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Performing Arts Feature
, May 7, 2013
The art of disability on display at Bodies of Work
The festival puts people with disabilities on the stage, on the screen, behind the mike, and—just as importantly—in the audience.
by Aimee Levitt
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Culture Vultures
, Mar 28, 2013
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
The Rebuilding Exchange, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, and the
Other People
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by Hannah Lorenz and Hannah Gold
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Bleader
, Feb 13, 2013
This week in Bollywood:
ABCD (Any Body Can Dance) 3-D
A review of the latest Bollywood musical to play at the River East 21
by Ben Sachs
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, Jan 27, 2013
Reader
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What's on the
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by Janey Lee
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, Jan 16, 2013
Reader
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by Katie Kather
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Bleader
, Aug 1, 2012
Serious about pleasure
On two recent films that mix politics and pop,
Step Up Revolution
and the Taiwanese feature
Girlfriend Boyfriend
by Ben Sachs
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Performing Arts Review
, Jul 24, 2012
Khecari's extreme dance annoys—in a good way
Pales
is antitheater, antisentiment
by Laura Molzahn
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, Jun 22, 2012
Horrors historical (
Eastland
) and theatrical (
Dancing Queen
): the week in performing arts
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, Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best Hot, Loud, Crowded Dance
Muntu Dance Theatre's "Spice It Up"
by Laura Molzahn
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Dance Critic's Choice
, Apr 18, 2012
The touch of a hand, the feel of the noose
"Vanishing Points" offers four works from Hedwig Dances
by Laura Molzahn
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Dance Critic's Choice
, Apr 11, 2012
Abhinaya and ersatz musical chairs
Two cultures confront each other in
Pushed to the Edge
by Laura Molzahn
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Dance Critic's Choice
, Apr 4, 2012
Twenty-first century Ailey
A new artistic director nudges Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater toward the future
by Laura Molzahn
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Performing Arts
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Mar 14, 2012
Gone Gaga
Batsheva Dance Company bring two works—and a peculiar approach—to town
by Laura Molzahn
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Mar 8, 2012
Dark vaudeville and lighthearted dance
Same Planet Different World's two premieres are darkly cynical and deceptively lighthearted
by Laura Molzahn
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Joanna Rosenthal
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Michael Caskey
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Feb 23, 2012
Pennsylvanian sunsets, cigarettes, and country music
Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak's
The Delicate Hour
lives in the space between
by Laura Molzahn
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Feb 9, 2012
Heart and Sole
River North Dance Chicago puts on a Valentine show
by Laura Molzahn
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Frank Chaves
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Josephine Lee
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Chicago Children's Choir
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Mauro Astolfi
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jan 26, 2012
A kick in the pants
Margi Cole and the Dance COLEctive announce a new direction in "Built by Fault"
by Laura Molzahn
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Performing Arts
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jan 19, 2012
Winter crop
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago cultivates in-house choreographers with its “Danc(e)volve” fest
by Laura Molzahn
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Performing Arts
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Jan 12, 2012
The cryptic clarity of "Flight Patterns"
RE|Dance's latest show combines vivid environments and meanings that are just out of reach
by Laura Molzahn
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Michael Estanich
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