Playlist

Made in Chicago

Explore archived performances, engaging conversations, and new works created for the HT Virtual stage by our Resident Companies and local collaborators.

Four musicians pose with their string instruments against a backdrop of bookshelves lined with books
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Something to Write Home About

Spektral Quartet

Two men, one White and one Black, sit in chairs on a dark stage, against a backdrop that reads Chicago Humanities Festival - 2019 Fall Festival
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr: Chicago Tribune Literary Award

Chicago Humanities Festival

Hubbard Street Dancer Alysia Johnson and choreographer Rena Butler in A Tale of Two by Rena Butler
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A Tale of Two Film Screening + Conversation

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Dancers in brown sleeveless shirts and pants appear in standing and lunging positions on a black stage
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Groove, in formed

Giordano Dance Chicago

Head shot of Forrest Stuart. He is smiling with arms crossed over chest, wearing a blue suit and is leaning against a pillar.
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Forrest Stuart and Cathy Cohen: Black Youth and Political Agency in the 21st Century

Chicago Humanities Festival

One male and one female dancer stand facing each other against a green, woods-like backdrop, one tossing a broom to the other
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Hansel and Gretel

Ballet Chicago

A White woman with straight dark hair, a Black woman with curly dark hair, and a White woman with blond hair in a bun sing in a chorus
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Handel's Coronation Anthem No. 1, “Zadok the Priest”

Music of the Baroque

Seven Giordano Dance dancers perform in the middle of a Chicago street, tall buildings and blue sky in the background. Dancers wearing black suits with white undershirts, all caught jumping in midair.
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JOLT

Giordano Dance Chicago

Seven Lucky Plush dancers in red, blue, purple, and yellow superhero outfits, 3 crouching and 4 standing with left arms reached out.
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Trip the Light Fantastic: The Making of SuperStrip

Lucky Plush Productions

Image of Ai Weiwei and Ian Baruma in conversation on the Harris Theater stage.
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Ai Weiwei on Humanity

Chicago Humanities Festival

Two male and three female dancers dressed in black move against a burnt orange stage backdrop
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Danzon!

Ballet Chicago

A Black woman with long braids and a blue shirt poses smiling, with her hands at her hips
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Alicia Garza: On the Purpose of Power

Chicago Humanities Festival

A black and white photo of a Black man with glasses in profile, arms raised
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Redemption

Chicago Philharmonic with Adrian Dunn and The Adrian Dunn Singers

dancer leaps upward with one hand in the air
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Spring Dance Concert

Chicago Academy for the Arts