Members of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater/Photo: Andrew Eccles

1
Mujeres
(Logan Center for the Arts)
Para.Mar Dance Theatre honors Chilean diplomat, poet and first Latin American Nobel laureate Gabriela Mistral with a long-in-the-making piece by company founders Stephanie Martinez and Adrianna Desier.
April 17 & 18

2
Nexus
(Ruth Page Center for the Arts)
Hedwig Dances premieres three new works including a dreamy contemplation of the many faces of the moon by founding artistic director Jan Bartoszek.
April 25 & 26

3
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
(The Auditorium)
The legendary company makes their annual stop at the Auditorium, with two programs honoring women in dance and celebrating new artistic director Alicia Graf Mack. Both conclude with Ailey’s time-honored “Revelations.”
April 24 – 26

4
Spring Thirteen
(MCA)
Visceral Dance Chicago’s mixed-rep program remounts favorites including two by founder and artistic director Nick Pupillo, an ode to the trials of early motherhood by Micaela Taylor and the joyful, kinetic, mambo-driven “18+1” by Gustavo Ramirez Sansano.
April 17 – 19

5
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre
(Dance Center of Columbia College)
Cerqua Rivera brings their mix of contemporary dance and original live jazz music to the Dance Center for the first time with premieres by Shannon Alvis and Monique Haley, both with score by co-founder Joe Cerqua.
April 30 – May 2