Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre – Clef Notes Chicagoland Journal for the Arts

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Latest:

Casting Announced for the Iconic Production of “Annie” at The Chicago Theatre This Fall
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Launches “Season 47 Fall Series” from November 15 – November 24, 2024
Goodman Theatre’s Revival of Ian Painter’s “Betrayal” to run February 8 – March 16, 2025
Mandy Patinkin & Kathryn Grody Bring Afternoon of Entertaining Conversation to the MAC
Music Institute of Chicago Pianist Matthew Hagle Explores Musical Response to War on November 9, 2024, at Nichols Concert Hall

Dance Summer 2021

New Horizons

The 2021-2022 season is getting off to a fabulous start for Deeply Rooted Dance Theater and Auditorium Theatre, which are launching a new partnership together beginning this year and extending at least through the 2024-2025 season.

“It’s always been a dream of mine,” says Deeply Rooted’s co-founder and executive director, Kevin Iega Jeff. “We first self-presented at the Auditorium in 1999 when we produced an evening with Roberta Flack—it was a wonderful collaboration. It was my hope to plant seeds for the relationship we’re beginning now.”

Arts Summer 2020

Pandemic Pallor Sets In with Shutdowns Shutting Audiences Out of Area Arts Venues

June 1, 2020 Leslie Price Anthony Freud, Auditorium Theatre, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Lori Lightfoot, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Music Institute of Chicago

“It’s extraordinary that our world should have been turned upside down in such a short amount of time,” sighs Anthony Freud, Lyric Opera’s general director and CEO as he recounts the days before and after having to cancel the Lyric’s much anticipated Ring Cycle. “But we always have to remember that this is a national and a global tragedy in which we, Lyric Opera, are a tiny microcosm.”