A tidy dance concert by Cattywampus Dance does not live up to its name
CHICAGO — It’s been a while since I’ve seen a dance concert. Truthfully, I can’t remember the last time I saw a single company perform eight different pieces in an…
Guest Contributors RE|dance group’s bookish Victorian beauties transform Hamlin Park in ‘Mysterious Disappearance’
CHICAGO — Walking in for RE|dance group’s The Mysterious Disappearance of the Second Younger Sister, Thursday and Friday, the dark, deep Hamlin Park Theater was adorned with a writer’s desk…
Lauren Warnecke Same Planet Performance Project’s curious ‘Lie Through My Skin’ boasts excellent dancing in an excellent space
CHICAGO — Dancers, choreographers, and performance makers: Did you know that Joanna Read’s studio, Dovetail Studios (on the north side), transforms into a large, crisp, black box performance space complete…
Book Review: Clare Croft’s ‘Queer Dance’ is a deep dive of queer theory in the dance world
How do I even go about condensing Clare Croft’s “Queer Dance” into a review that you can read on your half hour lunch? This collection of artistic and (mostly) scholarly…
Film festival highlights multi-media dance artists committed to social justice issues
CHICAGO — Five days, 10 events, 24 guest artists. Chicago’s In/Motion International Dance Film Festival brings a distinct group of artists together March 21-25 for dance on film, and social…
Madison Ballet to close season with “Rise,” artistic director W. Earle Smith’s final program with the company
MADISON, WI — Madison Ballet’s Rise will mark the end of the company’s season and the end of an era as artistic director W. Earle Smith concludes his 19-year career…
Second half of RAD Fest imbued with questions of power, perspective, permission
Author’s note: To read additional coverage of the 2018 Midwest RAD Fest, click here. KALAMAZOO, MI — Each of RAD Fest’s four juried live performances asked audience members to travel…
First RAD Fest late night is ‘like a prayer’
Author’s note: To read additional coverage of the 2018 Midwest RAD Fest, click here. KALAMAZOO, MI — Gina Kohler walks onstage, naked, and sits on top of a mirror, that’s…
RAD Fest kick-off is wide-ranging, thought-provoking
KALAMAZOO, MI — Originally from New York, Cori Terry danced with Erick Hawkins in the ’70s and was invited to Western Michigan University (WMU) in Kalamazoo, MI as an artist-in-residence…
Northwestern’s ‘Danceworks’ presents 3 world premieres by 3 of Chicago’s strongest female choreographers
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University’s dance department has presented Danceworks, its annual showcase of contemporary choreography, since the 1980s. A few years ago when Joel Valentín-Martinez took over artistic directorship…