Dance Top 5: September 2019

Brande Lee Collaborative for Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival

1
Then a Cunning Voice and a Night We Spend Gazing at the Stars
(Calumet Park Cultural Center)
Emily Johnson’s radically inclusive performance/sleepover begins with ritual events, takes a group walk, and winds up on a massive quilt on the shores of Lake Michigan, where attendees settle in for the night, sharing meals, stories and dances.
September 28

2
Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival
(Ruth Page Center for the Arts)
Almost twenty dance artists, physical performers and local and national companies convene for a two-weekend sampler of short works in the intimate Ruth Page Center.
September 20-21; 27-28

3
The Fly Honey Show
(Den Theater)
There’s one weekend spilling into September, so it’s not too late catch a tenth-anniversary performance by Chicago’s renowned sex-positive, body-positive, queer-positive, uproariously fun feminist variety show.
August 8-September 7

4
The Forward March of Women
(Ebenezer Lutheran Church)
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble kicks off their four-part series Art + Activism with this performance/installation/conversation on the politics of womanhood, with performances by Neila Miller, Sweet Pie Productions, LOUD BODIES and Kaela Norwood. 
September 20-21

5
Calling Time
(MCA)
Interdisciplinary artist and scholar Brendan Fernandes presents a culmination of his participatory open rehearsal series in the MCA Commons, which invites dancers and visitors alike into the performance.
September 27