Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Nejla Yatkin's free participatory performance seeks to open the senses amidst the natural beauty of the Burnham Wildlife Corridor.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 28, 2018
The natural world, internal landscapes and political spheres collide this month in dance.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 2, 2018
With seven companies whose specialties range from pointe to head spins, the "Dance For Life" program promises to be not only a worthy fundraiser, but one of the most eclectic dance concerts …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:24PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Dance moves outdoors for the summer, from Dance Downs in the Parks to performances on the MCA grounds.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:20PM[SHARE]Monday, July 16, 2018
The annual tap festival is a chance to see the boundary-pushing work of CHRP's first ever artist in residence Dani Borak.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:05PM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Monday, June 25, 2018
Friday, June 22, 2018
The longstanding, wildly popular partner-dance series has evolved into a festival that ties together social dance, live music, spectatorship and professional performances.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 12, 2018
A romance that follows an immigrant girl and her suitor on a journey through Chicago neighborhoods.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:32PM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2018
The grand finale to the Chicago Human Rhythm Project's annual festival was a foot-pounding celebration of both diversity and the intersection of cultural traditions we all share.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:23PM[SHARE]Friday, May 25, 2018
High-octane dance abounds in June, from The Seldoms' "Marchland" to Chicago Tap Theatre's dedication to divas to Hubbard Street's full length rendition of "Minus 16."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, May 24, 2018
Khecari creates a customized experience in their one hundred sixty-eight hour performance "The Retreat: One Week."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]Friday, April 27, 2018
Ekman's ode to Scandinavian solstice is a triumph of vision, imagination and masterful stagecraft.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:01AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 26, 2018
Why don't we take control of the conversation instead of letting the conversation steer us?
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:27AM[SHARE]The dance shows to see in May from intimate activist performances to large scale story ballets.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 24, 2018
The wildly witty and inquisitive company presents two reimagined shorter works: an expanded riff on a short piece created for Hubbard Street last year and a mashup of memorable moments from …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Okwui Okpokwasili's new work, inspired by protest movements of Nigerian women, asks the audience to open up the layers of sensing and awareness we use to make our world.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:30AM[SHARE]Friday, March 30, 2018
It's Chicago Dance Month and picking just five is near impossible. We made sure to put some free shows in the mix.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 28, 2018
An ancient Underwood typewriter, a dress form, stacks of books and Victorian-inspired garb set the scene for intimate character development and a tinge of claustrophobia.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:27AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Hubbard Street Dance's 40th anniversary season and the Auditorium Theatre's "Made in Chicago" series intersect with a special program dedicated to Hubbard Street's first and only resident ch…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Sensuality and disgust drip through the opening of "Lie Through My Skin," setting an ambivalent tone that becomes increasingly surreal as the piece unfolds.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:24PM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Fernandes's show, an installation and performance project in collaboration with design firm Norman Kelley and the Joffrey Ballet Academy is a quietly elegant look at the pleasure of pain in …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:44AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 28, 2018
The dancers move with an impossibly subtle, inwardly-generated fluidity and power, on stages transformed into vast, timeless landscapes. Cloud Gate performances are truly as much mediations …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 1, 2018
"I really believe in the honesty of being on stage"the word 'being' being key. If there's a character to imbue that it is at the very heart of the performer as opposed to something placed on…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 31, 2018
It's a big month for ballet with Balanchine, Baryshnikov, and ABT gracing Chicago stages.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Friday, December 29, 2017
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Tshabalala originally created the piece in his native South Africa, ostensibly in response to apartheid and its aftermath, but the pounding heart of "INDUMBA" is universally powerful to witn…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 8, 2017
This latest piece from Hanson plays with perception by moving the audience through three rooms.
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