Four shows ya gotta see this April
Apr 8, 2022 | By See Chicago DanceThe Shows Ya Gotta see is a monthly series highlighting "must-see" performances curated by See Chicago Dance critics.
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The Shows Ya Gotta see is a monthly series highlighting "must-see" performances curated by See Chicago Dance critics.
Updated April 7, 2022
Fire Spinning! Dancing! Circus Arts! Acrobatics! Comic Books!….and Belly Dancing? !!@#EE GAD!*#&!!
The performance art collective known as “Raks Geek” turns traditional belly dancing on its ear with this month’s installment of its theatrical spectacle, “Raks Inferno,” at the Newport Theatre (formerly Links Hall) in Wrigleyville this Friday, April 8th. (See details below.)
Numerology tells us that numbers carry significant energy. They guide us on our sacred path and lead us to our inner and outer work. Nine, the multi-hyphenate number that represents birthing, enlightenment, love, forgiveness and awakening, has also taken another role serving as the fitting title for Praize Productions Inc’s first motion picture.
This weekend marks a major milestone for the Evanston Dance Ensemble (EDE) as they celebrate their quadricentennial anniversary with “Silver Lining: Celebrating 25 Years of Dance,” a review of popular selections from the company’s long presentation history.
The crucial need for diversity and racial equality in the performing arts inspired The Joffrey Ballet to create The Winning Works Choreographic Competition in 2011 to promote talented and emerging ALAANA choreographers (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American), whose access to professional exposure has typically been limited in the predominantly white male concert dance industry.
The Shows Ya Gotta see is a monthly series highlighting "must-see" performances curated by See Chicago Dance critics.
In an interview with London-based choreographer Akram Khan, I was let in on the basis of his new work “Creature,” featuring the English National Ballet and scheduled to premiere in the U.S. Thursday at the Harris Theater.
Initially sparked by the themes of isolation present in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” and further guided by George Büchner’s unfinished play “Woyzeck,” “Creature” takes us on an arctic journey exploring the last frontier, testing human thresholds and challenging us to question what we inevitably leave behind on our collective quest for more.
Whatever you think you are going to see at an Eiko Otake performance, forget it. Prepare yourself to be surprised, or startled, or experience unbearable intimacy. Expect a never-ending stream of papers with words like “stone” and “I will not” to be scattered in heaps across the stage. Expect raging gods and monsters, or the ghosts of distant relatives, who live in the brushstrokes of colossal paintings projected against the wall. Anything is possible! If Otake’s long history of work is any indication, expect something special, thought-provoking and deeply personal.