The Seldoms in “All at Once”/Photo: A. Deran Photography

1
3320 Dance Series
(Dovetail Studios)
The intimate festival co-produced by Same Planet Performance Project and Zephyr Dance returns for a third season with a slew of new pieces from Bob Eisen, Ishti Collective, Joseph Ravens and many more. 
October 16-24

2
Dance Theatre of Harlem
(The Auditorium)
The acclaimed ballet company returns to Chicago for the first time in a decade, with a program of short works including John Taras’ Caribbean-set rendition of “Firebird.”
October 17

3
Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar
(Wirtz Center)
Red Clay Dance reprises founding director Vershawn Sanders-Ward’s powerful evening-length dance theater dedication to missing and murdered Black girls.
October 1-3

4
All At Once
(Studio 5)
The Seldoms’ founding director Carrie Hanson collaborates with composer Timothy Daisy on a new work for six dancers and three percussionists, inspired by the principles of Cubism.
October 16 & 17

5
Chicago Latinx/e Contemporary Movement Festival
(Dance Center of Columbia College)
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre presents two evenings of new works by six Latinx/e choreographers and collectives who engage topics of multi-racial identity, immigrant experience and gender expansiveness.
October 2 & 3