Concert dance in general might aim to entertain. But many choreographers also find deeper psychological possibilities in movement. Two Chicago dance companies contemplate the human condition in separate performances that take a mixed-media approach to life in the 21st century. Eight Forty-Eight’s dance critic Lucia Mauro fills us in.

Performances:
RTG Dance
May 12-23
Drucker Center at the Menomonee Club in Lincoln Park

NoMi LaMad Dance
May 21 and 22 
Ruth Page Center for the Arts