OnEdge plays in the periphery
Lauren Warnecke CHICAGO — Working as an arts presenter is a hard job, and though I don’t know for certain, I would imagine that working for the City of Chicago is also…
Performance Art
‘Yellow Towel’ breaks all the rules — or maybe writes new ones
CHICAGO — As the audience piled into Chicago’s Storefront Theater for Dana Michel’s one-night engagement, the ordinarily dark space was dressed in sterile white drops and white marley. But nothing…
Adam Rose’s ‘Against Being’ is a Dance About Nothing
“Well, we haven’t talked about philosophy,” said Adam Rose, when asked, “Is there anything else?” toward the end of our interview about his latest work, Against Being. Rose premieres Against…
Review: Loosen Up, LinkUP (or maybe don’t)…
CHICAGO — Walking into Studio A at Links Hall on Saturday night, the room seemed not quite ready. An orange A-frame ladder remained out near the upstage wall, extension cords…
Ginger Krebs’ Soft Parade works hard, plays hard
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…
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…