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37th American Spanish Dance & Music Festival

Through 6/23: various times, see website
phone 773-327-3778

A celebration of Spanish culture. Featuring new work from Ensemble Español. $26-$46

North Shore Center for the Performing Arts (map)
9501 Skokie Blvd.
Skokie
phone 847-673-6300

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Ain't Misbehavin'

Through 6/23: Fri-Sat 7 PM, Sun 5 PM

A dance revue set to the music of Fats Weller. $40-$60

Harold Washington Cultural Center (map)
4701 S. King Dr.
Bronzeville
phone 773-373-1900

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Bully.Punk.Riot

Through 6/30: Thu-Sun 7 PM
phone 773-341-8940

BONEdanse presents a choreographed performance that explores "the inherent herding mentality found in religion, fighting, sports, and the music scene." $12-$20

Links Hall at Constellation (map)
3111 N. Western Avenue
Roscoe Village
phone 773-281-0824

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Gravity

Through 6/23: Sat 7 PM, Sun 2 PM

You know the circus act: performers hanging from ropes, rings, or long fabric loops strike hyperathletic poses high above the ground. Now replace the artless displays of muscular prowess with grace, lyricism, and careful attention to the lines of the female form—and lower everything to about eight feet off the floor—and you've got Aerial Dance Chicago's new concert. Or most of it, anyway. The last two pieces in the 90-minute show toss grandiosity and shtick into the mix with unfortunate results. In the other seven, which feature one to four dancers in costumes resembling 1940s swimwear, the various choreographers let simple gestures—and occasional great swoops and plunges—speak for themselves. The darkness that envelops everything enhances the elegiac tone. —Justin Hayford $30

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Hedwig Dances/DanzAbierta

Fri-Sat 6/21-6/22, 7:30 PM
phone 773-935-6875

Gazing at ripped bodies is the raison d'etre of dance. Or is it? DanzAbierta—a 25-year-old Cuban troupe making its Chicago debut thanks to Hedwig Dances—relies on buff performers and suggestive moves to explode tacky stereotypes of Cuban dance and "personality" in Showroom, Susana Pous's onstage/backstage drama. This hour-long U.S. premiere, the opening volley in a planned cultural exchange with Hedwig, employs a movable stage curtain and dancers in various states of undress to heighten the contrasts between performance personas and actual humans. Wide-ranging music and movement, from homogenized traditional to Afro-Cuban and contemporary, help set the scenes. Showroom walks a fine line between titillation and satire, but the riveting final section—which includes some fine acting and impressive trompe l'oeil effects—definitely pulls us into the dancers' consciousness.

Though Hedwig will eventually collaborate with DanzAbierta on a joint work, the two companies divvy up this program; the other half is the premiere of ASCENDance, by Hedwig artistic director Jan Bartoszek. More abstract than Showroom, this 50-minute multimedia piece investigates the struggle by all life forms, not just human, to achieve transformation. At times the six dancers are immersed in a surreal set created by sculptor Barbara Cooper, video designer Petra Bachmaier, and lighting expert Ken Bowen, accompanied by Matthew Ferraro's music. The Hedwig performers—pliant yet precise in detailed, highly kinetic moves—supply the human factor. —Laura Molzahn

$15-$30

Athenaeum Theatre (map)
2936 N. Southport Ave.
Lakeview
phone 773-935-6860

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Kaleidoscope

6/21-6/23: Fri-Sun 7:30 PM

Alliance Dance Company presents new work created by house choreographers. $12-$22

Theater Wit (map)
1229 W. Belmont
Lakeview
phone 773-975-8150

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Mama's Boy

6/21-6/30: Fri and Sat 8 PM, Sun 3 PM
phone 773-327-5252

Chicago Tap Theatre a "tap opera," featuring choreography from Mark Yonally. $20-$35

Stage 773 (map)
1225 W. Belmont Ave.
Lakeview
phone 773-327-5252

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The Rite of Spring

6/21-6/23: Fri-Sat 8 PM, Sun 2 PM

An adaptation of Igor Stravinsky's 1913 ballet. Presented by Chicago Repertory Ballet. $25

Vittum Theater (map)
1012 N. Noble St.
West Town/Noble Square
phone 773-342-4141

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