October Newsletter: International Connections
It’s fitting that October brings a cornucopia of international connections to Chicago dance stages, coinciding with the national celebration of United Nations Month, which commemorates the signing of...
View ArticleNovember Newsletter - Holiday Events: More Than One Way To Crack A Nut!
Long before the aroma of roast turkey tantalizes our taste buds, Nutcrackers across the world begin flexing their jaws for the holiday season. As countless holiday productions can attest, there’s more...
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December Newsletter: Looking Ahead
What a wonderful year 2014 has been for dance in Chicago! So many outstanding creative enterprises in so many different genres make our city an ever-expanding hub for deepening dance traditions,...
View ArticleNana Shineflug, Dancer, Teacher, Artist, Mother, Mathematician, Force of...
Elizabeth “Nana” Shineflug grew up on the North Shore, following what might be considered an ordinary path. After earning a degree in mathematics, Nana taught briefly at New Trier High School, until...
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February Newsletter: African American Dance in Chicago
February is nationally designated as Black History Month throughout the United States, but in Chicago, you don’t have to wait for February to experience the strength and vitality of African American...
View ArticleApril Newsletter: Chicago Wins Gold Medal In Olympic Dance Event!
APRIL FOOLS! Gotcha there? Well, even though there is no Olympic Dance Event to date, Chicago might as well be declared the unofficial winner for the sheer number of terrific dance events taking place...
View ArticleChicago Dance Month Week Two
Chicago Dance Month is your chance to see and explore dance with more than 90 performances, classes and events, many offered at special “Hot Deal” prices of 20-50% off! Enjoy performances throughout...
View ArticleMay Newsletter: A Merry Month
How are you going to celebrate May Day this Friday, May 1st? With traditions across many cultures dating back to ancient Rome, you have all kinds of wild options. Go crazy dancing around a Maypole, if...
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Newsletter: Jump Into June
If Alejandro Cerrudo’s name isn’t dancing off your tongue, it is sure to be June 11-14, when Hubbard Street Dance Chicago features a full evening of its first resident choreographer’s work, including a...
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July Fireworks: Mid-Summer Samplers, New Works, and More
July brings a month of concerts that showcase new works by multiple choreographers, including Thodos Dance Chicago, Dance In The Parks, Hyde Park School of Dance, Dance Chance, and JUBA. Add to that...
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August Newsletter: Garden of Dance Delights
Chicago Dancing Festival August is blooming with a lush garden of dance delights on Chicago stages across the city.AUGUST HIGHLIGHTS:Rhythm World tops off its summer-long 25th anniversary celebration...
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Changing Seasons, Changing Perception
See Chicago Dance! It may change your life. You never know, when you witness a live dance performance, when it’s going to make an imprint that fires your muscles, rearranges your neurons, and emblazons...
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October On Fire!
Chicago Dance sets October on fire with autumn color in a jam-packed month with major seasons by Chicago’s “big four” (Joffrey, Hubbard Street, Giordano, and River North) and exciting work across the...
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November: Premieres Abound
NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTS: Twyla Tharp has come a long way from the steam box studio above an automotive garage near City Center where she and her band of rogue ballerinas took Richard Thomas’s daily...
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DECEMBER DANCE WEATHER ALERT!
Snowflakes with a 90% chance of Sugarplums! Severe ColdWatch, in effect beginning December 4, likely to trigger an infestation of dancing Mice! Nutcrackers across Chicagoland are flexing their jaws...
View ArticleToast In The New Year With Dance!
Father Time will have to do the Quick Step to catch up with Chicago dance in 2016. Major venues promise calendars full of exciting dance to inspire, entertain, and stimulate. An overview of what’s...
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February Celebrations
February may be the shortest month of the year, but it’s jam-packed with holidays, like Ground Hog Day, Valentines Day, and Mardi Gras, Presidents’ Day, the Chinese New Year, and Superbowl Sunday....
View ArticleMoving Reflections: "Women in the Director's Chair" featuring Michelle Kranicke
One might presume a panel discussion entitled “Women in the Director’s Chair” would be framed by gender issues, but the most recent Audience Architect’s Moving Dialog event was distinguished not by...
View ArticleDance in Chicago is Hot!
Dance lovers visiting Chicago are in store for a hot time on just about any given night. Dance in Chicago is booming! With over 200 professional companies performing on stages downtown and throughout...
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Tune Into June!
Tune into June! This month, the official herald of summer breathes its balmy spirit of fun and frolic into the heart of Chicago Dance. HIGHLIGHTS: The Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) returns...
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