Sharon Hoyer of New City Stage speaks with Bevara Anderson-Selkridge about BALA Dance Project’s debut at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.

Columbia alum Camila Rivero Pooley, who goes by the artist name “INSÉKTA,” transformed her experiences with rage and gender expectations into a dance theater production that premiered this week at the Dance Center.

We’re stepping into dance season. WBEZ chooses eight performances to see this autumn including the Dance Center’s season opener MATADORA:
“Fall’s dance card is filled with action and surprises — from immersive works, to those that require content warnings to a full piece set to the iconic music of Leonard Cohen.”

See Chicago Dance’s Tristan Bruns reviews Michell Haskell’s debut at the Dance Center of Columbia College, Chicago with “Empty Are My Hands,” coming to the conclusion that: “Haskell and dancers pass through creative territory rarely explored (i.e., the synthesis of tap and modern dance) and their solutions to problems noticeable in other tap and modern amalgamations (i.e., how to get on the shoes and what to do with the tap boards) are imaginative and inspired. Haskell is on to something, and ‘Empty Are My Hands’ adds to the canon of tap and modern dance collaborations while finding new ways to innovate within both mediums.”

The Columbia Chronicle’s Nico Waugh covers the recent Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s Rhythm World at the Dance Center. The week-long festival brought together a community of dancers, including audience members with little tap experience.

Sharon Hoyer of New City features the Dance Center’s inclusion in this year’s Physical Theater Festival, an edition with a dance focus. The annual festival brings many performance types under its umbrella.