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Arts & Culture, Dance Jan 12, 2021
Examining the white spaces in Chicago dance

A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Dance, Dance in Chicago 2021, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Chicago Dancers United, Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, Harris Theater for Music and Dance, High Concept Labs, Links Hall, Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago, Pivot Arts, See Chicago Dance, Christy Boling

Music, Chicagoans of Note Oct 15, 2020
Video
Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer

“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Chicagoans of Note, Jumaane Taylor, Jazz Hoofing Quartet, tap dance, tap dancer, jazz, Ugly Flavors, Ornette Coleman, The Shape of Jazz to Come, Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring, M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Sammy Dyer School of the Theatre, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Roosevelt University, Supreme Love, John Coltrane, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Dance Center of Columbia College, Bill Robinson, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Savion Glover, Nicholas Brothers, Baby Laurence, Dianne Walker, Jimmy Slyde, Bril Barrett, Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk, Stormy Weather, Lena Horne, Ted Levy, National Tap Dance Day, Makaya McCraven, Justin Dillard, Marlene Rosenberg, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, AACM, Rebuild Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ernest Dawkins, Corey Wilkes, Rajiv Halim, Jazz Institute of Chicago, Hyde Park Jazz Festival, Jay Fagan, Fred Anderson, Von Freeman, Charlie Parker, bebop, Dancemaster, David Danced Before the Lord, Duke Ellington, Bunny Briggs, Cab Calloway, Video

Music, Music Review Sep 22, 2020
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Sirr TMo Sama gives footwork a strange peacefulness with On Dat
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Review, Sirr TMo Sama, On Dat, footwork, Teklife, Juke Me Baby, Reginald Cosper Jr., Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Sirr TMo, Recommended

Arts & Culture, Dance Aug 12, 2020
Video
Torchy Brown lights way for Litany

Jenn Freeman (aka Po'Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Dance, Jackie Ormes, Torchy Brown, Jenn Freeman, Po'Chop, Litany, Jordan Phelps, Rebuild Foundation, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Links Hall, Jeez Loueez, Beauty Turner, Elder Lucy Smith, Audre Lorde, Octavia Butler, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Apr 23, 2020
When the lively arts go virtual

Two Reader critics talk about digital dance and theater—and other COVID-19 challenges.
- By Irene Hsiao and Kerry Reid
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, Arts and Business Council, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, coronavirus, COVID-19, Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, DCASE, High Concept Labs, Links Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art, Nederlands Dans Theater, Neo-Futur, Pina Bausch, Pivot Arts, See Chicago Dance, Sideshow Theatre

Arts & Culture, Dance Aug 17, 2018
Music, movement, and politics take root at the MCA Dance Fest

Tamar-kali's Demon Fruit Blues and Damon Locks's Where Future Unfolds use the black musical heritage to explore contemporary problems.
- By Irene Hsiao
- Tags: Dance, Tamar-kali, Damon Locks, Demon Fruit Blues, Where Future Unfolds, Share Out, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, CDF Fellows, Adia Whitaker, Charlotte Brathwaite

Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2016
Introducing Body + Camera, a film festival that broadens the meaning of dance

Mana Contemporary Chicago, in collaboration with Chicago Dancemakers Forum and montom arts, is accepting entries for its first annual dance film festival.
- By Leah Pickett
- Tags: Dance, Film, Arts, Mana Contemporary Chicago, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, montom arts, Body Camera Film Festival, Julien Prévieux, the Era, Arch of Repose, Jan Bartoszek

Music, Music Feature Aug 17, 2016
Video
The Era move footworking into the spotlight

The crews who evolved this grassroots Chicago dance style often end up as sideshows to DJs or rappers—but the Era hope to change that with their first stage production.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, The Era, footwork, footworking, footworker, dance, In the Wurkz, Litebulb, Steelo, P-Top, Dempsey, Chief Manny, Jemal DeLa Cruz, Brandon Calhoun, Dempsey Barney, Sterling Lofton, Jamal Oliver, Towkio, Lollapalooza, DJ Rashad, DJ Spinn, Pitchfork Music Festival, Teklife, ghetto house, juke, Terra Squad, Wills Glasspiegel, Battlegrounds, War Zone, Da War Zone, Wala Williams, Wala Cam, Bud Billiken Parade, King of the Circle, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, High Concept Laboratories, Lab Sessions, Crossing Boundaries, Hamilton Park, Englewood, Chatham, Anthony Brown, Ant Brown, Ant, Dance Mania, Eric Martin, Erk n Jerk, Ghost, Dribbling, Shake n Bake, Mike n Ikes, House-o-Matics, Wolf Pac, Ronnie Sloan, Kavain Space, RP Boo, Baby Come On, Poo, AG, TY, 3rd Dimension, Breatkthrough Squad, BTS, City, Just a Taste Vol. One, Alpha & Omega, Untouchables, the Plug, DJ Earl, Traxman, GhettoTeknitianz, Goon Squad, Hyperdub, Planet Mu, Manglehorn, Jeremiah Sterling, Nu Era, Full Effect, FootworKINGz, King Charles, Jasmine Applewhite, Apps, Black Cinema House, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sat 11/16: Mystery Science Theater 3000 25th Anniversary, Break Out!, and You're Being Ridiculous

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, November 16
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, J. Elvis Weinstein, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Break Out!, You're Being Ridiculous, Jeremy Owens, Mary's Attic

Arts & Culture, Art Feature Jun 17, 2010
This Guy's Penis Is a Work of Art

Full-frontal nudity got performance artist Joseph Ravens—and with him every other performance artist—booted from a Loop storefront gallery project.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Art Feature, Rocco Landesman, Chicago Artists Coalition, CAC, Pop-Up Art Loop, Chicago Loop Alliance, Joseph Ravens, CLA, Roell Schmidt, Links Hall, The Outlet, Alan Rovge, Is My Liver Showing?, Pepper Coate, Erica Mott, Sentell Harper, Matthew Nicholas, Eric Warner, Heather Hartley, Casey Murtaugh, Meida McNeal, Rachel Damon, Meredith Miller, Ty Tabing, Bruce Lord, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Carolina Jayaram, Links Hall at Constellation

Blogs, Bleader Nov 23, 2009
11/23 — Diego Piñón's "Butoh Ritual Mexicano"

Tonight from 7 to 9 PM, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum and Silverspace Salons present Diego Pinon's Butoh Ritual Mexicano.
- By Robyn Chang
- Tags: Free Shit, Performing Arts, Arts, Swag, Diego Pinon, Butoh Ritual Mexicano, butoh, dance, free dance, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Silverspace Studio, CDF/Silverspace Salon

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Examining the white spaces in Chicago dance

A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation.

Video
Jumaane Taylor, tap dancer

“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”

Recommended
Sirr TMo Sama gives footwork a strange peacefulness with On Dat

Video
Torchy Brown lights way for Litany

Jenn Freeman (aka Po'Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film.

When the lively arts go virtual

Two Reader critics talk about digital dance and theater—and other COVID-19 challenges.

Music, movement, and politics take root at the MCA Dance Fest

Tamar-kali's Demon Fruit Blues and Damon Locks's Where Future Unfolds use the black musical heritage to explore contemporary problems.

Introducing Body + Camera, a film festival that broadens the meaning of dance

Mana Contemporary Chicago, in collaboration with Chicago Dancemakers Forum and montom arts, is accepting entries for its first annual dance film festival.

Video
The Era move footworking into the spotlight

The crews who evolved this grassroots Chicago dance style often end up as sideshows to DJs or rappers—but the Era hope to change that with their first stage production.

Reader's Agenda Sat 11/16: Mystery Science Theater 3000 25th Anniversary, Break Out!, and You're Being Ridiculous

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, November 16

This Guy's Penis Is a Work of Art

Full-frontal nudity got performance artist Joseph Ravens—and with him every other performance artist—booted from a Loop storefront gallery project.

11/23 — Diego Piñón's "Butoh Ritual Mexicano"

Tonight from 7 to 9 PM, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum and Silverspace Salons present Diego Pinon's Butoh Ritual Mexicano.

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A community townhall reaffirms the need for communication and representation.

“I’ve been on this journey to be able to present within the jazz community. . . . To be a union of creative beauty.”

Jenn Freeman (aka Po'Chop) probes femininity, gender, rage, and history in a five-part dance film.

Two Reader critics talk about digital dance and theater—and other COVID-19 challenges.

Tamar-kali's Demon Fruit Blues and Damon Locks's Where Future Unfolds use the black musical heritage to explore contemporary problems.

Mana Contemporary Chicago, in collaboration with Chicago Dancemakers Forum and montom arts, is accepting entries for its first annual dance film festival.

The crews who evolved this grassroots Chicago dance style often end up as sideshows to DJs or rappers—but the Era hope to change that with their first stage production.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Saturday, November 16

Full-frontal nudity got performance artist Joseph Ravens—and with him every other performance artist—booted from a Loop storefront gallery project.

Tonight from 7 to 9 PM, the Chicago Dancemakers Forum and Silverspace Salons present Diego Pinon's Butoh Ritual Mexicano.

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