Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's 11th Annual BOLD MOVES FOR BOLD WOMEN Event Raises Over $60,000

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, one of the world's premier contemporary dance companies, with honorary event chair Aurora Abella-Austriaco, immediate past president of the Chicago Bar Association, honorary event chair Pamela Cullerton, wife of Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton, event chair and Hubbard Street board member Sarah J. Nolan, and a 23-member committee welcomed more than 250 guests to Baker & McKenzie, LLP overlooking Millennium Park on Thursday, March 13, 2014 for Hubbard Street's 11th annual Bold Moves for Bold Women event.

The cocktail party, art auction and fundraiser, celebrating female leadership in business and the arts, was immediately followed by the opening-night performance of Hubbard Street's critically acclaimed, nearly sold-out Spring Series at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, featuring four works by Czech choreographer Ji?í Kylián: Sarabande (1990) and Falling Angels (1989) - both Hubbard Street premieres - and revivals of Kylián's 27'52'' (2002) and Petite Mort (1991).

Bold Moves for Bold Women 2014 at Baker & McKenzie (300 East Randolph Street, 50th floor) successfully raised more than $60,000 for Hubbard Street's education, community and artistic programs. Three Chicago-based, female artists created unique works inspired by Hubbard Street's dancers, for a One of a Kind silent auction: Lindsey French, Kellen Walker, and fashion designer Kahindo Mateene (Season 12 contestant, Project Runway).

Bold Moves for Bold Women sponsors included Diversity Partner Baker & McKenzie, LLP; Lead Sponsors Deloitte, Exelon, and Elizabeth Yntema Ferguson and Mark Ferguson; Contributing Sponsor Arnstein & Lehr, LLP; Event Sponsors AT&T, Clark Hill PLC, HBK Engineering LLC, PhRMA, Citizens for John Cullerton, and Meg and Tim Callahan; Catering Sponsor Chef Fredy; Spirits Sponsor Tito's Handmade Vodka, and Graphic Design Sponsor Communiqué Graphic Design.

On Monday, May 19, 2014 at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Hubbard Street holds its Season 36 Spotlight Ball honoring Mikhail Baryshnikov, Kennedy Center Honoree and recipient of the National Medal of Honor. Spotlight Ball reservations begin at $600 per guest; table reservations and sponsorship opportunities start at $6,000. All proceeds from the Spotlight Ball support Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's education, community and artistic programs. To purchase tickets, please contact Jeanne Newman, Hubbard Street's Manager of Individual Giving and Special Events, at 312-850-9744 ext. 130, or via email at jnewman@hubbardstreetdance.com.

About Hubbard Street

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, under the artistic leadership of Glenn Edgerton, celebrates its 37th season in 2014 and 2015. Among the world's top contemporary dance companies and a global cultural ambassador, Hubbard Street demonstrates fluency in a wide range of techniques and forms, and deep comprehension of abstract artistry and emotional nuance. The company is critically acclaimed for its exuberant and innovative repertoire, featuring works by master American and international choreographers. Hubbard Street's artists hail from four countries and 12 U.S. states, and comprise a superlative ensemble of virtuosity and versatility. Since its founding by Lou Conte in 1977, Hubbard Street has grown through the establishment of multiple platforms. Each is dedicated to the support and advancement of dance as an art form, as a practice, and as a method for generating and sustaining communities of all kinds.

Hubbard Street 2, directed by Terence Marling, cultivates young professional dancers, identifies next-generation choreographers, and performs domestically and abroad, in service of arts education, collaboration, experimentation and audience development.

Extensive Youth, Education and Community Programs, directed by Kathryn Humphreys, are models in the field of arts education, linking the performing company's creative mission to the lives of students and families. Hubbard Street also initiated the first dance-based program in the Midwest to help alleviate suffering caused by Parkinson's disease. Youth Dance Program classes at the Hubbard Street Dance Center include Creative Movement and progressive study of technique, open to young dancers ages 18 months to 16 years.

At the Lou Conte Dance Studio, directed by founding Hubbard Street Dancer Claire Bataille, workshops and master classes allow access to expertise, while a broad variety of weekly classes offer training at all levels in jazz, ballet, modern, tap, African, hip-hop, yoga, Pilates® and Zumba®.