Heather Ogden and McGee Maddox in The Four Temperaments (Photo by Cylla von Tiedemann, courtesy of the National Ballet of Canada) by Jacquelyn Thayer Modes of modern form the surest throughline in the National Ballet of Canada’s mixed program featuring a pair of Balanchine classics and Alexander Ekman’s daring Cacti. While two pieces —…
by Jacquelyn Thayer For photographers of dance, the trick of creation comes in capturing the most active of arts in still form. The challenge is the addiction for Bill Frederking, professor of photography at Chicago’s Columbia College, where he has taught since 1983. Frederking, not a dancer himself, first stepped into the field in 1989…
by Jacquelyn Thayer The ballroom has served as the better part of life’s stage for Latin professional Ilya Ifraimov. Ifraimov entered the ballroom world as a teenager in Russia, tackling first the formation team discipline before transitioning into individual competition, a move that prompted a relocation to Israel in 1995 at the age of 18…
by Jacquelyn Thayer Originally published November 15, 2012. For one late Friday night a month, the Loop’s Enso Karate Dojo studio — all white walls and mirrors — is transformed into a dusky dance hall. Strings of lights embrace supporting columns while vintage blues music wails from the stereos set up at a DJ’s table…
