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Arts & Culture
,
Theater Preview
Oct 30, 2019
Give thanks for some promising November live performances
The table is set this month with theater world premieres, dance works in progress, and comedy with cured meat.
By Kerry Reid, Irene Hsiao, and Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Theater Preview
,
Rivendell Theatre
,
Jackalope Theatre
,
TimeLine Theatre
,
Steppenwolf Theatre
,
Firebrand Theatre
,
The Seldoms
,
Poetry Foundation
,
Redance Group
,
North Bar
,
Pork Show
,
Becca Brown
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 15, 2017
Welcome to the world of the Seldoms’
The Making
The exploration that began with
Power Goes
and
RockCitizen
continues with a multimedia triptych set in Pulaski Park Field House.
By Irene Hsiao
Tags:
Dance
,
Arts
,
The Making
,
the Seldoms
,
Pulaski Park Field House
,
Power Goes
,
RockCitizen
,
dance
,
Fraser Taylor
Arts & Culture
,
Fall Preview
Sep 2, 2016
Five best bets for fall dance 2016
The Seldoms, the Joffrey Ballet, and more
By Matt de la Peña
Tags:
Fall Preview
,
The Seldoms
,
The Fifth
,
Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
,
Joffrey Ballet
,
Romeo and Juliet
,
Shakespeare 400 Chicago
,
Krystoff Pastor
,
Silvio Berlusconi
,
Auditorium Theatre
,
Zephyr Dance
,
Valice 13
,
Defibrillator Gallery
,
Michelle Kranicke
,
Molly Strom
,
David Sundry
,
Dorrance Dance
,
ETM: Double Down
,
Michelle Dorrance
,
tap dancing
,
Chicago Humanities Festival
,
Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie
,
EDM
,
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
,
Alejandro Cerrudo
,
Brian Brooks
,
Fall Series
,
Harris Theater
,
Alejandro Cerrudo
,
Sarabande
,
Falling Angels
,
Jiři Kylián
,
Steve Reich
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
May 12, 2016
Recommended
A contemporary dance group takes on the Summer of Love
The Seldoms look back at the protests, drugs, and music of the 60s.
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
The Seldoms
,
Power Goes
,
RockCitizen
,
Sarah Gonsiorowski
,
Cara Sabin
,
Lyndon B. Johnson
,
the 60s
,
the 1960s
,
Summer of Love
,
Timothy Leary
,
Brian Shaw
,
Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy From Hell (WITCH)
,
Voting Rights Act of 1965
,
civil rights
,
Kwame Ture
,
Stokely Carmichael
,
Black Lives Matter
,
Elvis
,
Elvis Presley
,
Woodstock
,
Bob Faust
,
brascape
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Mar 25, 2015
Recommended
Dance meets multimedia spectacle in the stunning
Power Goes
And this time around the Seldoms zero in on a specific target: LBJ.
By Brianna Wellen
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Power Goes
,
Museum of Contemporary Art
,
The Seldoms
,
Exit Disclaimer
,
Monument
,
Carrie Hanson
,
Lyndon B. Johnson
,
Robert Caro
,
Stuart Flack
,
Sarah Krepp
,
Bob Faust
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Jun 4, 2014
Recommended
Dance gets cerebral in 'Laws of Motion'
The Seldoms and Ayako Kato explore global warming and chaos theory as part of the Pivot Arts Festival.
By Jena Cutie
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Loyola University Mundelein Center for the Arts
,
Pivot Arts
,
“Laws of Motion”
,
Pivot Arts Festival
,
The Seldoms
,
Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead
,
Ayako Kato
,
Art Union Humanscape
,
Incidents I
,
Incidents II
,
Precious Jennings
,
Jessica Marasa
,
NASA
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Review
Apr 8, 2013
Recommended
Image
The assorted bonbons of the Seldoms' "Mix With Six"
Dancers become choreographers in a DIY showcase.
By Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Performing Arts Review
,
Mix With Six
,
the Seldoms
,
Carrie Hanson
,
Amanda McAlister
,
(I'm)barrassed
,
Damon D. Green
,
Optimism of the Antagonist
,
Javier Marchan Ramos
,
Himself [With You]
,
Philip Elson
,
Between Means and Ends
,
Cara Sabin
,
Bruce Ortiz
,
Moments After and Ahead
,
Recommended
Arts & Culture
,
Dance Critic's Choice
Oct 24, 2012
Dancing around the issue
Carrie Hanson looks at how we look at climate change in
Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead
By Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Dance Critic's Choice
,
Carrie Hanson
,
the Seldoms
,
climate change
,
environmentalism
,
Anna Kunz
,
Mikhail Fiksel
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jun 29, 2012
Glory holes and circus feats: new
Reader
performing arts reviews
The latest performing arts reviews from our critics
By Sharon Lurye
Tags:
Theater
,
Arts
,
Dance
,
After the Quake
,
Haruki Murakami
,
Common Hatred
,
Anton Chekhov
,
Calamity West
,
Dralion
,
The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me
,
Steamwerkz
,
The Seldoms
,
Going Dutch
Arts & Culture
,
Dance Critic's Choice
Jun 27, 2012
The Seldoms, WCdance at Ruth Page
Chicago and Taiwanese dance troupes perform together
By Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Dance Critic's Choice
,
WCDance
,
The Seldoms
,
WenChung Lin
,
Bill T. Jones
,
Arnie Zane Dance Company
,
Chinese folk dance
,
Carrie Hanson
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 2, 2012
The latest
Reader
performing arts reviews
A roundup of fresh reviews by
Reader
critics
By Sharon Lurye
Tags:
Onstage
,
Performing Arts
,
Comedy
,
Dance
,
Arts
,
Enron
,
The Hunchback Variations
,
Rhinofest
,
6 Pleasant Avenue
,
In/Corporate
,
The Girl in the Yellow Dress
,
Hedda Gabler
,
Homeland
,
The Houdini Box
,
Motion
,
Quake
,
Residue
,
Time Stands Still
,
The Feast: In Intimate Tempest
,
Long Gone Lonesome
,
National Theatre of Scotland
,
Never Been to Paris
,
Stranded! The Lost Sketches of Brain Freeze
,
The Seldoms
,
Chicago Children's Theatre
,
Harry Houdini
,
Sean Flannery
,
football
,
Super Bowl
,
Shakespeare Theater Company
Music
,
Three Beats
Feb 2, 2012
Drummer Tim Daisy writes for dance troupe the Seldoms
Plus: New releases from young MCs Rockie Fresh and Calez, and a benefit celebrating the late Mat Arluck of Sweet Cobra
By Peter Margasak, Leor Galil, and Kevin Warwick
Tags:
Three Beats
,
Tim Daisy
,
Inner Ear
,
the Engines
,
James Falzone
,
Klang
,
Vox Arcana
,
New Fracture Trio
,
the Seldoms
,
Claire Hanson
,
Experimental Sound Studio
,
Rockie Fresh
,
2008ighties
,
Calez
,
King Louie
,
Mat Arluck
,
Sweet Cobra
,
Jason Gagovski
,
metal
,
jazz
,
hip-hop
Arts & Culture
,
Performing Arts Sidebar
Feb 2, 2012
This Is Not a Dance Concert is . . . well, what?
The Seldoms perform promenade style at the Harris Theater
By Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Performing Arts Sidebar
,
Carrie Hanson
,
the Seldoms
,
Harris Theater for Music and Dance
,
Maria Pinto
,
Tim Daisy
Best of Chicago
,
Arts & Culture
Jun 23, 2011
Best dance on a shoestring
The Seldoms'
Stupormarket
Tags:
Arts & Culture
,
The
Reader
's picks
,
The Seldoms
,
Stupormarket
,
Stage 773
Arts & Culture
,
Dance Critic's Choice
Feb 17, 2011
Recommended
The Seldoms
By Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Dance Critic's Choice
,
The Seldoms
,
Stage 773
,
Carrie Hanson
,
Recommended
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 20, 2008
Seldoms preview new dance tonight at the Newberry
The Seldoms preview their latest piece, inspired by the Fresh Kills Landfill, tonight at the Newberry Library.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Free Shit
,
Swag
,
The Seldoms
,
Fresh Kills Landfill
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 19, 2008
The Seldoms'
Silver Clouds
performance 2/19 and 2/23
The Seldoms improvise a performance inside Andy Warhol's "Silver Clouds" at the Loyola University Museum of Art.
By Whet Moser
Tags:
Free Shit
,
Swag
,
Andy Warhol
,
Silver Clouds
,
Loyola University Museum of Art
,
The Seldoms
Arts & Culture
,
Dance Critic's Choice
Sep 18, 2003
The Seldoms
By Laura Molzahn
Tags:
Dance Critic's Choice
,
The Seldoms
,
Carrie Hanson
,
Laura Molzahn
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