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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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The table is set this month with theater world premieres, dance works in progress, and comedy with cured meat.

The exploration that began with Power Goes and RockCitizen continues with a multimedia triptych set in Pulaski Park Field House.

The Seldoms, the Joffrey Ballet, and more

The Seldoms look back at the protests, drugs, and music of the 60s.

And this time around the Seldoms zero in on a specific target: LBJ.

The Seldoms and Ayako Kato explore global warming and chaos theory as part of the Pivot Arts Festival.

Dancers become choreographers in a DIY showcase.

Carrie Hanson looks at how we look at climate change in Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead

The latest performing arts reviews from our critics

Chicago and Taiwanese dance troupes perform together

A roundup of fresh reviews by Reader critics

Plus: New releases from young MCs Rockie Fresh and Calez, and a benefit celebrating the late Mat Arluck of Sweet Cobra

The Seldoms perform promenade style at the Harris Theater

The Seldoms' Stupormarket

The Seldoms preview their latest piece, inspired by the Fresh Kills Landfill, tonight at the Newberry Library.

The Seldoms improvise a performance inside Andy Warhol's "Silver Clouds" at the Loyola University Museum of Art.

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