March 15th, 2010
In the Seldoms’ new “Marchland,” boundaries and alliances are formed only to be broken. Isolation from others and collaboration are equally unproductive; there is no equilibrium or security. No one is safe…
March 11th, 2010
A long-gestating collaboration among seven artists from different disciplines, The Seldoms’s Marchland is a fairly huge piece even coming from a company known for producing large-scale work…
March 8th, 2010
Carrie Hanson and her troupe, the Seldoms, have never particularly sought institutional imprimatur. They trend toward the offbeat: Swimming pools and dank, cavernous South Side warehouses rank high on their list of past venues…
February 21st, 2009
The Seldoms’ latest dance concert is a body-centric act of provocation from three perspectives…
February 17th, 2009
Seldoms artistic director Carrie Hanson shares the spotlight with two other choreographers in 3 x 3, which features three world premieres…
February 6th, 2009
Carrie Hanson, artistic director of The Seldoms and as intelligent as they come, is among those pondering our uncertain financial times. Of course, for the artist, and the choreographer in particular, the term “economy” is laced with multiple meanings, suggesting all sorts of aesthetic standards and restraints along with concerns over fiscal fiascoes. Hence, her new work, “Thrift,” to be unveiled with two other premieres during the troupe’s engagement beginning Feb. 19 at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, is multilayered…