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Pamela Fernandez and What a Song Can Be

April 16, 2013 March 4, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Pamela Fernandez is known as a singer, all around the world, even though almost none of the uncounted people who have danced, moved and who-knows-what-else to her tracks have any real idea who she is. A lot of people even know her name, especially the DJs, producers and labels who have played, remixed, resampled and rereleased her legendary vocals; they all know that Pamela Fernandez' voice can make a track and pack a dancefloor, but they probably know something else about her too. Most of the people who sampled and rereleased that legendary vocal probably know that Pamela Fernandez never

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Choreography and Concert Dance

See for Yourself: Michelle Dorrance, BAM! and “Push Past Break”

March 29, 2013 March 4, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Michelle Dorrance goes to a lot of places, and every time she does, she brings something. Just about anybody who sees her perform, checks out her choreography, or just reads about her in a magazine sees it right away, but If you asked every single one of them what it is that Michelle Dorrance brings, what exactly she has, you might never get the same answer twice. There are so many dimensions, so many perspectives, so many moving parts to everything she's doing that everybody sees it a little differently; she brings a lot to the art of sharing her

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Choreography and Concert Dance

Mary Tarpley and “Repurpose”: A New Way for Dance to be Seen

March 18, 2013 March 4, 2017 Johnny Nevin

"One of the coolest things about art, in all forms, is how much it influences and inspires new art." That's just one of the many insightful ideas that come up when you talk to choreographer Mary Tarpley, especially if you talk to her about Repurpose, the intriguing and very promising concert that she and The Den Theatre are presenting Friday, March 22nd through Sunday, March 24th. It's a Dance Concert to be sure, but one that has been carefully designed to present dance successfully to a much broader audience. Tarpley is especially well-prepared to come up with an idea as

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Choreography and Concert Dance

But Always We Became Found: Lizzie MacKenzie and Chicago Dance Crash Make Some Connections

March 5, 2013 March 4, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Anyone who knows Lizzie Mackenzie's choreography is probably surprised that she's not better known as a choreographer. She's widely known as a truly exceptional dancer, from her performances with Giordano Dance Chicago and then with River North Dance Chicago, as well as her many guest appearances in high profile special events. She's also well known, especially in the world of preprofessional dance, as the founder and artistic director of Extensions Dance Company, one of the most successful and respected preprofessional dance companies in the country. When she does choreograph, the results are often spectacularly rich; she combines an ability to

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Choreography and Concert Dance

Making a Scene: Luna Negra and Made in Spain

March 5, 2013 March 5, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Here's an intriguing first look at Royal Road, but for the full impact, not to mention the rest of the scene, you'll have to be in Chicago on Saturday, March 9, and find your way to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.

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Choreography and Concert Dance

Ready for Valentine’s Day?

February 6, 2013 March 5, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Duets for My Valentine is an evening length composition in the diversity of dance, with eleven different dance companies and independent artists each presenting a duet somehow related to that very broad, promising, and potentially difficult subject, romance.

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Choreography and Concert DanceClassical and Soundtrack

So Many Brand New Days: Chicago Children’s Choir Goes to India

January 23, 2013 March 5, 2017 Johnny Nevin

They're off to perform in India, on a multi-city tour that will bring audiences there a chance to hear what talent and dedication sound like set to music.

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Choreography and Concert Dance

Dance Crash, Deahr, and the Art of Connection

January 21, 2013 March 5, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Opposites attract, and not just in the ways that you've probably heard about. Beyond the stereotypes of romance and the science of electromagnetism, there's a thread that runs through some of the most innovative kinds of creativity and reflects much the same idea.

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House and Trance

Electronication: Kay Wilder’s Innovative New Mix Show

January 13, 2013 March 5, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Kay Wilder is a DJ and Producer from the Netherlands with an unusually expansive take on music, and he's just launched a new weekly mix show called Electronication that puts his wide-ranging view of the EDM scene into a really innovative, hour long mix.

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Choreography and Concert Dance

Forum Dance: Fifteen Years of Accomplishing Dreams

January 9, 2013 March 5, 2017 Johnny Nevin

Forum Dance Theatre is one of the most respected pre-professional dance companies in the country, and on Saturday, February 2, they celebrate their fifteenth anniversary with a performance at the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts at the College of Lake County.

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