Ukraine's Kyiv City Ballet makes first Chicago appearance
First-ever Chicago appearance by Kyiv City Ballet of Ukraine, along with performances by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Step Afrika! and Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan among global dance companies to be presented by the Auditorium Theatre || ‘LIVE AT THE AUD’ 2022-23 season includes:
· Global Dance: Expanded roster also includes much anticipated annual engagement by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, plus the return of American Ballet Theatre
· Chicago Dance: Local favorites include Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, and Giordano Dance Chicago plus New York’s Dorrance Dance headlines with local favorites Trinity Irish Dance Company & M.A.D.D. Rhythms for a unique percussive dance program
· National Geographic Live speaker series - with new lower ticket prices for the whole family - examine Greenwood: A Century of Resilience, How to Clone a Mammoth, and Coral Kingdom and Empires of Ice
· Special holiday concert programming features Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah and Celtic Woman