CDF Opening Gala
Joffrey Ballet's Victoria Jaiani & Temur Suluashvili in White Swan pas. Photo by Cheryl Mann. Last night was the opening night gala kicking off the fifth year of the Chicago Dancing Festival (CDF)....
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Hubbard Street's Jesse Bechard & Ana Lopez in "Petite Mort". Photo by Cheryl Mann. The Chicago Dancing Festival (CDF) Masters program last night at the Auditorium Theatre was a spectacular night of...
View ArticleCDF11 Celebration of Dance
River North Dance Chicago performing "Nine Person Precision Ball Passing". Photo by Cheryl Mann. Saturday night was beautiful. The weather, the venue, the dancing. The perfect night to hold an...
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RB took a little time off after the Chicago Dancing Festival (CDF), but now I’m back and ready to go! Coming up: interviews/previews with Luna Negra (Veronica Guadalupe), Inaside Chicago Dance (Mary...
View ArticleJoffrey’s Don Q: Q for Questioning
Derrick Agnoletti & Fabrice Calmels in "Don Quixote". Photo by Herbert Migdoll. The sets were amazing, the costumes stunning, the integration of video/images imaginative, the score fast and...
View ArticleJoffrey’s Russian Masters: Review
Joffrey's Joanna Wozniak in "Le Sacre du Printemps". Photo by Roger Mastroianni. Russian choreographers don’t do light and fluffy. At least the ones presented in The Joffrey Ballet‘s Russian Masters...
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