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Dance Top 5: April 2022

by Sharon Hoyer | March 30, 2022

by Sharon Hoyer
March 30, 2022April 16, 2022Filed under:
  • Dance
  • Recommended Dance Shows

Hedwig Dances/Photo: Vin Reed

1
Of Mice and Men
(Lyric Opera House)
The Joffrey Ballet presents an adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel by Cathy Marston, the choreographer behind the 2019 balleticization of “Jane Eyre.”
April 27-May 8

2
Burnt-Out Wife
(Dance Center of Columbia College)
Sara Juli’s one-woman show probes the trails of her own marriage with movement and a healthy dose of humor.
April 22 & 23

3
Field Theory
(Ruth Page Center for the Arts)
Hedwig Dances’ spring show features new works by Jan Bartoszek and Rigo Saura, both of whom are inspired by the Bauhaus and Brutalist design movements.
April 8 & 9

4
TEN – Celebrating Ten Years of CRB
(Athenaeum)
Chicago Repertory Ballet celebrates their tenth anniversary with repertory works and world premieres by South Chicago Dance Theater’s Kia Smith and CRB artistic director Wade Schaaf.
April 1-3

5
Not Dead Yet
(SITE/less)
Choreographers Tom Brady, Joanna Read and Zephyr Dance’s Michelle Kranicke find inspiration in the architectural scenic design by David Sundry at Zephyr’s home base.
April 21-23

Tagged:
  • Athenaeum
  • Cathy Marston
  • Chicago Repertory Ballet
  • Dance Center of Columbia College
  • Hedwig Dances
  • Jan Bartoszek
  • Joanna Read
  • Joffrey Ballet
  • Kia Smith
  • Lyric Opera House
  • Rigo Saura
  • Ruth Page Center for the Arts
  • Sara Juli
  • SITE/less
  • Tom Brady
  • Wade Schaaf
  • Zephyr Dance

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