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Click HERE to View the 2018 Chicago Dance Month Brochure RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S DIRECTED BY VICTOR MALANA MAOG APRIL 5 –JUNE 17 630.530.0111 • DruryLaneTheatre.com • Free Parking • 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace, IL See Chicago Dance Events WELCOME TO CHICAGO DANCE MONTH! These events are free and open to the public. Running time for each event is Dear Dance Fans, approx. 60–90 minutes. Schedule subject to change. Happy April, everyone! All of us at See Chicago Dance (formerly known as Audience Architects—more on that Chicago Dance Month Kickoff in a moment..) love the month of April because it’s our Celebration annual opportunity to shine a spotlight on Chicago’s Tuesday, March 27, 4:30 PM amazing, diverse, and wildly talented dance community. Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Now in its sixth year, Chicago Dance Month is a Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington bonanza of more than 70 great dance events, including Participating artists: Cerqua Rivera Dance breathtaking performances, many offered with “Hot Theatre, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Deal” ticket discounts, as well as workshops, classes, Winifred Haun and Dancers, Natya Dance and numerous free events. With a hint of spring in the air, April is the perfect time to explore the rich variety of Theater, Visceral Studio Company STAFF (LEFT TO RIGHT): JACQUELINE KLING, HEATHER HARTLEY, SURINDER MARTIGNETTI, styles and creative partnerships at work in nearly every KATHERINE STEWART Open Studio Fridays Chicago neighborhood, making our city one of the March 23–May 11, 4:30 PM nation’s most exciting places to experience dance. Chicago Cultural Center, In addition to the fantastic roster of events our member organizations are producing this 1st Floor Dance Studio month, See Chicago Dance presents three fantastic free showcase performances featuring Go behind the scenes with a different 24 companies, produced in partnership with the fabulous folks at the Department of Cultural dance company each week. Meet the Affairs and Special Events and Block 37. The festivities start with the Chicago Dance Month artists, see fresh choreography, and even Kickoff Celebration Tuesday, March 27. All are welcome to an afternoon performance under learn a few moves! the Tiffany Dome in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center. We then offer a Open Studio lineup: Concert Dance Inc, completely different roster for our Mid-Month Pop-up Performances April 10 at Block 37 and DantzTheatre Ensemble, Duncan Dance close things out April 30 with an all-ages Chicago Dance Month Celebration and Scavenger Chicago, South Chicago Dance Theater, Hunt along the Riverwalk. and more In addition to all the great programming, we’ve also been hard at work on a five-year strategic plan, resulting in some exciting changes. Since its founding in 2006 as Audience Mid-Month Pop-Up Performances Architects, our nonprofit has worked behind the scenes to host SeeChicagoDance.com, a Tuesday, April 10, 4:30 PM at Block 37, comprehensive website promoting more than 200 dance organizations through free listings, 108 N. State Street an events calendar, previews and reviews by professional critics, special deals, and much Performances by Cattywampus, more, making it one of the largest dance-specific sites in the country. We’ve also expanded Cocodaco, Desueño, NOMI, Noumenon, our services for the dance industry beyond the Web, offering numerous professional and others development opportunities. To better serve our patrons and dance artists/organizations and reduce confusion between the two identities, we’re streamlining our name and evolving Chicago Dance Month Celebration our brand to match the website—Audience Architects becomes See Chicago Dance. Since and Scavenger Hunt April is our busiest and highest profile time of the year with Chicago Dance Month, it makes Monday, April 30, 4:30–6 p.m. perfect sense to launch new endeavors now. We are simultaneously revealing a refreshed A progressive event that starts on the website that simplifies navigation and offers even more information about the wealth of steps of the Chicago Cultural Center and opportunities to enjoy dance in Chicago, including expanded reviews, more discounts, and continues down Michigan Avenue to the enhanced services, such as job postings and audition notices. All this activity derives from Riverwalk our refined sense of purpose, which we sum up in our new vision statement: Site-specific performances offer interactive opportunities to find clues To fearlessly inspire an ever-growing inclusive community to share in and spread the and win prizes! Includes Ballet 5:8, power of dance in Chicago Movement Revolution Dance Crew, See Chicago Dance believes in the transformative power of dance, and we hope you share REIdance Group, Sildance/AcroDanza, in our vision for the future of our dance community and our city as a dance leader. We also Trifecta Dance Collective, and others to hope you enjoy all the great content in this brochure and on our refreshed website. Most of be announced all, we hope you go see dance this April—and beyond! Heather Hartley Executive Director, See Chicago Dance For information on dance events during Chicago Dance Month, check out the listings in this brochure. For the most up-to-date list, as well as tickets and other details, visit seechicagodance.com. SILDANCE/ACRODANZA BY ALEXANDRA YASINOVSKY ALEXANDRA BY SILDANCE/ACRODANZA SEECHICAGODANCE.COM 3 MOVING DIALOGS uilding and engaging dance Baudiences for Chicago-area dance GIORDANO DANCE CHICAGO organizations, and advocating for dance in Chicago, is a big part of our SPRING SERIES ANTI LUCAS PORSCHA SPELLS BY work, but it’s not all we do. Among our other programs, we explore MARCH23 & 24, 7:30PM how dance relates to and enhances other artforms in our multicultural, multiethnic, and multi-ability city with Moving Dialogs, an annual discussion series. Moving Dialogs brings audiences and artists together for groundbreaking performances that aim to broaden and deepen understanding of the unique and sometimes surprising ways dance intersects with culture at large. Previous editions of Moving Dialogs have covered topics including feminism, diversity, and more. This year, See Chicago Dance is proud to bring you the latest installment of Moving Dialogs: Culture in Motion! With three sessions spanning April to June, this unique series, which represents a collaboration between Chicago-area dance companies and cultural museums, explores the ways interpretive dance can add to the tangible objects and experiences in museums. Choreographers from three dance companies partner with curators from three museums to learn about the museums’ collections and heritage, selecting objects that inspire them. Then, based on the partnering curator’s advice, the choreographers create a dance that illuminates those objects and the cultural heritage they represent. The three participating dance companies—VADCO/Valerie Alpert Dance Company, Chicago Dance Crash, and Synapse Arts—are A steamy, partnering, respectively, with the Chinese American Museum of sensual aair Chicago, the Haitian American Museum of Chicago, and the Indo - Lauren“ Warnecke, S Chicago Tribune R American Heritage Museum, with each hosting one of the three A G E events. The events take place on April 3, May 9, and early June, and IN Y T C RA G each lasts two hours, featuring the creative interpretation of the ELEB TIN EXHILARA choreographer, a performance, and an open interaction with the audience. The curator, choreographer, and a moderator talk about their creative process, with those attending having a chance to dialog with the speakers and learn ARTS BY SYNAPSE more about their decision-making and the art. All the events emphasize openness, dialog, and interaction with the audience. Moving Dialogs aims to develop an understanding about the surprising and exciting ways dance might activate the objects and culture contained within the partnering museums. We hope the experiences help us gain insight into how a dance- driven creative interpretation might be successful in the future. J F P B G C P F P J VADCO BY JOHN A FERRANTE BY VADCO TICKETS 205 E. Randolph Street 312.334.7777 harristheaterchicago.org Tickets start at $15 4 SEECHICAGODANCE.COM FEATURED EVENT: Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s STOMPING GROUNDS Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s (CHRP’s) fourth annual STOMPING SG-MUNTU DANCE THEATRE OF CHICAGO BY WILLIAM FREDERKING WILLIAM BY OF CHICAGO THEATRE SG-MUNTU DANCE GROUNDS, a collaborative, citywide festival running April through June, showcases nine accomplished percussive dance companies spotlighting various cultural traditions: CHRP’s Stone Soup Rhythms (American tap), Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater, Mexican Folk Dance Company of Chicago, Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago (African), Trinity Irish Dance Company/ Trinity Irish Dance Ensemble and, new this year, the Black Hawk Performance Company (Native American), Chicago Dance Crash (urban fusion), and Natya Dance Theatre (Indian). “STOMPING GROUNDS embodies CHRP’s core mission: to present Circus is more than elephants and clowns in big tents. performance, education, and community development programs Circus is that summer after 5th grade when you spent weeks practicing backflips on the trampoline to impress your crush. that foster artistic excellence and social reconciliation,” said CHRP Circus is riding a unicycle to the coffee shop across town, because having two wheels is so 2014. Circus is sitting on your friend’s shoulders on the train, because there’s no room to stand. Founder and Director Lane Alexander. “Our first concert 30 years Circus is surprising your co-workers with an impromptu office supplies juggling show. ago featured CHRP, Ensemble Español, Trinity, and Najwa Dance Circus is doing crunches upside down because today is leg AND ab day. Corps. Finding common ground through rhythmic expression was Circus is winning the underwater handstand competition at the beach. important then and may be more important today. We’ve taken Circus is that summer after 5th grade when you spent weeks practicing backflips on the trampoline to impress your crush.
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