On Saturday, the Auditorium Theatre closes its “Made in Chicago” series with a company that has made this city home for more than five decades–Giordano Dance Chicago. “The ‘Made in […]

The second annual Stomping Grounds series, a celebration of Chicago’s percussive dance community, comes to a close this weekend with the last of six performances. The series, presented by Chicago […]

Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet closes out its 60th anniversary season this month with the return of Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella in a nod to company founder Robert Joffrey. The full-length ballet represents founder […]

This past weekend, choreographer Kyle Abraham brought his work back to Chicago with Abraham.In.Motion’s stunning When the Wolves Came In at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Abraham’s work was inspired in […]

Ballet and experimental dance collide this weekend with Emily Stein Dance’s Secret Experiments in Ballet #4: Phantom Dance at Dovetail Studios. While not normally two dance forms that go hand-in-hand, Stein […]

Christopher Wheeldon  A highly anticipated holiday tradition is getting a Chicago-style makeover this upcoming December. In 2015, the Joffrey Ballet announced the close of a 28-year run of Robert Joffrey’s The […]

If you celebrate the first anniversary with paper and the fifth anniversary with wood, is digital the new 20th anniversary gift? On March 8, Chicago’s The Dance COLEctive will broadcast […]

This weekend marks the sixth annual Joffrey Ballet Winning Works program, which recognizing African, Latino, Asian, Arab and Native American emerging choreographers. This year, Jeffrey Cirio, Christian Denice and Mariana […]

This past weekend, the New York-based Urban Bush Women dance company went on an explorative journey through the music, spirit and life of John Coltrane-and took Chicago audiences along for […]

The Joffrey Ballet is adopting a contemporary flair for its winter engagement. The show, Bold Moves, takes place at the Auditorium Theatre and features three contemporary ballets, anchored by the […]

  Performers threw themselves against the wall, stood nearly motionless practically balanced on their heads for minutes on end, carried each other across the stage and moved deeply and intricately. […]

Hedwig Dances kicked off the new year with a move to the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Headed by founder and artistic director Jan Bartoszek, Hedwig Dances becomes one of […]