Jane Eyre hasn’t felt this fresh since the 1840s
Lauren Warnecke EVANSTON, IL — The weather was cold with spitting rain and a swirling wind that no umbrella could fight. But as I crossed the parking lot on campus at Northwestern…
Lauren Warnecke
Shared bill between Esoteric Dance and Project Bound is an exercise in restraint
CHICAGO — At a cozy 119 seats, the Edgewater neighborhood’s new Edge Theater fills a much-needed gap in the dance community. It provides a critical step up between 50-seat DIY…
Rewriting the narrative to put women choreographers and dance leaders center stage
In a letter dated January 1, 2018, Peter Martins stepped down from his post as artistic director of the New York City Ballet (NYCB) and head of the School of…
Civic Orchestra’s centennial season kicks off with ‘Concert for Chicago,’ played side-by-side with CSO
CHICAGO — A summery breeze swirled through the Jay Priztker Pavilion Thursday evening, tempering an unseasonably warm day in Chicago and part of a picture-perfect evening in Millennium Park. Joining…
Thirteen Days in Durban
*Note: This piece appears in the JOMBA! Khuluma Digital, a magazine summarizing the 20th annual JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience. Five students at the University of Kwazulu-Natal participated in a Dance…
Blame it on the rain: Three dances impacted, though not inspired by a spring rain in Durban
*Note this review originally appeared on the JOMBA! Khuluma Blog, as part of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience Dance Writing Residency and is re-published with permission. DURBAN, KZN, SOUTH AFRICA…
‘Udodana’ lays bare personal and political identities of Musa Hlatshwayo
*Note this review originally appeared on the JOMBA! Khuluma Blog, as part of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience Dance Writing Residency and is re-published with permission. DURBAN, KZN, SOUTH AFRICA…
‘You Don’t Own Me’ more than just a soundtrack at JOMBA! On the Edge
*Note this review originally appeared on the JOMBA! Khuluma Blog, as part of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience Dance Writing Residency and is re-published with permission. DURBAN, KZN, SOUTH AFRICA…
Legends and Legacy: Anita Ratnam’s take on a Hindu goddess locates women here and now
*Note this review originally appeared on the JOMBA! Khuluma Blog, as part of the JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Experience Dance Writing Residency and is re-published with permission. DURBAN, KZN, SOUTH AFRICA…
Highs and lows of the human condition in MIDM JOMBA! opening
20th year of JOMBA! kicks off with a dance about human trafficking, and a journey to the moon and back