Lauren Warnecke

A new program at the Joffrey Ballet Academy of Dance aims to diversify job training for professional dancers on the rise. This fall, approximately 10 dancers will be the first...

In 1992, a group of Chicago dancers put on a concert to raise money for HIV/AIDS. Their friends were dying; an underwhelming public health response to the AIDS crisis brought...

Driving up Interstate 55 on my way to visit Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater last month, my GPS flashed a notification: Tornado warning. Like an on/off switch, torrential storms battered...

One of the first signs that the pandemic would impose serious consequences on Chicago dance was when the Joffrey Ballet postponed "Don Quixote," originally slated for late April 2020. It...