Got to admit I was floored to arrive to find Sweet Tap Chicago, a tap dancing show, was packed for its Sunday matinee at Chicago’s City Winery. The promise that had lured me - jazz and tap dancing together – was borne largely out of curiosity. In fact, the show…
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As the era of streaming entertainment and sweatpants-clad binge watching continues, you have to applaud those who attend the performing arts. It’s certainly not an easier medium to consume, but some would argue it’s much more rewarding. Unfortunately, ballet and opera are struggling to attract a millennial audience. The Joffrey…
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Saturday, 03 February 2018 19:35
Brodsky/Baryshnikov at Harris theater: Poetry in Motion in the Truest Sense
Written by Mariah Sulaiman
In association with the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, The Cherry Orchard Festival, a leading presenter of international artists, theater companies and orchestras, presented the Chicago premiere of “Brodsky/Baryshnikov,” this past weekend. Chicago is one of three limited engagements of this production, including stops in Boston and Toronto earlier…
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Monday, 11 December 2017 22:10
Chicago's Tap Theatre's "Tidings of Tap" brightens the holidays
Written by Mariah Sulaiman
For those who may have missed this one time show on December 10th, The return of Tidings of Tap, was filled with joy and the love of dance for the 2017 Holiday Season for families, friends and tap lovers of all ages. Celebrating their 15th Anniversary, Chicago Tap Theatre presents…
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Monday, 04 December 2017 17:23
Joffrey’s "The Nutcracker" is a marvelous Christmas spectacle
Written by Vika Lvova
A delightful winter holiday ballet staple, Joffrey’s The Nutcracker gets a make-over by Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and Joffrey’s Artistic Director Ashley Wheater. The all-American all-Chicago version that premiered last December at The Auditorium Theatre takes us to a very exciting time in our history: 1892, five months before…
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Friday, 20 October 2017 20:17
Mysteriously seductive, Joffrey’s "Giselle" charms with its darkness
Written by Vika Lvova
Giselle, Adolphe Adam’s beautiful tale created for the ballet’s premiere in Paris back in 1841, has been re-imagined by the Ballet Master and Stager Lola de Avila, marking the opening of Joffrey Ballet’s 2017-2018 Season. Set in the Middle Ages on the day of the grape harvest festival, Act I…
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As Chicago Tap Theatre embarks upon their mission to “Shuffle off to Europe” where they will join tap dance companies Tapage and Tap Olé in their home countries to perform Liason, the talented outfit impresses upon its audience yet another fantastic production in its third remount of Changes, a sci-fi…
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Saturday, 10 June 2017 22:15
Hubbard Street at 40 an Inspirational Journey filled with Grace and Beauty
Written by Ken Payne
Let’s welcome in summer and enjoy the history of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Harris Theater with a collection of eight dances of varying styles and intriguing music. Pieces old and new, reworked and original amazed one after another including Lucas Crandall’s (Imprint - Duet), William Forsythe’s (reproduction of…
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Friday, 28 April 2017 11:38
Review: Joffrey Ballet's Global Visionaries at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
Written by Vika Lvova
The Joffrey Ballet closes its 2016-2017 Season with Global Visionaries featuring works of international ballet visionaries: Russian born choreographer Yuri Possokhov with The Miraculous Mandarin, Swedish choreographer Alexander Ekman with Joy, and Colombian-Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa with Mammatus. The show opens with sexy, dark The Miraculous Mandarin. It’s a…
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Monday, 03 April 2017 13:54
Giordano Dance Chicago Spring Series Beautiful, Seductive and Compelling
Written by Vika Lvova
Giordano dance Chicago has opened its 2017 season with its Spring Series at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. Divided into six distinct pieces, the show is a high energy celebration of jazz dance; it’s well polished, exciting and expressive. Not a word is spoken, but each piece tells…
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Saturday, 18 March 2017 11:37
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Season 39 Spring Series Opens on High Note
Written by Michaelle Bradford
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago delivered a powerful evening of dance, on the opening night of its Season 39 Springs Series at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. The evening began with Lucas Crandall’s Imprint, a stark and physically compelling piece featuring the full company: Jacqueline Burnett, Alicia Delgadillo, Alice…
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There's nothing more cloying than an evening of bad holiday theatre. Each December countless Chicago theaters put up their annual Christmas shows. Some are better than others. For a reliable standard, Joffrey Ballet's "Nutcracker" is a safe bet. For 2016, Joffrey presents an entirely new version of the classic Tchaikovsky…
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Friday, 12 February 2016 10:14
"Bold Moves" Pay Off for Joffrey Ballet in Thrilling Winter Engagement
Written by Kimberly Katz
I haven't enjoyed a full night of dance as much as these three pieces presented by Joffrey Ballet at the Auditorium Theatre in a very long time, the first a world premiere and two marvelous pieces back by popular demand. The world premiere is Ashley Page’s Tipping Point. Page refers…
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