PARA.MAR Dance Theatre

04/17/2026

TONIGHT & TOMORROW! We’re so excited to finally share MUJERES ❤️ Huge thanks to Sharon Hoyer for Newcity Stage and this wonderful interview with P/M founder and artistic director Stephanie Martinez about the collaboration on PARA.MAR Dance Theatre’s first -ever full-length ballet.

Long championing the creative power of Latina women, the company's evening-length work is inspired by Chilean poet, journalist and diplomat Gabriela Mistral.

04/17/2026

HUGE thanks to our amazing press team Carol Fox & Associates 🤩🤩🤩 Especially, the legend Ann Fink ❤️

04/17/2026

MEET THE COLLABORATORS | GIGI & ANTONIA ❤️

GIGI DAHILL-FACHEL | Composer

We’re thrilled to welcome emerging composer Gigi Dahill-Fuchel () to MUJERES — a dynamic New York–based artist whose work seamlessly bridges choreography, performance, and original music composition.

A Ballet Hispánico alum and graduate of George Mason University School of Dance, Gigi is a frequent collaborator with choreographers and founder of Beats Per Movement— a modern composition studio creating intentional, inspired music deeply connected to movement.

ANTONIA CONTRO | Visual Artist

We’re honored to highlight artist  Antonia Contro (https://antoniacontro.com/about.html) (), an acclaimed and widely exhibited artist, and creative muse and collaborator to PARA.MAR and Adrianna Desier Durantt, whose expansive body of work has deeply informed the visual and conceptual terrain of MUJERES.

Artist Antonia Contro’s work explores time, language, movement, light, and shadow. Contro artfully challenges perceptions of “ordinary” and overlooked objects to reveal deeper meaning and unexpected ways of seeing them. 

With MUJERES, PARA.MAR responds to her themes and imagery as a natural companion in shaping the production’s visual language.

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TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

4.17 — Community Preview (Pay What You Can)
4.18 — Premiere & Benefit

Reva & David Logan Center
University of Chicago
 
LINK FOR TICKETS IN BIO

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04/16/2026

AND a “Best Bet” Mention from Daily Herald! Let’s Go! 🤩

MUJERES
a world-premiere contemporary ballet from PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, choreographed by Founder and Director Stephanie Martinez and inspired by the “Locas Mujeres” poems of Chilean-native and Nobel Laureate, Gabriela Mistral.

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

4.17 — Community Preview (Pay What You Can)
4.18 — Premiere & Benefit

Reva & David Logan Center
University of Chicago

Tony winner in concert Tickets remain for Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller’s homecoming this weekend at the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, 201 Schaumburg Court, Schaumburg. The Evansto...

04/16/2026

THINGS. TO. DO! We LOVE to see it ❤️ Thank you Chicago Sun-Times for the mention! 🤩

Friday and Saturday ONLY!

MUJERES
a world-premiere contemporary ballet from PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, choreographed by Founder and Director Stephanie Martinez and inspired by the “Locas Mujeres” poems of Chilean-native and Nobel Laureate, Gabriela Mistral.

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

4.17 — Community Preview (Pay What You Can)
4.18 — Premiere & Benefit

Reva & David Logan Center
University of Chicago

Paramardance.com/up-next for tickets! 🎟️

“The Great Gatsby,” two new exhibits debut at Wrightwood 659 and the Chicago Latino Film Festival are among the highlights in the week ahead.

03/31/2026

BEYOND honored to be included in Newcity Stage’s TOP 5 in DANCE for APRIL! 🤩

We cannot wait to welcome audiences to this world-premiere April 17–18!

MUJERES
a first-ever full length world-premiere contemporary ballet from PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, choreographed by Founder and Director Stephanie Martinez and inspired by the “Locas Mujeres” poems of Chilean-native and Nobel Laureate, Gabriela Mistral that explores the many portraits of these women – and the poet herself – through a shifting terrain of myth, memory, and reflection. 

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

4.17 — Pay-What-You-Can Preview
4.18 — Premiere & Benefit

Reva & David Logan Center
University of Chicago
 
LINK FOR TICKETS & ARTICLE IN BIO

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03/31/2026

THANK YOU Newcity Stage 🤩 for adding us to your TOP 5 in Dance for April! We are SO excited to share this world-premiere April 17–18 at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. Tickets at paramardance.com/up-next ❤️

April dance is in full bloom.

03/27/2026

“When women are the storytellers, the story is different” — Stephanie Martinez, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre founder and director.

What a beautiful article from Chicago Reader’s Kerry Reid with a lovely feature on P/M founder and artistic director Stephanie Martinez and our upcoming MUJERES at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.

Thank you for seeing how Chicago “Women dance leaders emphasize collaboration, community, and empathy.” 💜

Women in Chicago dance are shaping the field by creating new works and fostering new generations of artists onstage and off.

03/27/2026

In just a few weeks, PARA.MAR Dance Theatre will be presenting MUJERES at Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts. If you’re free, we’d love to share this world-premiere with you! Two performances only, full range of ticket options including a Pay-What-You-Can Preview and VIP Ticket Packages. Hope to see you there! ❤️❤️

MUJERES is a world-premiere, full-length ballet choreographed by PARA.MAR founder and director Stephanie Martinez inspired by Locas Mujeres, the iconic poems of Chilean poet and Nobel Laureate Gabriela Mistral.

03/26/2026

In just THREE WEEKS, P/M takes the stage of Logan Center for the Arts with its FIRST Full-Length Ballet.

MUJERES
a world-premiere contemporary ballet from PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, choreographed by Founder and Director Stephanie Martinez and inspired by the “Locas Mujeres” poems of Chilean-native and Nobel Laureate, Gabriela Mistral

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

4.17 — Pay-What-You-Can Preview
4.18 — Premiere & Benefit

Reva & David Logan Center
University of Chicago

LINK FOR TICKETS IN BIO

Explore the many portraits of these women – and the poet herself – through a shifting terrain of myth, memory, and reflection.

MUJERES moves through shared themes of identity, resilience, belonging, and longing — unfolding as a ritual that reveals the many selves a woman carries, abandons, and reclaims across time.

Seriously, book those tickets — they’re going fast!

Photo of P/M Dance Artists Gabrielle Sprauve and Taylor Yocum by Todd Rosenberg.

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03/23/2026

YOU (yes, YOU! 🤩) can help P/M remove barriers to experiencing dance — and invite 200 community members and organizations to MUJERES.

We’re just over one week into our crowdfund campaign and already nearly 70% of the way to our goal — let’s get the rest of the way there together, with, and for (PARA) Community Access.

Your support helps make dance more accessible to those who may not always see themselves reflected in arts spaces.

Plus, there are SO many fun and exclusive benefits to supporting COMMUNITY ACCESS tickets to MUJERES — including your own tickets to the show! 🤩

If you’re able, consider a $30, $50, or even $100 gift to JOIN US in the belief that access is inclusion — and inclusion is community.

Let’s do this! 💜

With gratitude,
ALL of us at P/M

Link to donate in BIO.

03/19/2026

INTRODUCING… The Ensemble of MUJERES

In less than two weeks, we’ll welcome our new and returning Dance Artists back to Chicago to rehearse and put the final touches on MUJERES. We can’t wait to be back in the studio together as we prepare for our April performances.

Christopher Bloom (), 
Julienne Buenaventura (.buena), 
Kyle Halford (), 
James La Russa ()
Laura Morton La Russa ( )
Cori Lewis ( ), 
Marcel Mejia* ( )
Gabrielle Sprauve ( ) 
Taylor Yocum ().

And introducing… Jayme Braverman ()!

After years of assisting our Artistic Director, we’re thrilled to welcome Jayme as PARA.MAR’s first Ensemble Apprentice, joining the cast onstage this spring. Congratulations, Jayme!

Until we’re back in the studio, enjoy a few glimpses of this exquisite ensemble in process — a collection of moments from past PARA.MAR rehearsals and performances from .

And book those tickets — they’re going fast!

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MUJERES
a world-premiere contemporary ballet from PARA.MAR Dance Theatre, choreographed by Founder and Director Stephanie Martinez and inspired by the “Locas Mujeres” poems of Chilean-native and Nobel Laureate, Gabriela Mistral

TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY

4.17 — Pay-What-You-Can Community Preview
4.18 — Premiere & Benefit

Reva & David Logan Center
University of Chicago

Tickets at the link in bio.

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