Ginger Krebs’ Soft Parade works hard, plays hard
Lauren Warnecke The day after Giordano Dance Chicago closed its spring season, I went to a studio showing of Ginger Krebs’ Soft Parade, premiering this weekend in the Katten/Landau Studio Theater on…
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Giordano Dance Chicago ignites the Harris Theater (Review)
Ok, maybe it’s too soon for a pun about fire at the Harris, but in the last moments of the electrifying Sabroso I swear I saw smoke coming from the…
After two years, ATOM-r’s THE OPERATURE culminates
The Operature is a dance show scattered amongst the masses of other spring dance shows. Ok, not really. Running two weekends in March, the 90 minute installation from Mark Jeffery…
Diane Rawlinson to receive the 2014 Ruth Page Award
order tramadol on-line xanax express delivery Since 1986, the Ruth Page Foundation has awarded passionate and influential members of the dance community with the Ruth Page Award. In 2004, Keith…
Choreographers team together for “Fostering Dreams through Dance”
Producer Jesse Welch and professional dancer Melanie Buttarazzi teamed together recently with a vision to enrich the lives of foster youth through dance. Welch and Buttarazzi recruited choreographers Sean Cheeseman,…
Hubbard + Jiří Kylián = Love (not a review)
The San Francisco Chronicle once named Jiří Kylián “one of the greatest choreographers of our age.” Boy, those reporters sure are smart. You know that saying that anything you could…
Cloud Gate approaches….
In what may be the most comprehensive marketing campaign I’ve ever seen, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s visit to Chicago next week might be the most highly anticipated event…
Dropshift dance aims to immerse and interact, and wins
Upon first glance, one might consider Andrea Cerniglia’s four woman troupe dropshift dance (intentionally uncapitalized) to be a spin off of Zephyr Dance. Cerniglia is a long time dancer/collaborator with…
Dizzy Feet’s Nigel Lythgoe and Jenna Elfman pop in for a visit at Hubbard Street
After a SYTYCD audition stop in Chicago, Executive Producer Nigel Lythgoe stopped in for a visit to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s studios to observe a rehearsal of the company’s upcoming…
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Chicago
Twenty-five years after his death, the legacy and impact of Alvin Ailey on American contemporary dance cannot be disputed. His dances are ones that never get old; watching Revelations and…