Red Clay Dance Company/Photo: MReid Photography

1
Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar
(MCA)
Red Clay Dance Company premieres a multimedia piece by founder Vershawn Sanders-Ward envisioning a utopia for Black women and girls, as part of the MCA’s “Chicago Performs” festival.
September 20 & 21

2
Full Circle Festival
(Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble)
CDE and co-presenters Whisper Theater revamp the annual performing arts festival for thirty- to sixty-minute works, spanning dance, physical and fringe theater works.
September 19-28

3
Mandala Makers Festival
(Athenaeum Center)
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts presents dance and music from established and up-and-coming artists from across the South Asian diaspora.
September 5-7

4
Winged Things
(Dovetail Studios)
Emma Draves and her seven collaborators—Andy Slavin, Chloe Grace Michels, Damon Green, Darrell Jones, Tuli Bera, Tim Buckley and Jeff Hancock—started with the question “Where is the peace of wild things?” as a prompt for this performance, driven by exploration and play. 
September 19 & 20

5
To Leave You
(MCA)
Robyn Mineko Williams continues her very personal exploration of influence and memory with a preview of this work in progress, also part of “Chicago Performs.”
September 18 & 19