The Joffrey Ballet artists Victoria Jaiani and Alberto Velazquez in “Eugene Onegin”/Photo: Todd Rosenberg

1
Physical Theater Festival
(Theater Wit & Dance Center of Columbia College)
This year’s international festival of storytelling through the body features mask theater from Peru, a clown duo from Portland, a one-man solo lip sync extravaganza from Argentina, a local circus company and much more.
June 1 – 7

2
Eugene Onegin
(Lyric Opera House)
The Joffrey Ballet works hand-in-hand with the San Francisco Ballet to bring Yuri Possokhov’s adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s famous tale to Chicago.
June 4 – 14

3
Saturn Returns
(The Edge Theater)
Molly Smith directs Chicago Tap Theatre in a new show that explores aging through tap dance and live music.
June 11 – 14

4
Chicago Dance Month
(Various Venues)
See Chicago Dance hosts a series of free performances at Navy Pier and neighborhood-focused shows at Instituto Cervantes, Collaboraction and the Logan Center for the Arts.
May 30 – June 27

5
Circle of Apathy
(Ragdale & the Gorton Center)
House of DOV presents a new work by Drew Lewis, which seeks to understand the human body in relationship with and as microcosm of the natural world. With live music by Family Junket.
June 20 – 28