The Humans in Dance Shelter 2019 /Photo: Daniel Guidara
1 Butoh Non Festival (various venues) Workshops and performances in the Japanese avant-garde discipline with local and visiting artists take place at OuterSpace Studios, the International Museum of Surgical Science and No Nation Tangential Unspace Gallery throughout May. Through May 31
2 The Pygmalion Effect (Auditorium Theatre) Boris Eifman’s St. Petersburg-based ballet brings a new twist to an old myth, placing Pygmalion in a ballroom-dance setting. May 17-19
3 Art of Resilience 2.0 (DuSable Museum) Red Clay Dance and DJ Sadie Woods create a site-specific work that guides the audience through Chicago’s Black Belt. May 16-18
4 Dance Shelter 2019 (Hamlin Park Fieldhouse) Chicago Moving Company and artists-in-residence Rachel Bunting and Ayako Kato, and New York-based Jesse Young share new work. May 2 & 3
5 Mandala Makers Festival (Green Line Performing Arts Center) Three emerging choreographers blend dance styles and traditions while sharing personal perspectives from the South Asian diaspora. May 18
