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How the Light Gets In: dances for these times

Oct 24 – Oct 25, 2026

Winifred Haun & Dancers opens its season with two world premieres and the return of Trashed. Artistic Director Winifred Haun premieres The Middle of Forever, a new work for eight dancers exploring the longing to perceive what lies just beyond reach. Chicago choreographer Regina...

FIRST DRAFT 2027: New Works by Chicago Area Dancemakers

Mar 6 – Mar 7, 2027

Returning for its ninth season, FIRST DRAFT showcases nearly completed new works by twelve diverse Chicago-area choreographers. The program serves as a creative springboard, giving choreographers and dancers the opportunity to create and refine new work while offering audiences...

Inaugural New Voices Festival

Mar 25, 2027

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre launches a second festival to meet the Chicago community's needs for more paid opportunities for emerging artists to develop their work. A diverse pool of three artists will be selected through an open call to share their work with audiences in a...

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre 2027 Spring Concert Series

Apr 29 – May 1, 2027

The capstone of CRDT's season, this is the only opportunity all year to see the full company perform the year's new work in full production alongside repertoire favorites. The season features resident choreographers Sherry Zunker and Omar Roman de Jesus, who will create new...

Persistent Spring 2027

May 28, 2027

Winifred Haun & Dancers joins the Chicago Movement Collective for the fourth annual Persistent Spring, celebrating the accomplishments of emerging professional dancers from Winifred Haun & Dancers' training program, 3rd Coast Contemporary Dance, and CMC's Claire Bataille Legacy...

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Articles

Review: Dance Theatre of Harlem's FIREBIRD at The Auditorium

Review: Dance Theatre of Harlem's FIREBIRD at The Auditorium

by Lauren Sheely · October 20, 2026

Saturday night brought the long-awaited return of Dance Theatre of Harlem to The Auditorium for a celebratory evening of dance that showcased the range and versatility of this 57-year old company, which had not been seen in Chicago since 2016.…

Review: Backyard Theatre's RED BIKE at Berger Park Coach House

Review: Backyard Theatre's RED BIKE at Berger Park Coach House

by Angela Lin · October 19, 2026

Backyard Theatre Company’s production of Red Bike is an enchanting, imaginative story from a kid’s perspective about growing up and seeing the town you’ve grown up in change, and the formative stuff and thoughts that shape who we are as a result. …

Review: Tin Drum Theatre's A DARK WOOD at Greenhouse Theater Center

Review: Tin Drum Theatre's A DARK WOOD at Greenhouse Theater Center

by Angela Lin · October 18, 2026

Whether you leave the theater with intensified despair or renewed hope is up to you — and that’s what makes this terrifying and achingly sad story, with just the right dose of humor, hope, and humanity, a brilliant piece of art. …

Review: PREMONITIONS INC. at Kermess

Review: PREMONITIONS INC. at Kermess

by Rachel Weinberg · October 16, 2026

Premonitions Inc. is an oddball new cabaret and acrobatics show in the Spiegeltent of the Loop’s Cambria Hotel.…

Review: A STRANGE LOOP at Raven Theatre

Review: A STRANGE LOOP at Raven Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · October 15, 2026

Michael R. Jackson’s wildly inventive and unique 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical A Strange Loop now makes its Chicago premiere. A Strange Loop is a “big Black and queer-ass American Broadway show,” in the main character Usher’s words, about the lead trying to write a musical called A Str…

Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Goodman Theatre

Review: DEAD GIRL’S QUINCEAÑERA at Goodman Theatre

by Rachel Weinberg · October 7, 2026

Dead Girl’s Quinceañera brings a missing person case to the stage — and the detectives are a group of three Latina teen girls in Miami, Florida. Phanésia Pharel’s play capitalizes on the pop culture obsession with true crime and murder mysteries — though Dead Girl’s Quinceañera is ultim…

Past Shows

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Season Kickoff Celebration

Aug 29

Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre's debut as a resident company at the historic Ruth Page Center for the Arts, featuring this year's dancers, including a new class of CRDT II. The event includes performance of excerpts from and behind-the-scenes info about this year's new works, and...

Ruth Page Center for the Arts August Open House

Ruth Page Center for the Arts August Open House

Aug 2

Ruth Page Center for the Arts hosts its semi-annual Fall Open House, Sunday, August 2 from 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., 1016 N. Dearborn St. This event offers free dance classes, led by Ruth Page Center’s esteemed faculty, for those who wish to experience the wide variety of dance...

expo/sd

Jul 24 – Jul 25, 2026

Chicago Dance Crash presents expo/sd, a world-premiere repertory concert curated by Artistic Director KC Bevis. The evening features three new works choreographed by Annie Franklin, Cameron McKinney, and resident choreographer Elijah Motley. Franklin's piece investigates street...

Under the Big Top

Under the Big Top

Jun 13

Ruth Page Center of the Arts’ School of Dance presents their end of season spring show, “Under the Big Top,” Saturday, June 13 at 1 and 5 p.m., at the Ruth Page Center, 1016 Dearborn St. Ruth Page School of Dance invites audiences to enjoy the wonder and delight of dance in this...

Professional Dance Training Program’s Performance Showcase

Professional Dance Training Program’s Performance Showcase

Jun 12

Ruth Page Center for the Arts’ 2026 Professional Dance Training Program (PDTP) dancers present their end of season performance showcase, Friday, June 12, 7 p.m. at the Ruth Page Center, 1016 Dearborn St. The 2026 roster of dancers will perform brand new works by guest...

Persistent Spring 2026

May 22

Chicago Movement Collective and Winifred Haun & Dancers present Persistent Spring 2026, the third annual showcase of early career and pre-professional dance artists from their two training programs. The evening features new works choreographed by Faith Balderrama, Imani English...

Ruth Page Legacy Gala

Ruth Page Legacy Gala

May 8

Ruth Page Center for the Arts is proud to announce its annual Ruth Page Legacy Gala, Friday, May 8 at 6 p.m., beginning at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St. and continued at the Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St. Celebrating the continuing legacy of...

Adult Spring Open House

Adult Spring Open House

Apr 26

Ruth Page Center for the Arts hosts its semi-annual Adult Spring Open House commemorating International Day of Dance, Sunday, April 26 from 9 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., 1016 N. Dearborn St. This event offers free dance classes, led by Ruth Page Center’s esteemed faculty, for those who...

Concentration

Concentration

Apr 11 – Apr 12, 2026

Young poet in a WWII death camp shares his experience through 50 short poems voiced by four actors, a response to real yet unthinkable events.

Center Stage at Ruth Page

Center Stage at Ruth Page

Mar 20 – Mar 21, 2026

Ruth Page Center is proud to present its annual celebration of its founder and dance icon Ruth Page’s birth (1899 – 1991), Center Stage at Ruth Page, Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 7 p.m., at Ruth Page Center for the Arts Theater, 1016 N. Dearborn St. Each night...

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