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Stage Top 5: June 2021

by Sharon Hoyer | May 25, 2021

by Sharon Hoyer
May 25, 2021August 10, 2021Filed under:
  • Dance
  • Performance
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Nino de los Reyes performs with Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre. Photo courtesy the artist.

1
Ohio State Murders
(Goodman Theatre Live Stream)
Tiffany Nichole Greene directs Adrienne Kennedy’s story of a writer returning to her alma mater, where she was one of the few Black students in 1949, to reveal the truth of a life lived in the shadows.
June 17-20

2
Zafiro Flamenco
(North Shore Center for the Performing Arts and streaming live)
Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre celebrates their forty-fifth anniversary with an outdoor concert featuring works choreographed by Wendy Clinard and Grammy-winning Nino de los Reyes, and music by guitarist Paco Fonta and dancer-percussionist-guitarist José Mareno.
June 18-20

3
Map of Now
(Virtual)
Lucky Plush Productions, the Harris Theater, Steppenwolf 1700, Links Hall and Logan Center for the Arts present an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure, retro-videogame-style festival of theater, dance, music and comedy.
June 25-26

4
Find Your Family
(CultureBuilds)
Long-standing storytelling collective 2nd Story teams up with Brave Space Alliance and Lawrence Hall to present Chris Thoren’s story about discovering her transfemme identity, and a conversation about how queer youth can find and build a chosen family.
June 17

5
Wave Wall Moves
(Navy Pier’s Wave Wall Platform)
See Chicago Dance has designated June Chicago Dance Month, and presents free pop-up performances Saturdays, including works by Winifred Haun & Dancers, Red Clay Dance Company, Joel Hall Dancers, Simantikos Dance, Culture Shock Chicago and more.
June 5-September 4

Tagged:
  • 2nd Story
  • Adrienne Kennedy
  • Brave Space Alliance
  • Chris Thoren
  • Culture Shock Chicago
  • CultureBuilds
  • Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theatre
  • Goodman Theatre
  • Harris Theater
  • Joel Hall Dancers
  • José Mareno
  • Lawrence Hall
  • Logan Center for the Arts
  • Lucky Plush Productions
  • Navy Pier Wave Wall Platform
  • Nino de los Reyes
  • North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
  • Paco Fonta
  • Red Clay Dance Company
  • See Chicago Dance
  • Simantikos Dance
  • Steppenwolf 1700
  • Tiffany Nicole Greene
  • Wendy Clinard
  • Winifred Haun and Dancers

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