Dance Top 5: April 2018

Okwui Okpokwasili in Poor People’s TV Room. / Photo: Ian Douglas.

1
Process v. Product Festival
(Dance Center of Columbia College)
Molly Shanahan continues her dive into the bottomless caves of identity and Bebe Miller takes inspiration from syntax and translation as part of a weeklong festival that puts focus on the rich process of creation over the final consumable product.
March 29 – April 7

2
STOMPING GROUNDS
(various venues)
Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s two-month-long festival of cross-cultural dance collaboration kicks off April 2 at the Cultural Center, then hops, skips and stomps around venues across the city for free performances celebrating seven cultural dance traditions.
April 2 – June 7

3
Poor People’s TV Room
(MCA Stage)
Dance, song, spoken word and film combine in this performance by Bessie-Award winning artist Okwui Okpokwasili, which seeks to recover histories buried or untold, inspired by resistance movements in Nigeria.
April 12 – 15

4
SITE/less Opening Events
(SITE/less)
Years of collaboration by dance-architecture duo of Michelle Kranicke and David Sundry  culminate in the opening of an artistic laboratory for work that defies definition.
April 26 – May 5

5
Chicago Dance Month Pop-up Performances
(Block 37)
Nine Chicago dance companies put on rush hour performances in the pedway and throughout Block 37. Free and on your way to just about anywhere.
April 10