In addition to our cover feature on the amazing Andy Blankenbuehler (see how much fun our photo shoot was in this video), we’ve got so much great stuff in our October issue: a profile of Heather McGinley, the stunning new dancer in Paul Taylor who is clearly “On the Rise;” an article about D. Sabela […]
A guide to the new season BodyCartography Project, coming to Walker Art Center in October. Photo by Gene Pittman, Courtesy WAC. This fall, a vibrant mix of voices will be “heard” onstage through movement, memorials, and mile-markers. From an array of world premieres hitting theaters across the U.S., to tantalizing festivals celebrating […]
The Hubbard Street dancer has a sensual, dramatic movement style. Photo by Todd Rosenberg, Courtesy Hubbard Street. From the very start it was the intriguing blend of confidence, natural drama, and easy, unforced sensuality that made Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Jacqueline Burnett a standout in a company full of standouts. Dark-haired […]
Danc(e)volve: New Works Festival Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL January 19–22 and 26–29, 2012 Performances reviewed: Jan. 20 & 21 It was time. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, a repertory company rapidly approaching its 35th anniversary, and Hubbard Street 2, formed in 1997, boast some of the most distinctive, expert dancers in the country. And […]
Who’s caught our eye for 2012 Photo of Rachel Van Buskirk by Matthew Karas. Ana Lopez The beauty of Ana Lopez’s dancing is that there is nothing extraneous or decorative about it, yet she invariably becomes a mesmerizing presence onstage. She draws you into her orbit with her scrubbed-clean technique and […]
Let’s hear it for small dance companies! People in the dance world tend to follow the big companies and their stars, but often it’s the small companies that are out there pushing the boundaries. In this issue, we offer two examples of small companies that are thriving. The 16-member Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, one of […]
For Too Beaucoup, the fiendishly difficult work she created for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago last winter, Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal costumed the dancers in identical flesh-colored body suits, platinum wigs, and face-altering white contact lenses. The idea was to give them a seamlessly uniform, robotic look. But the irony was that the more […]
Bravo Tango They’re sensuality incarnate, with eyes like molten lava. Welcome to Luis Bravo’s Forever Tango, which brings Argentine history and tradition to Dance Celebration’s “Superstars of Dance, Today and Tomorrow,” Nov. 16–20. The show enjoyed an astounding 92-week run on Broadway, and now its 14 passionate dancers, plus singers and an 11-piece traditional […]
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