Modern dance pioneer and Dance Center founder Shirley Mordine dies at 89
Along with creating the dance program at Columbia College and her own namesake company, she influenced the work and lives of countless Chicago dancers.
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Links Hall, a longtime home for experimental dance, will close this summer
Links Hall, a Roscoe Village hub for experimental dance, plans to close its doors this summer, concluding all public programming in June. The decision comes after the arts nonprofit made...
Review: Twyla Tharp Dance celebrates 60 years with something old, something new in stunning night at the Harris
The opening image of the choreographer's newest dance, “Slacktide,” is borrowed from the final moment of “In the Upper Room.” It's a thrilling continuum.
Column: Next weekend, a confluence of dance events you definitely should see
Along with rare visits by Parsons Dance and Twyla Tharp's dance company, there's this year's collaboration between the Joffrey and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. And if you time it right,...
Review: Ragamala Dance Company’s ‘Children of Dharma’ lays bare the sacrifices of war — with oneself
“Children of Dharma’s” three sections are divided by location: the forest, the court and the battlefield, demarcated by stunning projections.
Alvin Ailey returns to the Auditorium as the company enters a new era and a dancer says farewell
It's the dawn of a new era for Ailey, which returns to the Auditorium Theatre March 7-9.
Joffrey Ballet’s 2025-26 season celebrates 70 years as ‘mavericks of dance,’ plus Chicago premieres of ‘Carmen’ and ‘Eugene Onegin’
The season also marks 30 years since the New York company relocated to Chicago, and a decade with Christopher Wheeldon’s “The Nutcracker.”
B-Series hip hop festival opens at a Dance Center fighting for survival
This year’s theme is “B-yond Borders,” aimed at showcasing kinship between hip hop and social dance forms abroad.
Review: The Joffrey Ballet takes us to Pea Town in a feel-good, wacky fantasy with a cautionary tale
The adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's “Princess and the Pea” is one of four works in the lovely current “Golden Hour.”
Review: Hubbard Street Dance is back on familiar ground for its winter series
The revival of Ohad Naharin’s “Black Milk” after more than 20 years isn't a step backward. Rather, artistic director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell projects confidence in the 47-year-old institution, as if to...