The latest news on performances of Dance in Chicago.
Chicago Dancemakers Forum Gathers Chicagoans For An Improvisers' Dance Jam At Big Marsh Park
by A.A. Cristi - August 18, 2022
Chicago Dancemakers Forum partners with M.A.D.D. Rhythms, [Un]common Grounds, and We Are Collective for a day of improvisational dance practices in Tap, Contemporary dance, and Freestyle/Hip Hop. The Improvisers' Dance Jam will take place outdoors at Big Marsh Park on the cit...
South Chicago Dance Theatre Debuts Major Commissions And Collaborations In Jam-Packed 2022-23 Season
by A.A. Cristi - August 10, 2022
South Chicago Dance Theatre, a dynamic multicultural organization that fuses classical and contemporary dance styles, proudly announces its jam-packed 2022-23 performance season featuring multiple commissions by, and collaborations with, some of Chicago's most prominent arts organizations. ...
Lyric Opera of Chicago to Hold Dance Auditions for CARMEN This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 03, 2022
Lyric Opera of Chicago will hold auditions for solo dancers with significant stage experience for its upcoming production of Carmen, the classic opera by Georges Bizet, on Sunday, August 28, 2022. ...
Tickets Now On Sale For Auditorium Theatre 2022-23 Season, Including the First-Ever Chicago Appearance By Kyiv City Ballet Of Ukraine
by A.A. Cristi - August 01, 2022
Single tickets are now on sale for the first-ever Chicago appearance by the Kyiv City Ballet of Ukraine, September 24 & 25, and all 2022-23 season programming at Chicago's landmark Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive). ...
DANCE FOR LIFE Returns To Auditorium, August 13
by A.A. Cristi - July 19, 2022
Chicago Dancers United (CDU), which supports the health and wellness of Chicago's professional dance community, presents seven companies and a world premiere finale for its 31st annual fundraiser, Dance for Life 2022. ...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Announces 2022/23 Season Featuring World Premieres & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2022
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced the company’s 45th anniversary ‘sapphire’ season: a dynamic mix of world premieres and revivals of company and audience favorites....
The Joffrey Ballet Concert Group Announces Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 06, 2022
The Joffrey Ballet Concert Group has announced an exciting new program: the Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative, a search for the dance makers of the future. Two New York and Tristate-area choreographers will be awarded the creative time and space to produce a new work for the Joffrey Ballet Co...
Gaylord And Dorothy Donnelley Foundation Supports Small Dance Companies Celebrating Decades Of Artistic Excellence And Community Impact
by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2022
In this 2022 Year of Chicago Dance, small dance companies offer hundreds of programs and performances across Chicago neighborhoods, providing opportunities for all ages and walks of life to learn, watch, and enjoy dance. The Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation (The Foundation) pro...
Chicago Dance Crash Presents World Premiere To Celebrate 20th Anniversary
by A.A. Cristi - June 23, 2022
Chicago Dance Crash's signature blend of concert and street dance styles paints a colorful picture of life, strife and relationship goals after the end of the world with Booms Day, a two-act, world premiere dance production marking the company's 20th anniversary August 26–September 10, 2022 at the...
Joffrey Ballet And Miami City Ballet Present World Premiere Of RITA FINDS HOME
by A.A. Cristi - June 21, 2022
The Joffrey Ballet presents the world premiere of Rita Finds Home, a family-friendly program and collaborative project between the Joffrey and Miami City Ballet, which will make its debut at the Navy Pier Lake Stage, July 9–10, 2022. ...
Joffrey Ballet Company Artists' Production Company, Action Lines, Releases New Short Film For Pride Month
by A.A. Cristi - June 17, 2022
The Joffrey Ballet and Action Lines, a video production company founded by Joffrey Artists Xavier Núñez, Dylan Gutierrez, and writer/producer Eric Grant, unveil a bold new video filmed at the FDR Four Freedoms State Park to mark Pride Month. ...
Chicago Human Rhythm Project Presents 32ND ANNUAL RHYTHM WORLD, July 8 – 24
by A.A. Cristi - June 09, 2022
CHRP's Rhythm World, Chicago's International Festival of American Tap, will host 3 weeks of ground shaking tap dance in performance and education programs July 8 - 24 featuring many of today's leading and emerging artists from around Chicago and the United States in six venues throughout Chicago, le...
The American Company Of Irish Dance Announces AISLING
by A.A. Cristi - June 06, 2022
The American Company of Irish Dance will present a brand-new entertainment experience with the world premiere of its new show Aisling (ash-ling). This is Irish dance as never before seen as it will be presented in a theatrical format with all new music, choreography, and costuming and many new cast ...
Deeply Rooted to Receive Highest Level of Support from the University of Chicago's Community Programs Accelerator
by A.A. Cristi - May 24, 2022
On May 18, the Community Programs Accelerator at the University of Chicago announced that Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is one of two organizations joining the Accelerator's 2022/2023 nonprofit cohort at the Core level. The organization will receive $50,000 in grant funding along with intense, focused...
World Premiere of BAREFACE & More Announced for Ballet 5:8 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2022
After celebrating a decade of beauty and innovation, Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Julianna Rubio Slager today announceD the 2022-2023 season of Ballet 5:8, ambitiously launching the female and minority-led premiere ballet company into the next chapter....
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater's FLAMENCO PASSION Returns To The North Shore Center, June 17-19
by A.A. Cristi - May 11, 2022
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, in residence at Northeastern Illinois University, brings their popular “Flamenco Passion” performances to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd., 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jun...
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Announces 2022 Inside/Out Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 05, 2022
Inside/Out is the innovative series by Chicago's own Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre that showcases new work and invites audience INSIDE the creative process....
African American Arts Alliance to Host Workshops and Dance Auditions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 27, 2022
Sponsored by the African American Arts Alliance will present the second year with several Black dance companies of Chicago partnering for a Black United Audition for dancers and choreographers. ...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Announces Free 24-Hour Streaming Period For BUSK By Aszure Barton
by A.A. Cristi - April 22, 2022
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced a free 24-hour period for audiences all over the world to stream BUSK by Aszure Barton. Filmed live at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance during its premiere with HSDC in November, 2021, the limited-time online viewing opportunity is the first of severa...
Joffrey Ballet Reaches Landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement
by A.A. Cristi - April 21, 2022
The Joffrey Ballet and the American Guild of Musical Artists, the union that represents the Joffrey's 46 Company Artists and Joffrey stage management, have reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement, beginning July 1, 2022, and running through June 30, 2027. ...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Announces Free 24-Hour Streaming Period For BUSK
by Stephi Wild - April 21, 2022
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) has announced a free 24-hour period for audiences all over the world to stream BUSK by Aszure Barton. Filmed live at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance during its premiere with HSDC in November, 2021, the limited-time online viewing opportunity is the first of...
South Chicago Dance Theatre Announces Five World Premieres Celebrating Five Year Anniversary
by A.A. Cristi - April 20, 2022
South Chicago Dance Theatre, a multicultural organization that fuses classical and contemporary dance styles while preserving historic dance work, has announced An Evening with the South Chicago Dance Theatre: Celebrating Five Years, featuring five world premieres by five dynamic choreographers— R...
See Chicago Dance Announces Chicago Dance Month Events For June 2022
by A.A. Cristi - April 08, 2022
See Chicago Dance, the dance industry's nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that this June will see the return of its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month....
M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre to Hold Weekend of Classes and Performances
by Marissa Tomeo - April 08, 2022
M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Chicago’s premier Tap collective, and Chicago Tap Theatre,Chicago’s vibrant dance company preserving and celebrating Tap, as Chicago Tap All-Stars, a production collaboration to bring unity and connection across the entire Tap community, present events, a performance and a V.I....
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater Returns To The North Shore Center With FLAMENCO PASSION, June 17-19
by A.A. Cristi - April 07, 2022
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, in residence at Northeastern Illinois University, brings their popular “Flamenco Passion” performances to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd., 7:30 p.m., Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18, and 3 p.m. Sunday, Jun...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Announces 2021/22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 05, 2022
After 'reconnecting' with audiences this spring at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) has announced the program for the company's return to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E Randolph St) to wrap up its 2021/22 season....
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre to Celebrate Black Excellence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 04, 2022
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre is partnering with St. Moses the Black Parish, Global Girls and the Southside Jazz Coalition to Celebrate Black Excellence through community workshops and a concert performance. This project is sponsored by the Jazz Institute of Chicago....
Joffrey Ballet to Present World Premiere OF MICE AND MEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 28, 2022
As the centerpiece of its 2021-22 season, The Joffrey Ballet will present a spring program featuring the world-premiere adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men by choreographer Cathy Marston, set to a score by Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman, his first-ever work for ball...
Zephyr to Present NOT DEAD YET At SITE/less
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 22, 2022
Zephyr, an experimental dance company that pushes the art form's boundaries, will present a shared concert, 'Not Dead Yet,' April 21-23 at 7:30 p.m. at its space, SITE/less, 1250 West Augusta Boulevard, Chicago....
Choreographers Showcase Announced April 17 At The Chicago History Museum
by A.A. Cristi - March 14, 2022
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, which connects audiences and students with the vibrancy, flavors, and colors of the performing arts traditions of South Asia, returns to the stage with a Choreographers Showcase of South Asian perspectives in contemporary dance. The performance takes place Sunday...
Joffrey Ballet Announces 2022-23 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 14, 2022
Ashley Wheater MBE, The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director of The Joffrey Ballet, today announced the Joffrey’s 2022–2023 Season at Lyric Opera House, featuring a world premiere from a rising choreographic star, a revival from a Joffrey icon, the return of a Joffrey blockbuster, and a full-len...
Joffrey Academy's Winning Works Returns To Museum Of Contemporary Art, Features Four World Premieres
by A.A. Cristi - February 23, 2022
The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, presents four world premieres in the culmination of Joffrey's national call for ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab and Native American) artists to submit applications for the Joffrey Academy's Winning Works Choreographic Competit...
Ballet Hispanico Presents Chicago Premiere Of Evita Peron Work At Auditorium Theatre, March 26 & 27
by A.A. Cristi - February 22, 2022
The Auditorium Theatre presents the long-awaited return of Ballet Hispánico, the nation's renowned Latinx dance organization recognized as one of America's Cultural Treasures, with the Chicago Premiere of Doña Perón in two performances only, March 26 & 27, 2022....
The Joffrey Ballet Announces 2022 Winners Of The Winning Works Choreographic Competition
by A.A. Cristi - February 17, 2022
The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, announces the recipients of the twelfth annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition: Audrey Ipapo Baran, Joffrey Company Artist Edson Barbosa, Taylor Carrasco, and Derick McKoy. ...
SCDT Announces AN EVENING WITH THE SOUTH CHICAGO DANCE THEATRE: CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 16, 2022
South Chicago Dance Theatre, a multicultural organization that fuses classical and contemporary dance styles while preserving historic dance work, has announced An Evening with the South Chicago Dance Theatre: Celebrating Five Years, featuring five world premieres by five dynamic choreographers....
The Dancers' Fund Increases Grant Amounts
by A.A. Cristi - February 08, 2022
Chicago Dancers United, which supports the health and wellness of Chicago's professional dance community, is responding to the challenges of the past two years by increasing the maximum amount of its grants through The Dancers' Fund. ...
Joffrey Welcomes Five New Board Members
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 08, 2022
Anne Kaplan, Joffrey Board Chair, and Greg Cameron, President and CEO of The Joffrey Ballet, are pleased to announce the appointment of Marc DeMoss, Chip Flannagan, Lashana Jackson, Jim Kirk, and Richard McDonald to the Joffrey Board of Directors, effective immediately, for the 2022–2025 t...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Return to the Auditorium Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 01, 2022
The Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive) will present the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, America’s beloved cultural ambassador to the world, for six performances only, March 2-6, 2022....
RIVERDANCE Launches 25th Anniversary North American Tour In March 2022
by A.A. Cristi - February 01, 2022
Abhann Productions has announced the return of Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show, which will tour over 40 cities across North America in four months....
Joffrey Ballet Announces World Premiere OF MICE AND MEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 25, 2022
The Joffrey Ballet has announced its spring program which includes the world-premiere adaptation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men by choreographer Cathy Marston and the Joffrey premiere of Serenade by dance pioneer George Balanchine....