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…
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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…
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…
Jazz Hands + Tamales = Winning
The Harris Theater for Music and Dance may be trying to reinvent itself in its Eat to the Beat, a series of casual, lunchtime performances featuring some of our best…
Diablo Gives Ballet a Reboot
Ever since the Dance/USA conference I’ve seen Diablo Ballet all over the internet. This relatively small-scale ballet company out of Walnut Creek, CA would likely be completely unfamiliar to me…
Lizzie Leopold on how dancers are people. and so are audience members.
Ok, so, you might notice some changes around here… I'm in the middle of a massive re-build of the website! Unfortunately, that means that we're is in a continual state…
PRODUCE: Reality TV and Lauren’s Goals for the Series…
Produce. Or is it Produce? Either way, it's happening tomorrow night, and for the following three Fridays in July. You've been hearing a lot from me about Produce. About what…