Chicago Dance Crash is a company as unique as its artists, with a history of bending the rules of concert dance. In its 15th anniversary season, this band of professional misfits took on the task of creating an original full length production, 'The Bricklayers of Oz' - currently in the running for 'Most Inventive New Work' in Dance Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards 2017. Company Dancer Kristi Licera tells us why this show deserves your vote!
Here at DancerMusic.com, one of our favorite ways to learn about what's going on in Dance and Music is to ask some of the gifted artists that we've worked with. That's why we asked HSPro's Melissa Panetta to tell us about Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's "bold, adventurous and forward-looking" fall engagement, Peter Chu's "Space, In Perspective" ...
Chicago Sinfonietta's Trademark really has to be one of the most creatively imagined concerts you've ever heard of. Besides the World Premiere of Wilfredo Rivera's collaboration with Clarice Assad, Trademark also includes performances from Liam Teague and the NIU Steelband alongside performances of Mozart and Smetana. Teague also performs with harpist Faye Seeman in her composition Fayed to Blue.
Visceral Dance was founded just four years ago, in 2013, but they've already established a remarkable record for artistic imagination. This Saturday, September 16 Visceral opens their Fall Engagement at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts with a program that introduces Danielle Agami's "Pick a Seat" and works from Marguerite Donlon, Mark Godden and Artistic Director Nick Pupillo.
Tenille Arts is a singer and songwriter who lives, writes and sings in Nashville, Tennessee. She's an independent artist, maybe more independent than most, because with views of her independent videos pushing a million, she could probably be putting her music out anyway she wants. This is her track "I Can Do The Leaving" ---
At Dance For Life this Saturday, August19, one of the more intriguing performances will be of In the Meantime. The collaborators describe the work as "a celebration of our distinct cultures and a recognition of our common impulses and the universal desire to make rhythm". Here, CHRP's Lane Alexander gives us an inside look at two of the photos from the work ...
The weekend is nearly upon us, which means many of Chicago's dance professionals are gearing up for Dance for Life 2017 - a one-night only dance benefit concert at The Auditorium Theater. One company taking the stage this Saturday night is none other than Visceral Dance Chicago, who will close the series of company performances with 'Ruff Celts', choreographed by Marguerite Donlon.
Each August, the Chicago dance community packs the city's Auditorium Theatre for Dance For Life. For a special look ahead, DancerMusic reached out to each of the Partner Dance Companies that perform each year at Dance For Life. Each of them has selected a photo from their performance, and given us some insight into what they will be performing.
One of Chicago's best Juice Bar vibes is on the city's northwest side, at a friendly, low-key high-quality place called Be Juice'd. Founded by Kasia O and Helen P last November, it's an artist and music friendly scene with an always growing following. One of the reasons is their popular Acoustic Sunday ...
If you've never seen Chicago Dance Crash, now is a good time to find out that you always wanted to. Bricklayers promises to be another rowdy and riveting product of the rich imagination of Jessica Deahr, who directed and choreographed the work with an inspired team of co-conspirators ...
