Dorothée Munyaneza in “Unwanted”/Photo: Christophe Raynaud De Lage
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Elevate Chicago Dance
(Chicago Cultural Center)
More than forty Chicago-based dance artists and companies take over the Cultural Center for a day of free performances, workshops and discussions around the theme “Intersections between Dance, Space, Race and Place.”
October 21
2
Unwanted
(MCA Stage)
Rwandan performance artist Dorothée Munyaneza shares the testimony of female survivors of the Tutsi genocide through choreography and original song.
October 3-7
3
Tere O’Connor Dance
(Dance Center of Columbia College)
O’Connor’s New York-based company returns to the Dance Center with “Long Run,” a new work that pushes the performers to physical and emotional extremes.
October 18-20
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THE END IS HERE and that’s ok.
(Links Hall)
Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre evaluates the circumstances leading up to Armageddon with the aid of Sharpies, giant Post-its and a celebrity personal assistant guiding the company through a brainstorming session on the creation of a new world order.
October 12-14
5
Swan Lake
(Auditorium Theatre)
The Joffrey Ballet presents Christopher Wheeldon’s reenvisioning of the iconic ballet as a dance-within-a-dance, a journey down the rabbit hole with a Method-dedicated Siegfried in which the line between preparation for a role and surrender to it blur.
October 17-28
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