What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Saturday, October 26
Tag: Dance Center of Columbia College
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Stephen Petronio Company finds a little light in Underland
Stephen Petronio Company performs Underland at Dance Center of Columbia College.
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Zoe | Juniper’s A Crack in Everything visits the point of no return
Seattle-based choreographer/visual designer duo visits the point of no return in A Crack in Everything.
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Dance Improv Festival: working—and watching—without a net
Improvisation is the lifeblood of dance. It’s not seen all that often onstage, though, partly because it’s a tough sell. “There’s no safety net for the audience or the performer,” says Dance Improvisation Festival curator Lisa Gonzales. In the works for three years, this weeklong festival naturally includes plenty of workshops and jams. But audiences […]
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The Disembodied Body
Four collectives reveal a virtual universe of form and movement.
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Akira Kasai Dance Unit
The cliches of butoh are well-known: nude bodies painted white; twisting, often agonizingly slow movement; undercurrents of violence and despair. The 1959 piece acknowledged to have begun the movement–Tatsumi Hijikata’s Kinjiki, inspired by Yukio Mishima’s novel Forbidden Colors–included among other bizarre events the slaughter of a chicken. Hijikata, Kazuo Ohno, and Akira Kasai formed the […]
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Whose Dance Is It, Anyway?/Chicago Filmletter Changes Hands/Illinois’ Banner Year in Film
Who owns the dances Randy Duncan choreographed while he was artistic director of the Joseph Holmes company? There seems to be a difference of opinion.