Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in “Impasse” by Johan Inger/Photo: Kristie Kahns

1
Golden Hour
(Lyric Opera House)
The Joffrey Ballet’s mixed-rep program features a new, reimagined adaptation of “Princess and the Pea” by Dani Rowe, a world premiere by the acclaimed Yuri Possokhov, and short pieces by Cathy Marston and Nicolas Blanc.
February 20-March 2

2
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Winter Series
(Harris Theater)
Johan Inger’s entropic pressure cooker “Impasse” returns, alongside a piece by Hubbard Street alums FLOCK, a long-shelved quintet by Ohad Naharin, and a world premiere by James Gregg.
February 13-16

3
Side Effects & Smoking Meat
(Color Club)
Project Bound Dance and Kelly Anderson Dance Theatre split a bill of short works, including Anderson’s timely and humor-tinged take on the trials of navigating the healthcare system.
February 21-23

4
there are no dead people
(Chicago Athletic Association)
Devised performance art collective Genesis brings their interdisciplinary rumination on death and life to the gorgeously restored Stagg Court gymnasium in the CAA.
February 9-17

5
RADFest
(Kalamazoo, Michigan)
The annual dance festival hosted by Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers draws artists and companies from around the country to Southwest Michigan for performances, films, talks and workshops. 
February 27-March 2