HTP Mainstage

2025–26 Harris Theater Presents Mainstage kicks off in August with a partnership with Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project celebrating the depth and breadth of Black dance in Chicago. The spirit of collaboration continues in November with The Joffrey Ballet performing a standalone program in our HTP series for the first time. Accompanied by Harris Theater Resident Company Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Matters of the Heart features the world premiere of a Chicago love story and a stunning tribute to Frida Kahlo. The Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra returns to join Steve Hackman for his latest fusion production combining Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony with Beyoncé’s most popular songs — producing a wholly danceable experience.

Early 2026 will welcome Brooklyn-based GALLIM, led by Artistic Director Andrea Miller, with an exciting and thought-provoking mix of work from their broad repertoire, followed by Silkroad Ensemble and Rhiannon Giddens’s return to the Harris in March after last fall's successful American Railroad performance. With their newest project, Sanctuary: The Power of Resonance and Ritual, the musicians explore how we can experience music to find comfort, process loss and change, and rebuild community. The US premiere of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Nomad closes out the season. Cherkaoui’s work explores fluidity and adaptability in the extreme harshness of the desert setting — unsettling and beautiful all at once.

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