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Dancers Get Up Close and Personal with Music at 2013 Chicago Dancing Festival’s ‘Solitaire’ 27 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
On Friday, August 23 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the 2013 Chicago Dancing Festival presented a second showing of Wednesday night’s gala performance and benefit entitled Solitaire – A Ga...
Joffrey Ballet Gives Chicago Premiere of Episode 31 at 2013 Chicago Dancing Fesitval 27 Aug 2013 | 08:40 am
On Thursday evening, the 2013 Chicago Dancing Festival continued at the Auditorium Theatre at Roosevelt University. The evening was an eclectic mix of Chicago and national dance companies including b...
2013 Chicago Dancing Festival Adds Zing to Its Performances with Live Music Ensembles 25 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
There’s nothing like live music to add that extra zing to a dance performance. This year, for the first time, the 2013 Chicago Dancing Festival included musicians from New York, Spain, Venezuela, and ...
2013 Chicago Dancing Festival Opens with Intriguing Musical Mix 24 Aug 2013 | 12:57 am
This review is co-written with Contrapuntist The 2013 Chicago Dancing Festival kicked off on Tuesday evening at the Harris Theater featuring dance companies from Chicago and across the United States. ...
Anthony de Mare: ‘Liaisons’ Project Illuminates Sondheim’s Genius as a Composer [Interview] 22 Aug 2013 | 01:45 am
To many people, jazz and classical music might seem worlds away from the songs of musical theater composer Stephen Sondheim. But that’s not the case for pianist Anthony de Mare. One of the world’s mos...
Hilarious mashup of Mozart, Gloria Gaynor, the Beatles, and Pachelbel Canon 14 Aug 2013 | 10:53 pm
The musical comedy duo of violinist Aleksey Igudesman and pianist Hyung-Ki Joo have released “Give It up for Mo”, a not-to-be-missed video mashup of Mozart works, Gloria Gaynor, the Beatles, and Pache...
Roger Myers Transforms Viola Chamber Works into Orchestral Arrangements [Review] 10 Aug 2013 | 04:42 am
Any violist will tell you that although we have some spectacular works for solo viola and orchestra, there are relatively few compared to those for violin or cello. Violist Roger Myers is working to r...
Silk Road Ensemble to Release New Album A Playlist Without Borders 28 Jul 2013 | 08:42 pm
Over the past 15 years, the Silk Road Project has been on a mission to promote innovation and cross-cultural understanding through the arts. In September, the project will release its newest creatio...
Classical comedy duo Igudesman & Joo bring ‘Nightmare’ to Chicago Symphony Orchestra 25 Jul 2013 | 11:22 pm
The music comedy duo Igudesman & Joo will bring their own special brand of hilarity to Symphony Center on Friday, October 18 at 8 p.m. when they join the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to perform “BIG Nig...
Marc Anthony, Twitter and the Cost of Ignorance 25 Jul 2013 | 01:43 am
Ignorance has such a negative connotation, but it’s an underlying symptom of what’s wrong with how perceptions are formed. When I learned about Grammy-Winner Marc Anthony being vilified as unAmerican ...
