Dance Top 5: February 2019

STATE by Ingri Fiksdal /Photo: Anders Lindén

1
Hair & Other Stories
(The Dance Center Columbia College)
Urban Bush Women return with an evening-length performance incorporating music, storytelling, humor and dance to address issues of race and identity through the theme of African American women’s hair.
February 28-March 2

2
STATE and Diorama
(MCA Stage and Cloud Gate in Millennium Park)
Choreographer Ingri Fiksdal, director Jonas Corell Petersen, noise metal artist Lasse Marhaug and avant-fashion designer Henrik Vibskov collaborate on two performances presented in conversation that examine the role of ritual in social life.
February 7-13

3
Power Ouch!
(Links Hall)
Ten dance and movement artists, over the course of four nights, explore violence, resistance and empowerment against oppression through dance, performance art and installation.
February 14-17

4
Anna Karenina
(Auditorium Theatre)
The Joffrey Ballet premieres Yuri Possokhov’s rendition of the ill-fated love story, featuring a first-time collaboration with The Australian Ballet.
February 13-24

5
Getting Old Sucks
(Ebenezer Lutheran Church)
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble looks at the highs and lows of the human life cycle, from childhood games to pricing a coffin.
February 22-March 3