Chicago Tribune - Best dance in Chicago for 2023

“It was a banner year for dance in Chicago, with stellar productions from the city’s leading tap, jazz, contemporary and ballet companies. The year was chock full of standout performances for veterans on top of their game, plus several exciting, emerging dancers quickly rising through the ranks. More than a handful of the year’s highlights leaned hard into storytelling, with ballets and a few shorter works inspired by fairy tales and classic novels — others dazzled with technical and musical intricacy. Here are the top 10 dance shows from 2023.

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“Somewhere Between” at the Dance Center in March: Alice Klock and Florian Lochner’s artistic partnership bloomed in 2017 as they began improvising together at the tail end of their time dancing for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Now expanded as a six-piece ensemble collectively called FLOCK, they brought a new full-length stunner to the Dance Center, culled from dreams, imagination and childhood memory. At once meditative and pricky, “Somewhere Between” is not nostalgic, exactly, only hinting at its premise as unabashed, pure beauty washes over the viewer.”

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