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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 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.
- Music, Gossip Wolf Dec 15, 2020
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Hamid Drake and Michael Zerang livestream their traditional solstice duo
Plus: Che Arthur of Pink Avalanche drops two instrumental solo EPs, and reunited posthardcore band Cinco de Gatos finally release an album they recorded in 1995.
- 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.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2018
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CSO's Chinese New Year concert and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend
A Galentine's Day brunch and more goings-on February 16-18
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 8, 2018
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Ayako Kato creates a radical dance experiment in silence and stillness
"When you have silence and stillness," she says, "you start to sense how movement is precious."
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 13, 2017
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Ayako Kato's three-month movement workshop Art of Now III culminates with an experimental performance concert
Facilitator Ayako Kato says she started her workshop to "offer an opportunity to overcome loneliness."
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2017
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Dancer Ayako Kato moves from protest to perseverance in the face of environmental disaster
The solo dance Blue Fish was originally inspired by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2015
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Dancer-choreographer Ayako Kato tackles the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster
Japanese native Ayako Kato peforms Blue Fish II, an exploration of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster, as part of the contemporary series SpinOff.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Jun 4, 2014
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Dance gets cerebral in 'Laws of Motion'
The Seldoms and Ayako Kato explore global warming and chaos theory as part of the Pivot Arts Festival.
- Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 19, 2013
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Best New Venue
Constellation
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2012
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The Reader's Agenda: Fri 10/19
What's on the Agenda for Friday, October 19, 2012
- Arts & Culture, Dance Critic's Choice Oct 17, 2012
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Dear Bach . . . Love, Ayako Kato
Dancer-choreographer Ayako Kato waxes eloquent in "Existencia Esencia"
- Arts & Culture, Culture Vultures Aug 21, 2012
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
Public Works gallery, Grant Park Orchestra rehearsals, and Kurowski's Sausage Shop
- Arts & Culture, Dance Critic's Choice Jul 3, 2012
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"Salon Solarium" has choreographers moving toward the light
Dance Union's flash of inspiration at Fasseas White Box Theater