Art Intercepts turns 3! Well, sort of.
Lauren Warnecke It’s my bloggerversary! Even though I technically bought the domain in 2009, on September 15 three years ago I pushed “publish” on the very first blog post in this crazy…
defining success
Cristina Tadeo and Nicholas Davio’s “Bread & Butter”: A Complex Issue in Analog Form (preview)
Young choreographer and recent Columbia College grad Cristina Tadeo set out to make a duet this summer with no other objective than paying her dancers. Ironically, as the work started…
Shaping Sound at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance (Review)
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…
How I am Celebrating Eating Disorders Awareness Week
February is Eating Disorders Awareness Month, and there has been quite a bit floating around the blogosphere with respect to this poignant topic in the dance community. It’s just too…
A Chance to Dance. But, is it really your only chance?
In watching last week's episode of A Chance to Dance, I found a lot of myself in those young dancers. I remember what it felt like to think that this…
Sometimes, Lauren thinks
I work, and I write, and then I work some more, and then I write some more. And then, sometimes, I think. What I mean is, life is go, go,…
Zen and the Art of Tech Week
I knew this week wasn't going to be easy. First week of school, family members coming into town, and tech week. Tech week is exhausting even under the best of…
Eat, Pray, PRODUCE
First of all, I’d like to publicly announce that that movie should have ended after the “eat” part in Italy… although I’ve been told the book is much better. Secondly,…