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Chicago Dance Crash

A dancer in a red outfit poses gracefully in front of a large red abstract metal sculpture in an urban plaza, surrounded by tall glass buildings and parked cars.

by Sharon Hoyer | August 4, 2026

The Long and Lively Life of “Dance For Life,” Where Dancers Help Dancers The annual benefit to alleviate the cost of medical care for folks in Chicago’s dance community, now in its thirty-fifth year, was born during the height of the AIDS epidemic.

by Eileen B. Fisher | July 21, 2026

Annie Franklin Weaves Fluidity and Attack with Chicago Dance Crash in “Six Ways to Fall” In Franklin's new piece, little chapters explore various ways people experience vulnerability, relating to physical, emotional, social, relational and existential challenges, and to identity.

Dancers in colorful traditional Mexican attire perform on stage, with women in blue dresses and men in orange shirts and black pants; vibrant backdrop and festive atmosphere.

by Sharon Hoyer | June 23, 2026

Dance Top 5: July/August 2026

by Madison Mora | May 20, 2025

Checkmate: A Preview of Chicago Dance Crash’s “LXIV (six.four)” at Ann Barzel Theater

by Sharon Hoyer | September 11, 2024

Bigger and Better: A Preview of “Chicago Live!” at Navy Pier

by Sharon Hoyer | July 24, 2024

Dance Top 5: August 2024

by Sharon Hoyer | August 30, 2023

Dance Top 5: September 2023

by Sharon Hoyer | August 3, 2022

The Dystopian Future is Bright: Chicago Dance Crash Celebrates Twenty with Booms Day

by Sharon Hoyer | July 27, 2022

Dance Top 5: August 2022

by Sharon Hoyer | July 28, 2020

One Recommendation: August 2020

by Sharon Hoyer | April 28, 2020

Dance Top 5: May 2020

by Sharon Hoyer | August 14, 2019

Dance Top 5: August 2019

by Sharon Hoyer | August 2, 2018

Movement for a Cause: Dance For Life Unites Eclectic Companies to Keep Dancers Healthy

by Sharon Hoyer | August 1, 2018

Dance Top 5: August 2018

by Sharon Hoyer | June 11, 2018

Everyone at the Party: A Review of the STOMPING GROUNDS Grand Finale at the Pritzker Pavilion

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