Amy Day honors Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Andersonville Dinner Crawl, and more happenings August 7-10
Tag: Links Hall at Constellation
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When Closed Casket closes it’s closed for good
Theater Oobleck puts the lid on Baudelaire in a Box with a final installment and a marathon staging of the whole shebang.
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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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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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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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The city gets edgy with a free experimental performance series
The city of Chicago presents the free experimental performance series OnEdge.
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Vivian Maier gets another portrait—in dance form
Bird Lady gives us another portrait of Vivian Maier, this one in dance form.
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Lucky Plush’s The Queue finds us ready and waiting
Lucky Plush’s absurdist comedy The Queue has some fun while poised over the abyss.
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Best Dance Venue in New Digs
The 35-year-old dance hothouse is keeping its name, though.
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This week’s Culture Vultures recommend:
Chicagoans recommend a labor memoir, the Walking Dead comics, and Reggie Wilson’s work in progress
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Reader Recommends: On the move with “Iced Coffee”
Enid Smith and Lauren Warnecke run cold and hot
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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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Members of Dance COLEctive contribute a piece apiece to COLEctive Notions.
COLEctive Notions—Margi Cole’s mentoring project for Dance COLEctive members—has really taken off in its second year. Working under Cole’s tutelage but free to reject her suggestions, as they made clear at a rehearsal, six dancers have choreographed a new piece apiece. Each of the three I saw had its own distinctive movement and purpose. Yet […]
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The List: December 16-22, 2010
Critics’ Choices and other notable shoes: Magda, the Bad Plus, the Snow Angels, Michael McDermott, Juiceboxxx, Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang, and more