• DeeplyRootedDanceTheaterCo-FounderandExecutiveDirectorKevinIegaJeff.PhotobyKenCarl
    Deeply Rooted Dance Theater Co-Founder and Executive Director Kevin Iega Jeff. Photo by Ken Carl
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    Deeply Rooted Dance Theater Co-Founder, Co-Associate Artistic Director Gary Abbott. Photo by John H. Carmody
The Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Dr., is presenting Deeply Rooted Dance Theater—a Chicago-based contemporary dance company rooted in traditions of American and African-American dance—in a one-night-only performance on Friday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the theatre’s Made In Chicago Dance Series.

The high-energy mixed repertory program features choreography by the company’s artistic staff—Artistic Director Nicole Clarke-Springer and resident choreographers/co-founders Gary Abbott and Kevin Iega Jeff—and Ulysses Dove. The program includes:

—the world premiere of the full-length Madonna Anno Domini choreographed by Nicole Clarke-Springer, with music by Culoe De Song and Aretha Franklin;

—Ulysses Dove’s Vespers, returning by popular demand after its 2022 company premiere, with an electronic score by Mikel Rouse; and

—revivals by Gary Abbott and Kevin Iega Jeff.

Tickets are $25—85 each; visit http://AuditoriumTheatre.org.

—Andrew Davis