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- Arts & Culture, Dance Apr 7, 2021
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Rika Lin's 'ingenuity of necessity' bridges centuries of tradition
Influences from kabuki and karate inform her boundary-crossing body of dance work.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Mar 23, 2021
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Still Inspired (?) bridges visual art and dance
Four choreographers use images by Chicago artist Sergio Gomez to create a series of dance films.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Feb 22, 2021
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The Joffrey unveils a new Boléro
Yoshihisa Arai choreographs a world premiere for Maurice Ravel's hugely popular composition.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Feb 17, 2021
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Chicago dance artists figure out their next steps
But keeping their balance during COVID has been the toughest challenge many have faced.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Feb 11, 2021
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Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell takes charge at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
She's the first company alum to head the 43-year-old ensemble.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Jan 25, 2021
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Chicago Dance History Project's Interview Marathon talks up a storm
Local and international luminaries provide a "microcosm" of CDHP's archival mission.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Jan 12, 2021
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Examining the white spaces in Chicago dance
A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Dec 18, 2020
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Dance in 2020 explored boundaries away from the stage
In a year of loss, artists found momentum and took care.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Dec 8, 2020
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Ruth Page Center reimagines The Nutcracker for an online audience
A new recorded site-specific production meets the challenges of this COVID year.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Dec 1, 2020
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Hubbard Street creates under a changing artistic sky
The company's new dance film project captures the "sea change" of precarious times.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Nov 10, 2020
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Visceral Dance Chicago moves ahead with plans for a new space
Community, inclusion, and diversity form the connective tissue for Nick Pupillo's vision.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Oct 14, 2020
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Deeply Rooted turns 25
The company celebrates "possibilities for renewal" in an anniversary concert.
- Arts & Culture, Feature Oct 2, 2020
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Our favorite things for fall arts, part one
An overview of theater, dance, music, pop-up performances, and other artists and activists that you should know about—this season and year-round
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 30, 2020
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Del Marie: locked down, but not out
The rapper-dancer-performance poet rolls with the pandemic punches.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Sep 30, 2020
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CounterBalance brings accessibility to dance
Going online opens more opportunities in this year's festival.
- Arts & Culture, Ghost Light Sep 25, 2020
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Finding her spine
Chicago-based dancer Paige Fraser advocates for those with scoliosis; plus Fly Honey brings the dance party online.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Sep 22, 2020
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Moving through KAOS
Rigoberto Saura's new piece for Hedwig Dances documents our current disorientation.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Sep 9, 2020
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96 Hours is popping in lockdown at Links
A livestreamed multidisciplinary festival crosses a wishlist with a treasure hunt.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Aug 25, 2020
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In the wake of controversy, Chicago Human Rhythm Project adds new leadership
Emmanuel Neal joins CHRP as interim managing director, but the founder's comments on Black Lives Matter spark outrage.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Aug 12, 2020
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Torchy Brown lights way for Litany
Jenn Freeman (aka Po'Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Jul 28, 2020
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Pop-up performances and protests break the pandemic chains
In an industry decimated by distancing, dancers discover steps forward.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Jul 2, 2020
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Moving to the music at home with SummerDance
Social distancing can't stop the beat for this beloved Chicago festival.
- Arts & Culture, Dance Jun 24, 2020
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Amplifying Sally Banes
A remembrance and projection
- Arts & Culture, Dance Jun 23, 2020
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A dance-world wallflower finds digital sustenance with Fly Honey
Practicing self-love and community in an age of pandemic and protest
- Arts & Culture, Dance May 18, 2020
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Hubbard Street evolves with a 'new paradigm'
Space, perspective, and introversion feature thematically in new online dance pieces.