Beginning Friday, January 31, 2014, DanceWorks Chicago's monthly program Dance Chance has a new home at the Lou Conte Dance Studio in the Hubbard Street Dance Center, 1147 West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago's West Loop. Launched in March 2008 with prior venue the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Dance Chance has encouraged dialogue between artists and audiences, and prompted the creation of more than 100 original works in diverse forms and techniques.
Registration opens January 6, 2014 for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's summer 2014 Youth Dance Camps, offering a broad range of opportunities for dancers ages 18 months to 16 years to explore, learn and create movement. Complete program information and session dates are below.
Registration opens January 6, 2014 for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's summer 2014 Youth Dance Camps, offering a broad range of opportunities for dancers ages 18 months to 16 years to explore, learn and create movement. Complete program information and session dates are below.
Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton and Terence Marling, Director of Hubbard Street 2 (HS2), encourage early-career and professional dancers, male and female, to audition for 2014-15 season contracts with Hubbard Street's main company and HS2.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced its third annual TASTE, an exclusive evening of fine and rare wines presented by Hart Davis Hart Wine Company and Everest restaurant.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, currently presenting Season 36 in Chicago and on tour across the U.S. and abroad, is delighted to announce the company's annual Spotlight Ball at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park on Monday, May 19, 2014.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, under the artistic leadership of Glenn Edgerton, is pleased to again offer two full-time, four-week training sessions for pre-professional and early-career dancers in summer 2014. Hubbard Street's Summer Intensive in Iowa City is for advanced dance students ages 14-17, and runs June 16-July 11, 2014. Hubbard Street's Summer Intensive in Chicago is for advanced and professional dancers ages 18-24 and runs June 30-July 25, 2014.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and its home in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, the Hubbard Street Dance Center, announced today the facility's first public classes in Gaga dance technique, to begin November 1, 2013.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced its third annual TASTE, an exclusive evening of fine and rare wines presented by Hart Davis Hart Wine Company and Everest restaurant.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Youth Dance Program, for children ages 18 months to 16 years and focused on the choreographic process, will offer an Open House today, September 7, 2013, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Hubbard Street Dance Center, 1147 West Jackson Boulevard. Scroll down for photos from last year's open house and more!
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton announce three artists joining the organization's 18-member performing company: Emilie Leriche, Andrew Murdock and Bryna Pascoe. “Each is highly accomplished in both classical and contemporary dance,” says Edgerton, “and uniquely suited for Hubbard Street's active repertoire of works by major international choreographers.” All are scheduled to perform during the company's Fall Series, opening Season 36 with new works by Robyn Mineko Williams and Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo, plus repertoire by Mats Ek and Ohad Naharin, October 10–13, 2013 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance.
Check out the videos below of Hubbard Street dancers in a duet and solo from Casi-Casa by Mats Ek, and a mini documentary by dancers and staff about the company's spring 2013 cultural diplomacy tour to Algeria, Morocco and Spain!
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Youth Dance Program, for children ages 18 months to 16 years and focused on the choreographic process, will offer an Open House on September 7, 2013, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Hubbard Street Dance Center, 1147 West Jackson Boulevard. Scroll down for photos from last year's open house and more!
Continuing its commitments to nurturing artists and advancing contemporary dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago announces its 12th annual Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop at the UIC Theatre, 1044 West Harrison Street in Chicago. Twelve short works premiere during two performances today, July 6, 2013, beginning at 5 pm and 8 pm.
Continuing its commitments to nurturing artists and advancing contemporary dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago announces its 12th annual Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop at the UIC Theatre, 1044 West Harrison Street in Chicago. Twelve short works premiere during two performances on July 6, 2013, beginning at 5 pm and 8 pm.
Responding to popular demand, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago announces the addition of an eighth performance during its danc(e)volve: New Works Festival, today, June 6-16, 2013 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA, 220 East Chicago Avenue in Chicago).
Responding to popular demand, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago announces the addition of an eighth performance during its danc(e)volve: New Works Festival, June 6-16, 2013 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA, 220 East Chicago Avenue in Chicago).
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is one of 817 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Hubbard Street is recommended for a $70,000 grant to support Movement as Partnership (MAP), a research-driven residency program focused on long-term school partnerships, supported by extensive professional development. Hubbard Street's MAP partner public schools are located in Chicago and Oak Park, Illinois.
