Dance Theatre of Harlem to Make Highly Anticipated Return to The Auditorium
The Auditorium begins its 2026-27 Dance Season titled North American Dance with a highly anticipated performance by the acclaimed American
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Auditorium Theatre Announces Performance of Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan with Lupita Infante on September 12, 2025
Get ready for a night of música mexicana! Auditorium Theatre is set to host the world-renowned Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán,
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Parson Dance to Return to The Auditorium After 30 Year Absence
The Auditorium is slated to present a special evening with Parsons Dance, the New York-based contemporary American dance company founded
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet to Celebrate 30 Years with Auditorium Theatre Performance
The Auditorium has announced the return of New York-based Complexions Contemporary Ballet. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, the internationally acclaimed company
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The Auditorium Opens New Season with Return of Award-Winning Step Afrika! in the Chicago Premiere of “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence”
The Auditorium, Chicago’s National Historic Landmark stage (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive), proudly opens its 2024-25 season with the return of Washington, DC-based Step Afrika!, in the Chicago premiere of its signature, full-evening length production, The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, for one performance only, Saturday, October 19, at 7:30pm.
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Visions of Spain
Chicago audiences are in for a treat this winter when Auditorium Theatre introduces them to the world renowned Madrid-based Compañía
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PARA.MAR Dance Returns This Spring with “PIVOTAL”
The Chicago-based contemporary ballet company PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, returns for their third annual Spring Season Series “PIVOTAL” with three performances at the Epiphany Arts Center, 201 S. Ashland, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 14 and 2 and 7:30 p.m. April 15.
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National Geographic Live’s “Coral Kingdoms and Empires of Ice” Comes to Auditorium Theatre
On Sunday, April 30 at 2 p.m., Auditorium Theatre will present National Geographic Live’s “Coral Kingdom and Empires of Ice” with photographic team David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes. Vice President of Conservation Research at Chicago’s own Shedd Aquarium, Dr. Chuck Knapp, will introduce the speakers and host a Q&A providing audience members the valuable opportunity to talk directly with Doubilet and Hayes.
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Coming Home: Alvin Ailey Returns to the Auditorum Theatre This Spring
If ever there was a “cultural ambassador” Chicago could call our own, it’s the beloved Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. The world renowned and resplendently talented company of diversely gifted dancers has performed for an estimated 25 million people in 71 countries on 6 continents—as well as millions more through television broadcasts, film screenings, and online platforms—promoting the uniqueness of the African American cultural experience and the preservation and enrichment of the American modern dance tradition.
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Voice of Resistance
One sleepy evening this past February, the full company of the Kyiv City Ballet boarded a flight out of its home city of Ukraine to embark upon a long-planned European tour. Little did anyone know at the time that it would be one of the last flights out of the country as Russia would invade its borders the very next day. That flight made its way to Paris, a city and its country that would adopt the ballet company in the wake of the Russian invasion. There and throughout Europe, the Kyiv City Ballet has performed since and now embarks upon a US tour that will bring them to the landmark Auditorium Theatre stage this fall.
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