2011

Clockwise from top left: Hedwignites benefit gala invitation; Hedwig Dances company portrait at Primitive; dancer Kirsty Mackellar in Bohemian Trilogy; Space Within showing at Fasseas White Box Insert: Michel Rodriguez and Maray Gutierrez at dfbrl8r gallery

Photos by: Eileen Ryan Photography, Vin Reed, Jan Bartoszek, William Frederking

ARTISTIC FEATS  BOHEMIAN TRILOGY opened at Chicago’s Stage 773 to rave reviews spotlighting specially commissioned works for the Company by guest choreographers:  MacArthur “genius” grantee Susan Marshall’s Sawdust Palace Suite, and, the NYC duo Bill Young’s and Colleen Thomas’ Rein, Bellow.  The concert evening also featured Walking by Hedwig Dances’ Michel Rodriguez. “… shone the spotlight on beautifully trained dancers and their ability to tackle physically and psychologically challenging choreography.” Chicago Tribune. Later in the year, Hedwig Dances performed Dust (For Jack) created by Andrea Miller, another guest choreographer, at the “Yes, Virginia — Dance” contemporary dance invitational in Richmond.

“Hedwig Dances is a vector pointed at bracing physicality matched by confident theater…”   – Zachary Whittenburg, Chicago Dance Critic