Urban Bush Women Celebrate Coltrane, Embody Jazz (review)
Lauren Warnecke CHICAGO — Jazz music and contemporary dance: misunderstood genres which often operate ahead of their time. It isn’t until years, or even decades later that audiences accept and begin to…
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Dance Merges with Mingus in Millennium Park (review)
The inevitable end of summer has given us some perfect evenings for a picnic and a show in downtown Chicago. Indeed, the lawn at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park was…
UPDATE: More Change in Store at the Dance Center
A few months after an inconspicuous note tucked in the season announcement that Bonnie Brooks would be curating its presenting series, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago released a…
Big Changes at the Dance Center for 2015-16
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago announced its 42nd presenting season last Tuesday, and at first glance nothing looks especially different. Many of the usual suspects are present as…
Crash captures ‘all the feels’ for its DC debut
Chicago Dance Crash (CDC) kicked off its 13th season with an ambitious rep program for the group’s debut performance at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago (DC) this weekend.…
BalletX opens the Dance Center’s 41st Season (review)
For the first time maybe ever, ballet fans were torn this weekend in deciding between the Joffrey’s season opener Stories in Motion and The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.…
Cloud Gate approaches….
In what may be the most comprehensive marketing campaign I’ve ever seen, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s visit to Chicago next week might be the most highly anticipated event…
SPDW, Peter Carpenter, and Dances that Make you Go Hmm (preview)
It doesn’t appear to be a logical combination at first. One might even call them “The Odd Couple” of the October Chicago dance frenzy. But actually, it’s a match made…
Another Op’nin Another Show: Susan Marshall’s “Play/Pause” at the Dance Center (review)
The Dance Center of Columbia College’s 40th season opened last night with the world premiere of Susan Marshall’s Play/Pause. It was kind of a big deal, for a few reasons:…
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…