To celebrate the 20th presentation of New Dances, we asked Amy Wilkinson, Jeff Hancock and Joshua Manculich, each with their own rich New Dances history, to tell us about this great series, taking place this year as virtual concerts beginning Saturday, June 20, 2020.
We reached out to composer David Jennings to find out more about the score he composed for Lamaiya Lancaster and L-Theory Collective's "Dancing As Life", and much more. Here's what he told us:
MRDC Artistic Director Monte Rezell gets his company ready for "Opposites Attract," March 14-15, 2020 at Chicago’s Stage 773. The production is a direct representation of one of the many ways this Hip Hop ambassador continues to nurture the culture. Here’s what Monte told us about the performance and his latest choreographic work:
DancerMusic Editor Kristi Licera recently had the chance to speak with Jan Bartoszek on the eve of Hedwig Dances' 35th anniversary concert about how she has kept her creativity alive and to get insights to her latest work, "Raum." Here's what she told us:
DancerMusic caught up with Hope Boykin to get an inside look at what she looks forward to sharing with Chicago audiences as she takes the stage with the company at the Auditorium Theatre for the final time. Here’s what she told us:
LOUD BODIES' "Legalize Menstruation," raises awareness of period poverty and encourages open conversation on the often taboo subject of menstruation. Here's what LOUD BODIES co-founders Yariana Baralt Torres and Maria Blanco told us about their upcoming performance, February 29, 2020 at Chicago's Preston Bradley Center:
Chelsea Hoy is the Associate Artistic Director of Trinity Irish Dance Company, a driving force in the always unfolding future of this completely unique dance company. We asked Chelsea to give us a deeper look inside Trinity Irish Dance Company as we get ready to see them at the Auditorium on February 29th. Here's what she told us.
Ballet 5:8 presents "Butterfly" at Chicago's Studebaker Theater Saturday, March 7, 2020. DancerMusic asked Artistic Director Julianna Slager to give us insight into this ballet, inspired by the stories of the Jewish population that lived in the Terezin ghetto during World War II. Here's what she told us:
As you get closer to it, the Milwaukee Ballet's Ballet Russe Reimagined begins to seem more like an ultra HD close-up of a world that could just as easily be right now. We asked Nicole Teague-Howell about what she found as she set out to transform the inspiration of a century past into a new kind of imagining. Here's what she told us:
"Floor Show" is an immersive production that draws inspiration from David Bowie’s music, career, cultural impact, and more. This one-of-a-kind production—part theater, part live music concert, part dance performance—was created by director Jesse Morgan Young in collaboration with lead performer Alex Grelle and music director Liam Kazar. Here's what choreographer Zachary Whittenburg told us about the production: