The Loop’s “theatre for the people” presents music and dance titles from October to May.

Practicing in a bomb shelter means the girls can keeping dancing through the almost hourly air raid alerts.

The 2024-2025 programming is marked by elements of fantasy, world premieres, and the return of a Chicago holiday staple.

“It is a very simple dance… but at the same time it has an exceptional soul and one can express emotions in it in an exceptional way.”

Honor Black artistry with an entire month of exciting musical events — operas, chamber concerts, jazz orchestras, broadcasts, and more!

Recognizing the Chicagoans, musicians, artists, and friends of WFMT who died this past year.

Beloved, magical and dramatic Latin American works for dance.

Special events, dance, and more are on deck for the Auditorium.

The Great Chicago Fire began on October 8, 1871. Here’s some music that takes inspiration from flames.

This ain’t your average classical music dance playlist: dance along to new pieces, old grooves, treasured tangos, and winsome waltzes.

Dancers who have fled Ukraine — and Russia — due to the war have found a new temporary home in Berlin’s top ballet company, which helps with practice space, housing, even shoes.

An assortment of multimedia tributes — music, visual arts, poetry, and dance — to the monumental Civil Rights leader.

The danzón was scandalous in some circles but it eventually became the national dance of Cuba and spread to other countries in the region.

In the Lakeview Neighborhood, the Legacy Walk, a series of ten 25-foot pylons, recognizes influential figures across genders, races, and fields.

From The Nutcracker to Don Quixote be the first to learn about what the Joffrey Ballet’s next season has in store!

With this month’s Boléro, a digital-only world premiere set to the piece of the same name by Ravel, Joffrey dancers are finally back to performing together.

The Grammy-winning ensemble performed music by Devonté Hynes from their new album, Fields.

Music and motion come together beautifully in a new video featuring dancers Jason Rodriguez and José Lapaz Rodriguez and set to music by pianist and composer Chad Lawson.

Today, the Joffrey Ballet announced cancellations through December 2020 in light of the COVID-19 crisis.

With beautiful images and stunning dancing, this video reminds us that not everyone engages with music the same way.

A year of milestones, the upcoming season marks Joffrey’s 65th season, its 25th in Chicago, the five-year anniversary of its reimagined Nutcracker, and its inaugural season at Lyric Opera House.

Culminating in “The Times Are Racing” by choreographer Justin Peck, Joffrey’s mixed-rep program features “ballet, contemporary, comic, and a ‘sneaker ballet,’” artistic director Ashley Wheater describes.

The season, which runs from August 19, 2020, to May 6, 2021, features 36 performances including vocal recitals, symphonic concerts, and ballet performances.

Conductor Scott Speck, who leads the Chicago Philharmonic for performances of The Nutcracker with Joffrey Ballet, explained what makes Tchaikovsky’s score as addictive as your favorite holiday treats.

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker isn’t just a popular holiday ballet. The composer grouped eight pieces in his Nutcracker Suite, which is often performed in concert. But, which movement of the “Nutcracker Suite” are you? Are you the “Spanish Dance?” “The Waltz of the Flowers?” Take the quiz and find out!