Shaping Sound at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance (Review)
Lauren Warnecke To borrow a question from Kyle MacMillan in yesterday’s Sun Times: Can the mass appeal of television dance shows transfer to the stage? Sure it can. Shaping Sound showed up…
Lauren Warnecke
Chicago Shows Up at Spring to Dance
Last night at the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center did not suck. Though not solely responsible for the brilliant performances last night, Chicago certainly showed up and demonstrated its…
A Conversation with Michael Uthoff
ST. LOUIS, MO — When Michael Uthoff first arrived in St. Louis, MO, he was asked what he thought of the local dance scene. “I think it’s shit,” he said.…
Watching Brief: Cookies, Clouds, and Crowd Psychology (Review)
Having recently moved in from the Cleveland area, MegLouise Dance closed their newest performance Watching Brief last Sunday at Links Hall. Little did I know when I showed up at…
NEXT is Next for Mo. & Co.
Emerging choreographer showcases have been trending for awhile now, and Mordine & Company Dance Theater‘s long running Choreographic Mentoring Program is quickly approaching as a part of NEXT, 2013 at…
Joffrey’s Othello: A ballet that ends just as it’s starting to get interesting
So I went to the ballet with a boxer… It sounds like the set-up for a bad joke, but it’s true. My colleague Dr. John Coumbe-Lilley is a former boxer,…
Secret Experiments in Ballet
Emily Stein is not an emerging artist. With more than two decades invested in the Chicago Dance Community, Emily Stein is perhaps best known for her dual roles as Associate…
Lizzie MacKenzie Pontarelli voted Chicago’s Top Dance Teacher!
Happy National Dance Week! I have a big week planned on the blog in celebration of National Dance Week and the close of Chicago Dance Month. A few weeks ago…
Rockford Dance Company: Thoughtful, Talented Dancers Who Are Really Far Away
Once a thriving small city in the middle of all that corn, Rockford, IL has been hit hard with an economic downturn that has been infamously compared to Detroit and…
Nominate Chicago’s Best Dance Teachers
With all the great performances going on during Chicago Dance Month, it’s hard not to notice the wealth of good dance and dancers available in our city. But where did…