacks

by Salem Collo-Julin, Kerry Reid and Micco Caporale March 11, 2022March 11, 2022

Another slate of both online and in-person events for this weekend and beyond. For anything that makes you leave your house, please be smart and check both the weather report (hello late winter and early spring Chicago with your fickle ways!) and the venue’s safety restrictions (to mask or not to mask, tis one of […]

Posted inArts & Culture

Dance in 2020 explored boundaries away from the stage

by Irene Hsiao December 18, 2020August 18, 2021

In a year of loss, artists found momentum and took care.

Posted inCity Life

Pop out for some pop-ups

by Salem Collo-Julin October 16, 2020August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and recommendations from our listings coordinator

Posted inMusic

Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer

by Philip Montoro October 15, 2020August 18, 2021

“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”

Posted inArts & Culture

Our favorite things for fall arts, part one

by Kerry Reid, Irene Hsiao, Salem Collo-Julin, Reginald Edmund and Leah Munsey October 2, 2020August 18, 2021

An overview of theater, dance, music, pop-up performances, and other artists and activists that you should know about—this season and year-round

Posted inArts & Culture

Bridging the spiritual and political divide in I Hunger for You

by Irene Hsiao January 28, 2020August 18, 2021

Kimberly Bartosik/daela make their Chicago debut.

Posted inArts & Culture

Charlie Vernon, a ‘droll dance warrior,’ dies at 66

by Laura Molzahn January 7, 2020August 18, 2021

Remembering the dancer, choreographer, cofounder of Links Hall, and former Reader critic

Posted inBlogs

Reggie Wilson/Fist + Heel draw on the ‘primitive’ to transcend the digital divide

by Oliver Sava October 11, 2017August 18, 2021

Citizen explores the poetry in nonverbal, nonliterate communication.

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

Nora Chipaumire’s Portrait of Myself as My Father is a search for someone she never knew

by Matt de la Peña October 19, 2016August 18, 2021

The Zimbabwe-born performance artist explores the black male body and African masculinity in connection to her own identity.

Posted inBlogs

In ‘Walking With ‘Trane’ Urban Bush Women dig deep into A Love Supreme

by Matt de la Peña February 18, 2016August 18, 2021

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Brooklyn dance troupe turns to John Coltrane’s groundbreaking 1964 record.

Posted inBlogs

Dance provocateur Camille A. Brown explores stereotypes and identity in Black Girl: Linguistic Play

by Britt Julious November 6, 2015August 18, 2021

Camille A. Brown & Dancers explore stereotypes and the self-identities of women of color in Black Girl: Linguistic Play.

Posted inBlogs

Reader’s Agenda Thu 9/18: Expo Chicago, Witch Mountain, and BalletX

by Drew Hunt September 18, 2014August 18, 2021

What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Thursday, September 18

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Posted inArts & Culture

Compagnie Käfig takes hip-hop from the streets of Rio to Columbia College

by Jena Cutie February 19, 2014August 18, 2021

Inspired by water bottles, capoeira, and Looney Tunes, Compagnie Käfig takes hip-hop from the streets of Rio to Columbia College.

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