More in Chicago:
- Del Marie: locked down, but not outThe rapper-dancer-performance poet rolls with the pandemic punches. 2020 started off so well. January and February were great months for 27-year-old rapper, dancer, and performance poet Del Marie.…
- CounterBalance brings accessibility to danceGoing online opens more opportunities in this year's festival. “I’ve been a dancer all my life,” says CounterBalance founder Ginger Lane. Trained primarily in ballet, Lane performed, taught, choreographed, and briefly owned a dance studio in Wilmette before a spinal cord injury in 1984 resulted in quadriplegia.…
- The Smart Museum wants you to “Take Care”The new exhibit explores caring in all forms and the emotional toll the act can take. The need for care has never been so vital—and so exhausting. While a long summer of protest pushed the boundaries of what must happen to make Black Lives Matter, often resulting in violent reprisal, the impending presidential election continues […]
- Will Silk Road still rise? Will we?Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani have been facing more than COVID closure. I’d been thinking about Silk Road Rising, the mission-driven performing arts company founded by Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani in 2002, before I got an e-mail from Khoury last week. Since the pandemic shutdown, every arts organization I can think of has been […]
- Is a virtual arts degree worth it?Chicago high school seniors prepare for collegiate arts programs amid pandemic For Vincenza Handzel, a senior at Jones College Prep, dancing isn't just a hobby—it's a passion. She began dancing at the age of two, and is now setting her sights on Pace University in New York City, where she hopes to double major in […]
