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Dance Top 5: May 2019

by Sharon Hoyer | May 1, 2019

by Sharon Hoyer
May 1, 2019June 27, 2019Filed under:
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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

Tagged:
  • Auditorium Theatre
  • Butoh Chicago
  • Chicago Moving Company
  • DuSable Museum
  • Efiman Ballet
  • Hamlin Park Fieldhouse
  • Mandala South Asian Performing Arts
  • Red Clay Dance

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