PROGRAM

• Following the Subtle Current Upstream by Alonzo King

  A visionary choreographer, Alonzo King is altering the way we look at dance by meshing classical ballet's formality...MORE A visionary choreographer, Alonzo King is altering the way we look at dance by meshing classical ballet's formality with the propulsion and angularity of modern dance. Originally commissioned for Alvin Ailey, this moving piece by one of America's leading African American choreographers launched an unprecedented collaboration with King and his LINES Ballet when Hubbard Street first performed the work in 2011.  LESS

• Too Beaucoup by Sharon Eyal

  This fascinating work created specifically for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, aims to manipulate and replicate preci...MORE This fascinating work created specifically for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, aims to manipulate and replicate precise and robotic movement that offers a sense of watching a 3-D video. The futuristic costumes, intense lighting and idiosyncratic movement serve to immerse the audience in this bizarre world. The depth and beauty of our common humanity is revealed in this mesmorizing masterpiece. As dancer Christian Broomhall states, “Now we are all operating as one organism…. When a community decides to exist as one and be in-tune with each other, all of our differences go unnoticed.”   LESS