Tuesday, 13 February 2024 12:01
Magical! Dances from the Heart at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
Kimberly Katz
I thoroughly adored Dance Chicago’s Dances from the Heart curated by Artistic Director John Schmitz, the highlight of the show, which featured Canadian guest artist Azalea Kaviani and Jordan Faye, was the premiere of “Of the Sun” from the program; Fish of the Sun. Fish of the Sun tells the…
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Tuesday, 13 February 2024 23:35
Review: Ballet 5:8's 'Butterfly' at Logan Center for the Arts
Sarz Maxwell
The ballet BUTTERFLY: HOPE IN THE TEREZIN GHETTO was inspired by the diary of Holocaust surviver Helga Weiss. The concept, choreography, and Lighting Design of BUTTERFLY are the work of Julianna Rubio Slager, Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer at BALLET 5-8. Two shorter ballets formed the first portion of the program:…
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- Lorianne Robertson
- Kayla Kowach
- Libby Dennen
- Natalie Chinn
- Jenni Richards
- Katrina Clarke
- Ford Tackett
- Christian English
- Samuel Opsal
- Jonathan Bostelman
- Ballet Chicago
- Logan Center for the Arts
With so many wonderful dance options to enjoy the classic Holiday ballet The Nutcracker, it is refreshing to find one of such high quality with easy access and parking for families of all sizes and seniors at Northeastern Illinois University Salme Harju Steinberg Fine Arts Center. Ruth Page Civic Ballet, no longer a…
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Sunday, 03 December 2023 13:52
Review: Joffrey Ballet's 'The Nutcracker' at Lyric Opera House
John Accrocco
What would the holidays be without “The Nutcracker”? No matter where you are in the world, chances are you don’t have to go far to catch a production of the yearly tradition. Joffrey Ballet pays homage to Chicago with their unique version staged by Christopher Wheeldon. This striking version remains…
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Tuesday, 21 November 2023 12:59
Dance Lovers Will Be Delighted by Identity Performing Arts Sensual Premiere of 'Enliven'!
Kimberly Katz
It was such a pleasure to see a Chicago not for profit dance company, Identity Performing Arts, now in its seventh season, meet such high levels of ballet and modern dance! With several choreographed pieces by Founder and Artistic Director Ginny Ching-Yin Lo under her belt, the premiere of Enliven…
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Tuesday, 14 November 2023 15:56
'ENLIVEN' by Identity Performing Arts a unique and uplifting multi-media experience!
Sarz Maxwell
This show, performed at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, was promoted in Buzz Center Stage (www.buzzcenterstage.com) last month as an upcoming event, and here’s the skinny on the actual performance. Spoiler alert! It was terrific – but let me share some details. We were greeted at the door…
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Sunday, 05 November 2023 15:21
Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre at Auditorium Theatre - A Celebration of Community
Sarz Maxwell
It’s hard to find words to describe DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATRE’s performance. Phenomenal … wondrous … magnificent … incredible – all these and more apply but even all together they’re insufficient to the task. DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATRE, a Chicago-based dance company, has been expressing the transformative power of art…
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In the two hundred (and five) years since Mary Shelley jolted to life her eponymous mad scientist and his monster and set them loose, Frankenstein has invaded just about every cross-section of culture. Motion pictures, of course. And literature. Sitcoms and cereal. And, based on the late Liam Scarlett’s production…
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Friday, 21 April 2023 15:41
Joffrey Ballet's 'The Little Mermaid' is Magnificent from Beginning to End
Kimberly Katz
The Little Mermaid at Lyric Opera House is an incredibly beautiful and massive production that holds the audience spellbound from the moment it begins until the final magnificent scene of love transcendent. This ballet created by John Neumeier for the Royal Danish Ballet in 2005 was way ahead of its time in that…
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Saturday, 15 April 2023 12:46
American Ballet at Auditorium Theatre Very Highly Recommended!
Sarz Maxwell
It’s hard to go wrong with ballet. From a toddlers’ class giggling nervously through Swan Lake to the zaniest comic piece by Los Trocoderos, ballet excites, inspires, and delights us. All these occurred at the American Ballet Theatre performance April 14 at the Auditorium Theatre. I was very much…
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Sunday, 02 April 2023 12:38
CATCH THE LIGHT, FEEL THE RADIANCE, 'CELEBRATE GIORDANO' A GALA CELEBRATION OF GDC’S 60-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Sarz Maxwell
Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC) has been an integral part of Chicago’s performing arts community for 60 years – more than a half century of bringing groundbreaking commissions, instruction, outreach and (most of all) performances to Chicago and audiences worldwide. This year they are celebrating that 60th anniversary with Season 60:…
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Tuesday, 14 February 2023 23:55
All-Male Ballerinas a Hoot: Les BALLETS TROCKADERO de Monte Carlo
Sarz Maxwell
You’ve never heard of Les Ballets Trockadero?? Les Ballets Trockadero (affectionately, ‘the Trocks’) is the ‘the World’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, and they’re playing at the Auditorium Theatre … wait, no … they played at the Aud on Saturday night, 2/11/23 – a one-night run But the Trocks are…
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Monday, 24 October 2022 15:25
Giordano Dance Chicago's 'Catch the Light' A spectacular 60th Anniversary Celebration at the Harris Theatre!
Sarz Maxwell
Nan Giordano, Giordano Dance Chicago’s Artistic Director and daughter of founder Gus Giordano, credits its devoted Board of Directors for GDC’s survival through ‘the dark years’ of the pandemic: “Beauty, Energy, Unity and Community are abundant.” Lockdown lifted just in time for the company’s 60th anniversary show, fittingly named CATCH…
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