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Dance Top 5: July 2018

by Sharon Hoyer | June 25, 2018

by Sharon Hoyer
June 25, 2018September 28, 2018Filed under:
  • Dance
  • Recommended Dance Shows

Tsukasa Taiko. /Photo: The Nippon Ginkenshibu Foundation.

1
Rhythm World
(Multiple venues)
The Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s annual weeklong festival of tap and percussive dance features workshops, classes and showcases, culminating in “JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance” performances at the Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building.
July 16-22

2
Tsukasa Taiko
(MCA Stage)
Japanese drumming, Gin-ei poetry, samurai sword and fan dancing come together in a spectacular, free-of-charge, fiftieth-anniversary celebration of the Nippon Ginkenshibu Foundation.
July 29

3
Blackbird
(Ruth Page Center for the Arts)
Aerial Dance Chicago presents gravity-defying work by three choreographers inspired by the symbolism of the blackbird.
July 16-22

4
New Dances
(Ruth Page Center for the Arts)
Thodos Dance Chicago and DanceWorks Chicago team up to present new work by young, emerging choreographers.
June 29-July 1

5
DanceChance
(Lou Conte Dance Studio)
DanceWorks Chicago’s monthly program is an informal works-in-progress showing at Hubbard Street’s home studio by three choreographers, selected at random and given fifteen minutes to show and discuss new works.
July 27

Tagged:
  • Chicago Human Rhythm Project
  • DanceWorks Chicago
  • Lou Conte Dance Stuido
  • MCA Stage
  • Ruth Page Center for the Arts
  • Studebaker Theater
  • Thodos Dance Chicago
  • Tsukasa Taiko

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