Rika Lin has worked tirelessly to curate Bridge Dance Festival, which seeks to connect artists from Japan and Japanese influenced work with audiences in Chicago. Here's what Bridge Dance Festival participating artists Alexander Hayashi, Mitsu Salmon, Ayako Kato and Ayaka Nakama told us about their work and approach to their artistry:
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is getting ready to take the stage at Chicago's Harris Theater for Music and Dance with two world premiere works by Rena Butler and Kyle Abraham. Here's what HSDC dancer Craig D. Black told us about creating these two new works:
Lucky Plush Productions is getting ready for the world premiere of "Rink Life" at the Steppenwolf Theatre. Here's what Artistic Director Julia Rhodes told us about creating the movement and score design for this imaginative new work:
In his latest work for Giordano Dance Chicago, choreographer Peter Chu explores the past and present to find what it means to be "in the groove". Here's what he told us about creating "Groove, in formed":
Natya Dance Theatre Artistic Director Hema Rajagopalan has brought together a collection of high caliber artists whose disciplines range from dance to puppetry to jazz and Indian music for the world premiere of "INAI--The Connection". Here's what she told us about "INAI":
Project Bound Dance Co-Artistic Director Ashley Deran collarborated with fellow Co-Artistic Director Emily Loar to create the company's latest evening-length work, "Notified." Here's what she told us about the creative process:
Choreographer Shannon Alvis had the opportunity to explore her heritage and embark on a collaborative creative process with the artists at Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre. Here's what she told us about creating her latest work, "A Place Between Earth and Sky":
Choreographer Monique Haley had the unique opportunity to choreograph and work with the dancers at Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre over a two year period to develop "ROOT: mwanzo wa mwili ni roho." Here's what she told us about the process:
This year Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival celebrates its tenth anniversary season. With so much to share and celebrate in this monumental season, we talked to co-founders Nicole Gifford and Melissa Mallinson in a special two part interview. Here's part one, featuring Nicole Gifford. Here's what she told us:
Jeff Hancock has a lot of experience with dance and design, and he's given it a lot of thought. He's seen the dynamic, multi-dimensional reality of design in concert dance from many perspectives, so we asked him about what it's like for a choreographer to be a designer, and for a designer to be a choreographer. Here's what he told us: