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Leading ladies for Links and Luna.
Today brings two pieces of news to confirm that at least some of the dust that has been kicked up over the last few months is beginning to settle. Both Links Hall and Luna Negra Dance Theater have...
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Help out for a few minutes, see a great show, get handed tickets to another...
Luciana Souza. Photo by Kwaku Alston. Want to feel like a better person, support the arts and be thanked generously for it? Luna Negra Dance Theater are giving two performances next week at the...
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Fall 2009 Dance Preview
Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Sculpture by Richard Serra. Photo by Anna Finke. Today’s Windy City Times is packed with all kinds of fall arts preview magic. Head down to the corner and pick up a...
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Loose ends.
In lieu of time I don’t have to follow-up in detail on shows I’ve previewed over the past few weeks, here’s a grab-bag of impressions and memorable moments of the fall season thus far: Miami City...
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Fresh Feats: Happy Anniversary! Edition
In today’s Windy City Times I run down what Hedwig Dances, Lucky Plush Productions and River North Chicago Dance Company have planned for their birthdays, as well as The Moving Architects’ upcoming...
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In dance, this is what we call “big news.”
Gustavo Ramirez Sansano. Photo by Cheryl Mann. Luna Negra Dance Theater has announced the long-awaited appointment of founder Eduardo Vilaro’s successor. Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, whom Vilaro invited to...
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Review: MOVE!
Full disclosure: I usually find concert jazz dance to be indulgent, obvious and desperate. Although I’ve taken my fair share of classes in the style, it’s not one that resonates with my temperament....
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MCA Stage announces 2012–13 season, Teen Creative Agency program
Beginning with the rescheduled Imperial Silence: Una Ópera Muerta — originally slated for the spring season now ending — the Museum of Contemporary Art presents an impressive array of contemporary...
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Luna Negra Dance Theater: “Luna Nueva” | Review
Luna Negra Dance Theater defines its “Luna Nueva” programming venture as a focus on choreographers “whose movement, style and artistic voice extend beyond the conventional aesthetics of dance.” Luna...
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Shared facility for Chicago performing-arts organizations opening in the Fine...
Rendering of the reception area at the American Rhythm Center in downtown Chicago’s Fine Arts Building. Image courtesy of the Chicago Human Rhythm Project. Last spring, it went by the Collaborative...
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