Ruth Page Center For The Arts Celebrates The 119th Anniversary Of Ruth Page's Birth

The Ruth Page Center for the Arts announces its annual artists in-residence showcase performance Center Stage at Ruth Page at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Thursday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $5 and a reservation is required in advance as space is limited. To reserve a ticket or find more information, please visit http://www.ruthpage.org/2018-center-stage.

The Ruth Page Center Artists-In-Residence Showcase Performance will also be presented at Northeastern Illinois University (Center Stage at NEIU) Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Steinberg Fine Arts Center, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr. Tickets to this performance are free to NEIU students, faculty and staff and $5 to the general public and can be reserved at www.neiu.edu/univeristy-life/box-office.

Center Stage at Ruth Page takes place on the 119th anniversary of the birth of international dance icon and Ruth Page Center founder, Ruth Page (1899-1991). In honor of her birthday and to celebrate the recent extensive exterior and interior building renovations, Center Stage at Ruth Page begins with birthday cupcakes and a celebratory toast to Ruth Page, followed at 7:30 with performances by the six Ruth Page Center of the Arts' Artists In-Residence: CDI/Concert Dance Inc., DanceWorks Chicago, Hedwig Dances, Porchlight Music Theatre, Ruth Page Civic Ballet and ShawChicago Theater Company. The evening concludes with a Q&A session with artistic directors from each of the companies.

Energy, innovation, creativity and community is the vision for the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Central to the Center's programming is the Artist In-Residence Program, which is designed to serve organizations looking for a home base while they grow or expand their artistic and organizational capabilities. The Center is committed to nurturing and assisting dance and other performing artists, as well as helping to promote them to expand the audience base for their art form, allowing for exchange and collaborative relationships to develop within our artist community. The Ruth Page Center for the Arts is a destination for quality performing arts, accessible to a wide community regardless of race, gender, age, education or disability.

The Center supports the needs of the Chicago performing arts community by making available cost-effective office, rehearsal and performance space. The Center has been an incubator for organizations such as Shakespeare Repertory and Lookingglass Theatre Company who both spent their formative years as Artists In-Residence, performing in the 218-seat Ruth Page Theater and working from the Center's offices before moving on to larger Chicago venues.

An incubator of artistic energy and excellence and the center of Chicago's dance history, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts carries forward the vision of international dance icon Ruth Page to make dance accessible to everyone, ensuring that children and dance artists have a place to study, work and perform at the highest level of excellence. Located at 1016 N. Dearborn Street, the Center serves the Chicago dance community by being an incubator, providing a home, office space, rehearsal space, performance opportunities, professional dance training and marketing support for the up-and-coming companies and artists of Chicago's vibrant dance scene. Founded by Chicago icon and internationally-renown performer and choreographer, Ruth Page, the Center reflects her vision of supporting dance excellence in Chicago. Emanating from the Illinois heartland, the visionary work of Ruth Page influenced the growth of theater design, opera-ballet and dance. She achieved worldwide recognition as a true pioneer of dance in America by creating at the forefront of social, political and artistic issues. As a prominent force in the Chicago arts community, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts continues that legacy through its initiatives and programs that nurture the art form of dance, and by being an arts incubator for emerging and established artists and organizations.

For more information about The Ruth Page Center for the Performing Arts and its programs visit www.RuthPage.org.

The Ruth Page Center for the Arts announces its annual artists in-residence showcase performance Center Stage at Ruth Page at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn St., Thursday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m. General admission tickets are $5 and a reservation is required in advance as space is limited. To reserve a ticket or find more information, please visit http://www.ruthpage.org/2018-center-stage. The Ruth Page Center Artists-In-Residence Showcase Performance will also be presented at Northeastern Illinois University (Center Stage at NEIU) Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Steinberg Fine Arts Center, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr. Tickets to this performance are free to NEIU students, faculty and staff and $5 to the general public and can be reserved at www.neiu.edu/univeristy-life/box-office.