The City Gets Edgy With A Free Experimental Performance Series

OK, so things didn’t work out that well in October, when the city and Redmoon Theater got together to produce the Great Chicago Fire Festival. The flawed embodiment of a queasy concept, the spectacle fizzled spectacularly. Still, you’ve got to give Rahm and company credit for backing inventive performing art, win or lose. And they’re not done yet. The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is presenting OnEdge, an “experimental theater, dance, and performance series” offering seven free shows at five venues. Here’s some of what’s on the roster for this second annual iteration; see chicagoreader.com for complete listings. —Tony Adler

Wonder (Fri-Sat 1/30-1/31, 7 PM, Links Hall at Constellation, 3111 N. Western): Although best known for interpreting other people’s choreography, dancer Michelle Boulé drew attention to herself with this 2013 piece, described by critic Apollinaire Scherr as a “shape-shifting, character-sifting solo . . . driven . . . by deep questions.”