Tuesday, May 5, 2026
In conversation with Ellyzabeth Adler on the evening-length work, premiering at Chicago Danztheatre’s space in Andersonville's Ebenezer Lutheran Church this month.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Long championing the creative power of Latina women, the company's evening-length work is inspired by Chilean poet, journalist and diplomat Gabriela Mistral.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Fernandes' practice encompasses just about any medium you can name"dance, sculpture and design, textiles and fashion, photography and film"and is often in conversation with the spaces that c…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Three pieces will premiere in Hedwig's program, which incorporate objects to reveal how human bodies are conversant with and transformed by the designed world.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Through the Festival and year-round at Red Clay's studio, Vershawn Sanders-Ward celebrates and nurtures the creativity of Black female artists.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Full-spectrum emotionally gratifying theater, signed and sealed in a love letter to pop culture.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 3, 2026
There is clear urgency and a call to action in Carrie Hanson's piece, which is even more relevant now, six years after its making.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
The spring program honors American choreographers; appropriate for a ballet company that made its name touring the United States while pushing the boundaries of classicism in dance. Newcity …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
The largest puppet theater festival in North America returns to warm up crowds with a vast array of artistry from around the globe, including an adaptation of Ursula K. LeGuin's "The Left Ha…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
The Chicago-centric version of the holiday classic, set the winter before the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, turns ten.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
"This piece is being made in the midst of deep questions with the ensemble about where do we go from here? What do we do with the coexistence of these feelings of the desire to be seen? The …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A new evening-length holiday show by South Chicago Dance Theatre founder and director Kia S. Smith is aimed at fostering a sense of audience connection.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2025
The skill of the company is on full display in a stacked program of mic-drop numbers, old and new.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Wade Schaaf's spinoff of "Romeo and Juliet" follows Lord and Lady Capulet, carrying on clandestine affairs of their own.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 28, 2025
In a rare Harris Theater appearance, the Joffrey Ballet presents new works by two extraordinary women choreographers: a Chicago-set love story by Chanel DaSilva and a tribute to Frida Kahlo …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 30, 2025
"Starting a company of all women is not just about dance. It's about sisterhood. It's about community."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Liam Scarlett's adaptation of the Georges Bizet opera feels timeless in the vein of Hollywood's golden era.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Three performances by Chicago artists this weekend grow joy and find ways through grief via the body, music, ritual and remembrance.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 10, 2025
This season marks multiple milestones for the Joffrey Ballet: it's the company's seventieth season and also its thirtieth year since it relocated from New York to the Third Coast. With its t…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Deeply Rooted turns thirty, and Hubbard Street brings more Fosse. Now that's a fall season!
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 2, 2025
In an age when many dance-based organizations and venues struggle or have gone dark, bright spots remain. One such light in the darkness is Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble which has, as its fou…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
The ten companies comprising the Black Dance Legacy Project demonstrate that Black dance"in its wide ranging diversity of rhythms, moods, modes and aesthetics"truly is American dance.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Showcase performances and free community events celebrate the abundance of great dance in Chicago.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
The Seldoms remount their hyper-saturated celebration of nature's beauty at a garden in full bloom.
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