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Unwavering: Lar Lubovitch's work is still going strong after 40 years.

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Ten years ago, Lar Lubovitch discovered a 90-second film of a solo he made as a student at the University of Iowa. An early 1960s audition film for the Juilliard School, it provided a microcosmic view of a choreographic career to come. "I was reminded that I knew something intuitively that need never be abandoned," says Lubovitch. "It was a pre-educated sense of movement in space and time. It was encouraging to go back to that young man and his mindset and see why he did what he did."

This year the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company will have ample opportunity to revisit the mindset of that era and beyond. It is celebrating its 40th-anniversary season with an ambitious series of performances: a July season at Jacob's Pillow; a retrospective of the choreographer's minimalist works at Dance Theater Workshop; a weeklong engagement at New York City Center; and an extensive domestic tour. The company hasn't toured in over a decade, using the time to develop new work and set works on various companies. And in celebration of his hometown, the Chicago Dancing Festival, co-founded by Lubovitch last year, returned in August with an expanded edition including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Florida, Complexions, Muntu Dance Theater, San Francisco Ballet, and the Joffrey...

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