‘Temptation greets you like your naughty friend,’ reads the poster for the Chicago Dance Crash version of Faust and, to make the point unavoidable, Mephistopheles (aka Satan) is portrayed as a female vixen, Mephisto. Well, it always was about youth and sex, right? After all, the peak of Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus is his liaison with Helen of Troy. But Chicago Dance Crash bases its version on Goethe’s more deeply spiritual telling, which places Faust between a just, logical God and the ardent, seductive Satan. Incorporating 21st-century sensuality, artistic director Kyle Vincent Terry juxtaposes ballet and hip-hop dance styles performed to a progressive rock/hip-hop score. Faust runs through Aug. 10, Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont; 773-327-5252; $20.
