It’s never easy for a touring dance company to imprint its identity on audiences with just one program. Appearing in the Bank of Celebrity Series’s Dance Series at the Shubert Theatre last weekend, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago demonstrated energy and ensemble in three works — Marguerite Donlan’s Strokes Through the Tail (2005), William Forsythe’s Enemy in the Figure (1989), and Nacho Duato’s Gnawa (2005) — but the identity remained elusive.
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If your exposure to the world of ballet has been limited to The Nutcracker, do yourself a favor and get to the current incarnation of Festival Ballet Providence’s Up CLOSE, on HOPE series.
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It is notoriously difficult to portray genius, especially when not doing so at descriptive length upon the page.
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Although the annual fall concert by Fusionworks Dance Company has not been given a title that ties the dances together, director/choreographer Deb Meunier has noticed a theme emerging from the repertory pieces and premiere works that will be presented.
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