Sid Smith

Reinking here: Dancer-choreographer Ann Reinking will visit next month to create an original work for Melissa Thodos & Dancers. The as-yet-untitled piece will be unveiled at the troupe's engagement March...

There are few guarantees in the precarious world of dance, but, year after year, performance after performance, the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago's Willy Shives is one of them. His gifts...

Lauri Stallings grew up in Gainesville, Fla., at the end of a dirt road, in a house surrounded by pine trees -- fine beginnings for a country music chanteuse, but...

Tribune critics: Gifts to make the season bright MOVIE CRITIC MICHAEL WILMINGTON THRILLERS & CHILLERS "Wrong Men & Notorious Women: Five Hitchcock Thrillers 1935-1946" This new set, packed with valuable...

Hubbard in N.Y.: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's trainee troupe, Hubbard Street 2, will make its New York debut in early November in its first national tour. The six-member company, often...

British-born film veteran Malcolm McDowell ("A Clockwork Orange," "Caligula" and "Star Trek: Generations") will join the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago on stage this winter as narrator for a revival of...

ART Romania's bumpy road to democracy Gregory G. Knight, director of visual arts, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs: "Locally, I'm excited to see a Romanian group show that will appear...

ABT returns: American Ballet Theatre's return to the Chicago area for the first time since 1995 is set for March 24-28 at the Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Drive....

DanceAwards: Plucky Breakbone DanceCo., a small, struggling troupe with a biting edge, along with four local dancers, is among the recipients of this year's Chicago Dance Awards. Breakbone, acclaimed for...

Chicago's long-awaited Music and Dance Theater now boasts a more personalized name: the Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance. The honor is in recognition of...