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A line of dancers, all of them Black, are caught at the moment of beginning a jump in the air. The men are shirtless and wear black trousers. The women wear beige slip dresses. The surface of the stage is covered in dirt.

Don’t wait for the knock on the door

by Irene Hsiao December 21, 2022December 21, 2022

The year 2022 was designated the “Year of Chicago Dance” by the city of Chicago, drawing a commitment from the mayor and several partner institutions to increase investment, collaboration, participation, and focus on dance in all its forms in Chicago. But if institutions are “humanly devised structures of rules and norms that shape and constrain […]