REIdance group

REIdance group

RE|Dance is Lucy Riner and Michael Estanich. They are creative partners dedicated to the presentatio

Photos from REIdance group's post 08/12/2024

Tonight was perfection. Love my people. Looking forward to year 15 and our upcoming projects. 🫶🏻

07/30/2024

Come dance with me on Wednesday night!!! Open, mixed level company class!! 6:30pm. 📷 by

Photos from REIdance group's post 07/29/2024

My people and beauty.

07/15/2024

We are offering 2 pay-what-you-can classes this month with and RE|dance group! Come join in on the fun! Open level, donation based good times. At the next 2 Wednesdays at 6:30pm! DM us with any questions!! 📷 by

05/06/2024

Upcoming RE|dance group happenings!
May 18th! 1pm to 2 pm- Join and members of the company and open level dance class in a 30 minute movement meditation followed by short excerpts from the company rep! Let’s move together at the

Also coming soon…
June 7th we do our first show in our new Senior Living Series with excerpts of A Delicate Hand at Three Crowns Park in Evanston.
July takes us to
August begins new projects and processes!!

We hope to see you in class or in an audience soon!!!

04/19/2024

Let’s go!!! Find us here this summer!!!

RE|dance returns! With a excerpt from their latest premiere, A Delicate Hand, w/choreography by Co-Artistic Director Michael Estanich. This dynamic duo have been collaborating for 15 years. We feel so fortunate that they shared three of those years with us.

Meet the artists...

Creative partners, Lucy Riner and Michael Estanich, established RE|Dance Group in 2009 as a means to explore long distance collaborations and present dance theatre works that examine the many facets of human relationships. Executive Director, Lucy Riner, is a Chicago based dance artist and teacher. Artistic Director, Michael Estanich, lives in Stevens Point at the University of Wisconsin as an associate professor of dance. Their creative process embodies rich emotional content and dramatic imagery through the layering of music, text and sculpture. They seek to establish physical memories that enrich their dancing and the relationships created in their works.

Photo: Matthew Gregory Hollis

04/08/2024

This Thursday! If you missed the premiere of A Delicate Hand and want to see a tiny snippet of it with a partial cast, we will be performing in their guest artist series at NEIU’s dance concert. Tickets are only $5, the show is under an hour and there is plenty of parking. 7:30pm!!!

03/26/2024

We’re back in April!!! Let’s move!!!

Photos from REIdance group's post 03/18/2024

A glorious end to a glorious dance! Can’t live without REIdance group!!!

Photos from REIdance group's post 03/17/2024

We closed our show on Friday might. I’m always sad when a show comes to a close. It feels so fleeting after all the time and energy spent in the process. A Delicate Hand felt special to me. I often tell people that dance is what saves me pretty much every day. I’m so grateful that I found it in my life and that it fuels me to want to be here and better for my family and friends and students. If you didn’t have an opportunity to see the show, I hope you can catch us in some of our smaller moments throughout 2024. We are only $300 away from our original goal on my birthday Fundraiser. This money supports the work of our dancers and musicians and production crew. And as we move forward into our 15th year as a small, not for profit , arts organization here in Chicago, I look forward to making more work to share with our beautiful extended family. 

Thank you to for joining us both weekends. It was a pleasure sharing the stage with you and .travis Always extending our tendrils to include more beautiful humans in our dance family.

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A wonderful future for RE | Dance, Chande | Art Intercepts 03/16/2024

Thank you Art Intercepts!!!

A wonderful future for RE | Dance, Chande | Art Intercepts Leaving Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Friday, tannins of RE | Dance's "A Delicate Hand" still swirled in my brain. Its grape and oaky hues on costumes clothing dancers of a certain age reveling in bodies honed by decades in motion as they bob and weave among glowing cubes which cast an ethereal radiance on...

Photos from REIdance group's post 03/14/2024

Just a couple beautiful moments captured by at last nights dress rehearsal. Tickets are going fast and we love full houses! Walk ups will be available both evenings but you could secure yourself a seat by clicking the link in our bio and ordering your tickets online!

03/13/2024

❤️❤️❤️ This is what it’s all about. Thank you Sharon Hoyer and

Soft Focus: A Review of RE|dance's "A Delicate Hand" at Hamlin Park Fieldhouse 03/13/2024

Thank you Sharon Hoyer and New City!!!

Soft Focus: A Review of RE|dance's "A Delicate Hand" at Hamlin Park Fieldhouse The first delicacy one notices in RE|dance Group’s new work is the quality of the light. Illuminated rectangles of varying dimensions are scattered across the black floor, casting a soft glow on the faces of audience members.

03/06/2024

Yooooooo!!!!

Opening Night is TOMORROW. We’re so excited to share this beautiful piece with all of you!

03/06/2024

Opening Night is TOMORROW. We’re so excited to share this beautiful piece with all of you!

03/06/2024

Opening night is TOMORROW. We’re so excited to share this beautiful piece with all of you!!

03/05/2024

2️⃣ DAYS to 👀 and the company premiere A Delicate Hand! 🎟️ link in bio!

03/04/2024

3 DAYS TIL OPENING NIGHT. Get your tickets now to see and the rest of the RE|dance company!

03/02/2024

5 Days til Opening! Michael is here and we can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on with you!

03/01/2024

Drop a comment👇to wish the magnetic a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! 🎉🥳 We’re so honored to have her in the RE|dance family—from the power and grace of her movement ✨ to the warmth and playfulness of her soul. ♥️ Get your tickets today in celebration of Cheryl!

02/29/2024

Opening Night is in ONE WEEK! Get your tickets so you can experience the elegant flow of A Delicate Hand. 🌊

02/28/2024

Thank you 3Arts!!!

Meet Lucy Vurusic Riner!

On March 7, 8, 14, and 15, RE|dance group, headed by Michael Estanich and Lucy Vurusic premieres “A Delicate Hand” at Hamlin Park Fieldhouse. “Created in collaboration with Artistic Director Michael Estanich and the company of six dancers, A Delicate Hand is an abstract reflection of connection, relationship, and nearness. Grounded in the examination of the ecosystems in our lives, the work considers both the macro (fate, destiny, human impact) and the micro (touch, impulse, guidelines) as systems that affect our choice making.” Tickets are available for purchase via the .

Alt text: Three images of Lucy dancing. The two images on the right and left side feature multiple dance artists intertwined. The centered image shows Lucy with her hand stretched on the wall.

02/28/2024

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Meet Lucy Vurusic Riner!

On March 7,8, 14, and 15, RE|dance group, headed by Michael Estanich and Lucy Vurusic premieres “A Delicate Hand” at Hamlin Park Fieldhouse. “Created in collaboration with Artistic Director Michael Estanich and the company of six dancers, A Delicate Hand is an abstract reflection of connection, relationship, and nearness. Grounded in the examination of the ecosystems in our lives, the work considers both the macro (fate, destiny, human impact) and the micro (touch, impulse, guidelines) as systems that affect our choice making.” Tickets are available for purchase via the .

Alt text: Three images of Lucy dancing. The two images on the right and left side feature multiple dance artists intertwined. The centered image shows Lucy with her hand stretched on the wall.

02/28/2024

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02/28/2024

A lovely preview from . 9 days until Opening Night! 🌱

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Our Story

Creative partners Lucy Riner and Michael Estanich establishedRE|dance group in 2009 as a means to explore long distance collaborations. We are dedicated to the presentation of dance theatre works that examine the many facets of personal, intimate human relationships. The instability and uncertainty of charged relationships act as symbols for living in a volatile, contemporary world. We ground our artistic philosophy in creative exchange, seeking to expand our voices as contemporary artists. We (along with a growing number of collaborators) enjoy an open process where all ideas are shared, investigated, and then crafted into dances that embody a heightened physical experience rich with emotional content and dramatic imagery. Our work reflects a rigorous inquiry into the body's capability for expression through motion and movement—from the subtle to the immense. The winding path from imagined concept to physical reality to audience experience intrigues us and grounds our process. The creative process is an ever evolving dynamic between intention, honesty, intuition and play.

Though we call Chicago homebase for RE|dance group, the partnership rests on a unique long distance collaboration. Estanich lives in Stevens Point, WI, while Riner is a Chicago based independent artist. We became fascinated with the idea of creating work in a new way—generating movement material while we were together and developing characters or deepening our personal understanding of ideas while we are apart. Through conversation and dialogue we establish physical memories that enrich our dancing and the relationships created in the works.

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Join us for our last July class next Wednesday!!! ❤️
We’re back. A beautiful full class last night. Thank you for moving through space with us! See you next Wednesday. ❤️ #a...
A few more classes this May and then we’re taking all of June off! Come join us next Saturday, May 18 at @uptownwellness...
Opening last night. ❤️ Get your tickets today!!!
Thank you RE|dance for always being my second family. You made my birthday weekend amazing. See you at our shows!!!! Let...
It’s all coming together! Do you have your tickets yet??
Meet Lucy Riner ( @lucyvurusy), one of the wonderful moms and humans I’ve gotten to work with over the years, who is the...
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The Delicate Hand

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