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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Polerize opens the show with angry undertones to emphasize the importance of destigmatizing sex work.

Polerize destigmatizes sex work, empowers performers through NU’s first pole dance show

May 5, 2024

Audiences gasped and cheered as pole dancers performed acrobatic sequences across the stage and a series of poles in Lutkin Hall Friday. Northwestern’s Polerize produced its inaugural show — and...

Podculture: Tonik Tap performs “Timeless” spring show

Podculture: Tonik Tap performs “Timeless” spring show

April 14, 2024

A behind-the-scenes look at “Timeless,” the spring show of the Tonik Tap dance group. [nat sound of tap dancing] CARLOTTA ANGIOLILLO: Those are the sounds that filled the Wirtz Ballroom last...

A dancer in a pink crop top and black joggers dances with arms outstretched in front of a pink-lit background.

The spotlight is on tabloids and gossip in Fusion’s spring show ‘Front Cover’

April 7, 2024

Flashing lights. Paparazzi. The highs and lows of the spotlight. The Fusion Dance Company’s spring show “Front Cover” captured the lure of being front and center this weekend in Ryan Family Auditorium....

Lipstick Burlesque’s 90-minute performance featured themed routines like “Yee-Hawties” and “Baristalesque.”

Love, intimacy and body positivity prevail in Lipstick Burlesque

March 31, 2024

Audiences laughed, gasped and even blushed as burlesque dancers stripped down to lacy lingerie, spun around on the pole and danced with fake penises in the Louis Room at Norris University Center this weekend. With...

Dancers dressed in all black create a powerful formation under red lighting.

Dance Digest: Northwestern dance groups get into the groove in ‘Graffoniks Gets Groovy’

January 22, 2024

Northwestern dancers dazzled in the Wirtz Ballroom on Friday and Saturday with mesmerizing leaps, turns and time steps in “Graffoniks Gets Groovy.” The dynamic performance had something for everyone...

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