1993

Clockwise from top left: Sweet Baby, Baby Suite in performance with Chia-Yu Chang, Ann Boyd, Amy Alt and Laurie Kammin; company dancer Rebecca Rossen; Artistic Associate Sheldon B. Smith; Sweet Baby, Baby Suite

Photos by: Eileen Ryan Photography, Tony Cifani

ARTISTIC FEATS The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago’s marquee lit up with “Dances of Innocence and Desire”, three concert dances choreographed by Jan. The weekend’s program spotlighted two world premieres: Sweet Baby, Baby Suite, a piece dedicated to her newborn daughter, Sophia, with lighting design by Ken Bowen and costume and set design by Christy Munch, Waltz #3, an interdisciplinary dance theater collaboration with Lynn Book and composer David Pavkovic, complemented by, the reprise of Heartthrob (1991).

“Jan Bartoszek’s Dances of Innocence and Desire at The Dance Center of Columbia College is the sort of deep and magical evening of dance and performance that makes one’s heart inexplicably soar. The title exactly mirrors a sense of humility in the face of a strange, poignant beauty.”  – Carmela Rago, Chicago Tribune