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" ...
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.
On a warm summer, Saturday evening each year, the Chicago dance community unites in spectacular form to support those with critical health issues. Dance for Life 2017 continues the 25+ year tradition, bringing the best of Chicago dance to the Auditorium Theater stage this coming August. This year, Dance for Life welcomes Jessica Miller Tomlinson of JMT Choreography to the stage with 'In Tongues': a joyous choreographic work set to the music of The Talking Heads. Tomlinson, a seasoned member of the former Thodos Dance Chicago ensemble and recent addition to Adjunct Faculty at Northern Illinois University, is no stranger to the Dance for Life stage as a performer, but is participating as a presenting choreographer for the first time. KLic Creative caught up with JMT to get the inside scoop on what Tomlinson is working on for this not-to-be-missed evening of dance. Read on for our five part Q&A with JMT:
In celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Ballet Chicago’s Studio Company, Chaves was commissioned to create Ascension. This romantically haunting pas de deux features an original score for piano and cello by Josephine Lee, who will join the dancers onstage with cellist Meena Cho this Saturday at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.