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Dance Top 5: May 2026

by Sharon Hoyer | April 28, 2026

by Sharon Hoyer
April 28, 2026April 28, 2026Filed under:
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  • Recommended Dance Shows

Hubbard Street dancers Aaron Choate, Cyrie Topete and Dominick Brown in “Sweet Gwen Suite” by Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon/Photo: Michelle Reid

1
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
(Harris Theater)
The Spring Series revives pieces by Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon and features world premieres by Chanel DaSilva and resident artist Aszure Barton.
May 14-17

2
South Chicago Dance Theatre
(Harris Theater)
Three premieres fill the one-night program: a new piece by founder/artistic director Kia S. Smith, and commissions from San Francisco-based Natasha Adorlee, and acclaimed New York choreographer David Dorfman.
May 1

3
Architecture of Memory
(Chicago Danztheatre)
Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble founder Ellyzabeth Adler’s evening-length production explores how the people we encounter determine the trajectory of our lives and shape our sense of self.
May 8-23

4
Chicago Repertory Ballet
(Ruth Page Center for the Arts)
The mixed-rep program includes premieres by Yanis Eric Pikieris and founding artistic director Wade Schaaf, plus a remount of Schaaf’s “Rite of Spring.”
May 29-31

5
The (fill in the blank) Between Us
(The Edge Theater)
Darvin Dances plays with chance operations in two audience-determined pieces: “Take a Chance” and “A Choreographic Mad-Lib.”
May 8

Tagged:
  • Aszure Barton
  • Chanel DaSilva
  • Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble
  • Chicago Repertory Ballet
  • Darvin Dances
  • David Dorfman
  • Edge Theater
  • Ellyzabeth Adler
  • Harris Theater
  • Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
  • Kia S. Smith
  • Natasha Adorlee
  • Ruth Page Center for the Arts
  • South Chicago Dance Theatre
  • Wade Schaaf
  • Yanis Eric Pikieris

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