Sunday, 05 November 2023 15:21
Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre at Auditorium Theatre - A Celebration of Community
Sarz Maxwell
It’s hard to find words to describe DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATRE’s performance. Phenomenal … wondrous … magnificent … incredible – all these and more apply but even all together they’re insufficient to the task. DEEPLY ROOTED DANCE THEATRE, a Chicago-based dance company, has been expressing the transformative power of art…
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Sunday, 15 October 2023 11:23
Joffrey’s Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus Reimagined
Written by CJ Burroughs
In the two hundred (and five) years since Mary Shelley jolted to life her eponymous mad scientist and his monster and set them loose, Frankenstein has invaded just about every cross-section of culture. Motion pictures, of course. And literature. Sitcoms and cereal. And, based on the late Liam Scarlett’s production…
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Friday, 21 April 2023 15:41
Joffrey Ballet's 'The Little Mermaid' is Magnificent from Beginning to End
Written by Kimberly Katz
The Little Mermaid at Lyric Opera House is an incredibly beautiful and massive production that holds the audience spellbound from the moment it begins until the final magnificent scene of love transcendent. This ballet created by John Neumeier for the Royal Danish Ballet in 2005 was way ahead of its time in that…
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Saturday, 15 April 2023 12:46
American Ballet at Auditorium Theatre Very Highly Recommended!
Sarz Maxwell
It’s hard to go wrong with ballet. From a toddlers’ class giggling nervously through Swan Lake to the zaniest comic piece by Los Trocoderos, ballet excites, inspires, and delights us. All these occurred at the American Ballet Theatre performance April 14 at the Auditorium Theatre. I was very much…
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Sunday, 02 April 2023 12:38
CATCH THE LIGHT, FEEL THE RADIANCE, 'CELEBRATE GIORDANO' A GALA CELEBRATION OF GDC’S 60-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Sarz Maxwell
Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC) has been an integral part of Chicago’s performing arts community for 60 years – more than a half century of bringing groundbreaking commissions, instruction, outreach and (most of all) performances to Chicago and audiences worldwide. This year they are celebrating that 60th anniversary with Season 60:…
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Tuesday, 14 February 2023 23:55
All-Male Ballerinas a Hoot: Les BALLETS TROCKADERO de Monte Carlo
Sarz Maxwell
You’ve never heard of Les Ballets Trockadero?? Les Ballets Trockadero (affectionately, ‘the Trocks’) is the ‘the World’s foremost all-male comic ballet company, and they’re playing at the Auditorium Theatre … wait, no … they played at the Aud on Saturday night, 2/11/23 – a one-night run But the Trocks are…
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Monday, 24 October 2022 15:25
Giordano Dance Chicago's 'Catch the Light' A spectacular 60th Anniversary Celebration at the Harris Theatre!
Sarz Maxwell
Nan Giordano, Giordano Dance Chicago’s Artistic Director and daughter of founder Gus Giordano, credits its devoted Board of Directors for GDC’s survival through ‘the dark years’ of the pandemic: “Beauty, Energy, Unity and Community are abundant.” Lockdown lifted just in time for the company’s 60th anniversary show, fittingly named CATCH…
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Friday, 14 February 2020 19:52
Joffrey’s 'The Times Are Racing' is an energy and grace filled bliss
Written by Vika Lvova
Each season Joffrey Ballet Company presents a show comprised of works of various influential artists; this winter’s repertoire is a worldly combination of five works by four contemporary choreographers: British-born Christopher Wheeldon’s Commedia, Israeli choreographer Itzik Galili’s Mono Lisa and The Sofa, Chicago’s Stephanie Martinez’ Bliss!, and Chicago premiere of…
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Wednesday, 05 February 2020 14:06
Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show is a spectacular feel-good production!
Written by Kimberly Katz
I have seen Riverdance productions in the past and have always enjoyed them, but the Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show, currently being performed at Cadillac Place Theatre, really ramped up the production value and left me breathless. With new soundtrack additions by original composer Bill Whelan, and amazing 3D projections in…
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Thursday, 23 January 2020 15:19
Tragically, Ukrainian ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' lacks spark
Written by Vika Lvova
A tragic Shakespearian tale of Romeo and Juliet set to the music of a Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev is brought to Chicago Harris theatre by The National Ballet Theatre of Odessa (Ukraine). A ballet in two acts, it starts out rather slow. Dancers are mostly standing around, and a sense…
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Sunday, 10 November 2019 23:45
Dancers Take Flight, and Give Voice, in Rink Life
Written by Bill Esler
Rink Life is a dance performance with a difference: these dancers also speak. And sing. And act. Dance is said to have five elements - body, action, space, time and energy. But creative director Julia Rhoads (she was once part of Red Moon) adds voice as another component to that…
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Saturday, 19 October 2019 18:37
From Page to Stage: Joffrey Ballet’s 'Jane Eyre'
Written by CJ Burroughs
It seems to me the Joffrey Ballet’s been picking literary shows as of late based on books I either never finished or don’t remember. Last season, they presented Anna Karenina, which I admit I never read all the way through, but which delighted me in its transformation to the Auditorium…
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Wednesday, 13 March 2019 13:23
Joffrey's 9th Annual Winning Works yet another beautiful celebration of art
Written by Mariah Sulaiman
It is no wonder that the 9th Annual Winning Works, presented by the Joffrey Academy of Dance Chicago, has been a sold out show since its opening on March 9th through the 10th. With its talented selection of winning choreographers and their eclectic styles, they brought a show that brings…
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