Dance

Process reports

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• Damon Green

• A remote Russian city gets a lesson in fabulousness.

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• Akram Khan Company

• London’s hit choreographer discusses going home and bahok.

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• Deeply Rooted Dance Theater

• The company is at a centered stage.

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• Hedwig Dances

• We follow the footsteps, from studio to stage, of Jan Bartoszek’s latest.

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• The Seldoms

• Marchland’s army of collaborators defines multidisciplinary.

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• Luna Negra Dance Theater

• Did Frida Kahlo commission a biography from beyond?

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• Joffrey Ballet’s Cinderella

• No one knows Cindy like Wendy (Ellis Somes).

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• River North Chicago Dance Company

• RivNo widens its scope with two world premieres.

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• Rachel Thorne Germond

• A slippery piece, her last in Chicago, glues recurring themes to new experiences.

Recent highs

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• Midway Ramblers First Fridays Cajun Dances

• They’re the band that keeps it bayou-tiful.

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• Kalapriya Dance Theatre

• Two Americans on dancing here with India in their hearts.

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• Chicago Tap Summit

• Bril Barrett’s M.A.D.D. Rhythms pays tribute to a legend.

Behind the listings

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• Interview: Suzanne Lopez

• The dancer talks two decades with the Joffrey and next steps as a répétitrice.

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• Kirby Reed

• How a teacher paralyzed by stroke keeps moving.

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• Larry Long

• The Larry Long Master Teachers Fund keeps the legend’s lessons alive.