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Serious about pleasure
On two recent films that mix politics and pop,
Step Up Revolution
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by Ben Sachs
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, Jul 24, 2012
Khecari's extreme dance annoys—in a good way
Pales
is antitheater, antisentiment
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, Jun 22, 2012
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Dancing Queen
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30 Queer Plays in 60 Straight Minutes
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Visionfest
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Time after Time
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Dancing Queen
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BoHo Theatre
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Muntu Dance Theatre's "Spice It Up"
by Laura Molzahn
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, 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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Michel Rodriguez
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Judith Sanchez Ruiz
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Cuba
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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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Natya Dance Theater
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Mordine & Company Dance Theater
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Shirley Mordine
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Hema Rajagopalan
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abhinaya
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Chitrivina Ravikiran
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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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Robert Battle
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HIV
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Paul Taylor
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Ohad Naharin
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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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Same Planet Different World Dance Theater
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Joanna Rosenthal
,
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Vin Reed
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Peter Carpenter
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Michael Caskey
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Colleen Halloran
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Ashleigh Leite
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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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Valentine's Day
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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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Deborah Hay
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Judson Dance Theater
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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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Hubbard Street 2
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Johnny McMillan
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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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RE Dance
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Michael Estanich
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The Attic Room
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Shelby Kroger
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Lucy Riner
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Nov 23, 2011
There's no place like home for the Chicago Human Rhythm Project
International percussive forms in the American melting pot at the Global Rhythms fest
by Laura Molzahn
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Chicago Human Rhythm Project
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Step Afrika!
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Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater
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Libby Komaiko
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Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago
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Sones de Mexico
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Bleader
, Nov 17, 2011
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company's final shows in Chicago
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company gives its final Chicago performances this weekend, but its music lives on an fantastic box set.
by Peter Margasak
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Post No Bills
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Merce Cunningham Dance Company
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John Cage
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David Tudor
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Takehisa Kosugi
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Music for Merce
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Harris Theater
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Sep 29, 2011
Back to the vault
BIll T. Jones takes up some old pieces for "Body Against Body"
by Laura Molzahn
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Bill T. Jones
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Body Against Body
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Arnie Zane
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Fela!
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Performing Arts Sidebar
, Sep 22, 2011
Eiko & Koma's naked power at the MCA
The butoh-influenced pair look back on nearly 40 years of intense, deliberate--and sometimes nude--dance
by Laura Molzahn
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White Dance
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Robert Mirabal
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Performing Arts
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Performing Arts Feature
, Sep 15, 2011
Altered consciousness
The fearsome dance of Adam Rose
by Laura Molzahn
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Fall Arts Preview 2011
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Holocene Overkill
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Antibody Corporation
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