Review: The Joffrey Ballet Performs a Superb Eugene Onegin
The Joffrey Ballet is concluding its 70th season with a superb production of Eugene Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin’s 1833 novel of the same name. This is a premiere in […]
Review: Chicago Repertory Ballet Performs The Rite of Spring and Two World Premieres
The Chicago Repertory Ballet has been presenting fresh takes on Shakespearean stories and classical music masterpieces, such as Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, since its founding in 2011. Founder and artistic director […]
Review: South Chicago Dance Theatre Dazzles the Audience With Three World Premieres
Chicago was abuzz on Friday, May 1. There were the traditional labor union marches and protests, with helicopters flying over downtown and bordering neighborhoods. The energy was also high outside […]
Review: Alvin Ailey Goes Deep Into the Spiritual Realm With New Works and a Beloved Classic
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed three new works and Ailey’s rousing Revelations at its Saturday matinee performance. Everything about this performance felt fresh, with brilliant colors and powerful […]
Review: At Columbia College Dance Center, Didę Is African Tradition and Spirit Rising Up
Didę by Compagnie Multicorps, a celebration of body and spirit in tribute to Ìyá Nlá, the Yoruba deity of creation, deities, and all of life, was performed last weekend. Ìyá […]
Review: Giordano Dance Chicago Brings the Heat with Ignite the Soul at the Harris Theater
Giordano Dance Chicago lit up the Harris Theater last week with Ignite the Soul; the program featured three world premieres and restaged dances that felt fresh and well-placed. The last […]
Review: The Seldoms Connect the Body and Spirit to Climate Change with Floe at the Columbia College Dance Center
The Seldoms are a Chicago dance company, known for dance as an intersection of movement, intellect, and social consciousness. The Seldoms’ performance, titled Floe, is a graceful yet urgent plea for action […]
Review: Winning Works by Joffrey Ballet’s Grainger Academy Brilliantly Transcends the Ordinary
At Joffrey Ballet’s Grainger Academy, the best of the best train to become part of dance companies worldwide. The academy’s four programs are the Joffrey Studio Company, the Ballet Trainee […]
Review: Tiler Peck and Friends Fire It Up with a Blazing Turn It Out at the Auditorium
Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends is a visual and musical feast of modern dance, ballet, and tap. The dances are set to amazing live and recorded original […]
Review: Śiva Bhāva: Love, Care, and the Cosmos Is Body and Mind in Balance by Mandala South Asian Performing Arts
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts gave a series of dance performances last week dedicated to Śiva Bhāva: Love, Care, and the Cosmos. The visually stunning 75-minute performance in two parts […]
Review: Taiko Legacy 22 Adds a Groove to the Message of Peace in Yoko Ono’s Skylanding
In 2016, legendary avant-garde artist and musician Yoko Ono presented Chicago with a sculpture called Skylanding. It stands in Jackson Park on the same site where the Japanese Pavilion stood […]
Review: South Chicago Dance Theatre Exopresses the Raw Emotions of Loss Through Lamentations of Peace
South Chicago Dance Theatre (SCDT) is in season 9 and continues to dance close to the edge. Founder Kia S. Smith choreographed Lamentations of Peace with a narrative of the […]