Latest, Alumni, Presented companies, Press, The Dance Center
Jane Jerardi
New City Stage Picks MATADORA in its September ...

New City’s Sharon Hoyer picks MATADORA as part of its September 2025 Top Five. The new work by Camila Rivero Pooley, aka Insékta, explores the power of Latine rage in a new Latine Futurist dance theater work.

New City Stage Picks MATADORA in its September Top Five
Latest, Presented companies, Press, The Dance Center
Jane Jerardi
The Columbia Chronicle: Rhythm World brings tap ...

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.

The Columbia Chronicle: Rhythm World brings tap history to Columbia College Chicago’s Dance Center
Students, The Dance Center
Jane Jerardi
The Columbia Chronicle: Senior dance major ...

The Columbia Chronicle features ‘Guardians of the Earth and Sky,’ a performance that blended Asian American history with Chinese culture through dance. Senior dance major Areli Ramirez was assistant producer for the performance.

The Columbia Chronicle: Senior dance major Areli Ramirez was assistant producer for ‘Guardians of the Earth and Sky’
Presented companies, Press, The Dance Center
Jane Jerardi
‘Los Regalos’ viene del Perú al campus de ...

La Crónica / The Columbia Chronicle's Sofía Oyarzún writes about Compañía de Teatro Físico’s ‘Los Regalos’ (‘The Gifts’): “La actuación de baile contó la historia del ciclo de la vida de dos hijos y su papá, con una escena parecida a la ciudad nativa de la compañía peruana.”

‘Los Regalos’ viene del Perú al campus de Columbia para una actuación con máscaras
Latest, Presented companies, Press, The Dance Center
Jane Jerardi
New City Stage's Sharon Hoyer: "From Dance to ...

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.

New City Stage's Sharon Hoyer: "From Dance to Circus: A Riotous Journey with Physical Theater Festival"

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The Citizen Newspaper: Red Clay Dance Company announces Spring Columbia College Chicago performances

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The Citizen Newspaper: Red Clay Dance Company announces Spring Columbia College Chicago performances

Red Clay Dance Company, Chicago’s premier Afro-contemporary dance company, proudly announces its exciting Season 18: Spectrum programming, including Founding Artistic Director and CEO Vershawn Sanders-Ward’s powerful evening-length work Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar at Northwestern University’s Wirtz Center in Evanston in October 2026, and a spring concert featuring work by Sanders-Ward alongside Rena Butler, Beatrice Capote and Bebe Miller at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago in April 2027.

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The Columbia Chronicle: Rhythm World brings tap history to Columbia College Chicago’s Dance Center

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The Columbia Chronicle: Rhythm World brings tap history to Columbia College Chicago’s Dance Center

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.

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‘Los Regalos’ viene del Perú al campus de Columbia para una actuación con máscaras

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‘Los Regalos’ viene del Perú al campus de Columbia para una actuación con máscaras

La Crónica / The Columbia Chronicle's Sofía Oyarzún writes about Compañía de Teatro Físico’s ‘Los Regalos’ (‘The Gifts’): “La actuación de baile contó la historia del ciclo de la vida de dos hijos y su papá, con una escena parecida a la ciudad nativa de la compañía peruana.”

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Columbia Chronicle: Student choreographers debut original work

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Columbia Chronicle: Student choreographers debut original work

The Columbia Chronicle featured “In a World of Becoming,” an independent dance project created by two graduating seniors, Grace Butt and Erica Jones, in their recent issue. Butt and Jones presented their work for Admitted Students Day to encapsulate the emotional arc of beginning college at the Dance Center on Saturday, April 25, 2026.