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:
"Between Gestures" is an extaordinary ten-day event that includes eight performances, four public conversations, four masterclasses and a series of screenings of dance films and documentaries from Europe. We asked Tanguy Accart, Cultural Attaché of the Consulate General of France in Chicago about all of it, and here's what he told us:
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":
In part two of our coverage of Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, we asked Co-Founder and Producer Melissa Mallinson about the community of artists that the festival has brought together over the last ten years. Here's what she told us:
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:
Cattywampus Dance Artistic Director Abby Williams Chin is getting ready to debut her latest evening-length work, "If/Then," which gives audiences the power to decide how they experience the journey of a single character. Here's what she told us about this innovative evening of dance: