Sid Smith

Joffrey expansion: The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago is expanding its Auditorium Theatre programming next season to 10 weeks from 7, adding a week each to its three shorter repertory engagements....

Dance awards revived: After a two-year hiatus, awards honoring excellence in Chicago's dance community will return this summer, although with a new name. The onetime Ruth Page Awards, created in...

Spring is a feverish season for dance, a time when the offerings are plentiful and the scheduling hectic. For those who want advice on how to organize their dance card,...

Joffrey cashes in: The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago's recent winter season, its first since relocating here in the mid-'90s, proved a box office bonanza. The seven-performance "Diaghilev Dynasty," which concluded...

Dance update: Gerald Arpino's new ballet, "I/DNA," his first in five years and only his second major work since the Joffrey Ballet moved to Chicago in 1995, is inspired by...

ARCHITECTURE ROBIE HOUSE The ongoing, 10-year restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, at 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave., will be discussed by project architect Karen Sweeney, of the Frank Lloyd...

Ethel Merman The Ethel Merman Disco Album (Fynsworth Alley) Both of them are widely beloved and widely mocked: Ethel Merman was Broadway's grandest diva while disco sums up the unfettered...

What inspires her: `Sept. 11 made me think about what I do and question whether it's important. But the arts are crucial to a society and the web that holds...

What inspires her: `Inspiration can come from so many sources. In broad strokes, mine comes from vivid encounters with the human imagination. I'm also inspired when I'm a witness to...

Gotta dance: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's final plans for its 25th anniversary this spring include revivals of works by Bob Fosse, Margo Sappington and Daniel Ezralow, but none by founder...