… and then there was that time I ate lunch with Lin Hwai-min.
Lauren Warnecke When I think of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, the first image that comes to mind is golden colored rice pouring out of the sky and some guy raking…
July 2013
National Dance Day 2013, and a peek into the archives at my best bits
In homage to National Dance Day, I’ve been sifting through some of the archives here and elsewhere to get an idea of everything that’s happening dance-wise. As a person who…
RE|Dance Group, The Cultural Center, and What Dancing Looks Like Beneath the Surface of the Earth (Preview)
I was a little bummed to spend part of a steamy Saturday at the Cultural Center rather than on the beach, but my visit to RE|Dance Group’s rehearsal was well…
Dance in the Parks: the other free Chicago dancing festival… (Preview)
The idea is simple: good dance performed in Chicago park spaces, open to the public and totally free. The idea is simple, and brilliant. You might be thinking that the…
Post:Ballet presents “Four Plays” at the Yerba Buena Center (Preview)
For their upcoming program this weekend in San Francisco, Artistic Director of Post:Ballet Robert Dekkers enlisted live musicians, visual artists, and award-winning architect Robert Gilson to create Four Plays. The…
Chicago Dancing Festival Tickets Released July 16, 17 and 18
The Chicago Dancing Festival is a REALLY good idea. Concerts are free, the venues are top notch, and so is the dancing. If you can get tickets. Each venue begins…
Hubbard Street 2’s Terence Marling and the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop (Preview)
“You make the road as you go…” Terence Marling The Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop is the annual chance for Hubbard Street’s dancers to strut their stuff as choreographers. Among a slew…