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Review: Hubbard Street Dance’s Winter Series Is a Journey for the Senses

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is in its 47th year of cutting-edge performances and innovations in modern dance. The Winter Series at the Harris Theater Millennium Park opens with a dance that melds […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • February 16, 2025
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: A Nuanced and Electric Performance from Complexions Contemporary Ballet

    I have always viewed dance as an art of structure and discipline. Traditional ballet has an ethereal quality—tulle and tights with hands just so. Complexions Contemporary Ballet performed at the […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • February 11, 2025
    • Dance , Jazz , Music , Stages

    Review: Genres and Cultures Meld as Taiko, Jazz, and Shubukai Dance Fusion Perform on MCA Stage

    Cultures and music genres blended into a refreshing evening as Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIAM) and Tsukasa Taiko presented Reduction 10 and Taiko Legacy 21 at the Edlis Neeson Theater […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 17, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Ballet’s Nutcracker Is a Sparkling Tradition for a Chicago Christmas

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • December 9, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: New Dance Adaptation of Hamlet Moves Beyond Melancholy with Heightened Expression in Movement

    Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and beyond. […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • November 25, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Deeply Rooted Dance Theater Builds a Legacy with an Impeccable Performance

    We want to hear from you! Take our brief reader survey now and share your feedback on what you love at Third Coast Review—and what we could be doing better! Plus, everyone […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • November 19, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages , Theater

    Review: Racism Remembered as Edgar Arceneaux Revisits Ben Vereen’s Performance for Reagan’s 1981 Inauguration

    The Museum of Contemporary Art hosted a 50-minute performance of Edgar Arceneaux’s Until, Until, Until… for three performances in October. The LA-based writer/director/producer/performer devised the production 10 years ago to […]

  • Karin McKie
  • October 27, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Joffrey Ballet Stages a Literary Masterpiece with Marston’s Atonement, Adapted from Ian McEwan’s Novel

    I’ve often said that a film retelling will destroy a brilliant literary work and a mediocre book can make a great film. My example [of the latter] is Mario Puzo’s […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • October 20, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: PARA.MAR Dance Theatre Gives Life to Loss and Passion in Anthology

    Choreographer Stephanie Martinez founded PARA.MAR Dance Theatre in 2020 as an antidote to the pandemic’s despair, loss, and isolation. Anthology is a curated selection of six dances by Martinez and […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • September 23, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Dance for Life Fills the Auditorium Theatre with Exuberance, Love and Life

    Summer weekends are always an adventure in Chicago. Last weekend was the Air and Water Show, Bud Billiken Parade, White Sox vs the Cubs, and several neighborhood festivals. The best […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • August 14, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Erin Kilmurray’s The Function Vibrates High Energy in Deconstructed Dance

    Something told me that The Function would be a scene when I pulled up to a warehouse space in East Garfield Park. Fortunately, the people I am around most gave […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • May 29, 2024
    • Dance , Review , Stages

    Review: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Brings Exquisite Craft and Depth to Of Joy

    Hubbard Street Dance Chicago closed out season 46 with a program titled Of Joy. Passion, joy, and dancers in peak performance mode were on display much to the audience’s pleasure. […]

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • May 19, 2024
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