Visceral Dance Company is Born (review)
Lauren Warnecke Thursday night saw the debut performance of Visceral Dance Chicago at the surprisingly half full Harris Theater for Music and Dance. In an short performance of three world premieres and…
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CHRP to Present Argentina’s Che Malambo in the 9th Annual Global Rhythms (preview)
If it’s dance and makes noise, it’s fair game to the Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP). Rising from the traditional Argentinian Gauchos, Malambo is a compelling dance form that is…
Chicago Sinfonietta’s ’13-14 Season Opener (review)
Can classical music and hip hop dance truly be friends? I don’t know… …but the Chicago Sinfonietta had the guts to try it in its opening performance for the 2013-14…
Post:Ballet presents “Four Plays” at the Yerba Buena Center (Preview)
For their upcoming program this weekend in San Francisco, Artistic Director of Post:Ballet Robert Dekkers enlisted live musicians, visual artists, and award-winning architect Robert Gilson to create Four Plays. The…
April is Chicago Dance Month!
In spite of an exciting month ahead, things might be a little quieter around here. I’m very excited to announce that I’ll be contributing to SeeChicagoDance.com to help cover the…
Springing to a New Realm in Dance Writing
I admire dance critics, but I certainly don’t envy them. Weekends spent in a dark theater hunched over a notepad; people you barely know pretending to be your best friend;…
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…