Artist Stories

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    Arts Professional Story

    Arts Professional Story:
    Career Transition for Dancers

    Career Transition for Dancers: Health & Social Services for the Professional Artist
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    Arts Professional Story

    Arts Professional Story:
    Elysabeth Alfano, Fear No Art Chicago

    Fear No ART Chicago on WTTW: How I Got From There To Here
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    Arts Professional Story

    Arts Professional Story:
    Jiba Anderson, Griot Enterprises

    In what ways have you become more legal-savvy in your artistic career?
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    Arts Professional Story
    How does a dance artist in Chicago go about applying for a job as an arts integration educator?
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Celia Weiss Bambara

    African-Based Contemporary Dance: Translating Tradition
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Jan Bartoszek

    Hedwig Dances: Ascending to New Heights
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Sarah Best

    Dance Films Kino: Making My Own Path
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Kathi Beste

    The Flamenco Arts Center: Preserving History, Honoring the Source, Passing on Culture
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    Artist Story
    How can art-making impact social and political issues?
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    Arts Professional Story
    How and why was the Chicago Fringe Festival conceived?
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    Arts Professional Story
    The Artist as Innovator: From “Starving” to Entrepreneurial by Thinking Outside the Box
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Asimina Chremos

    Nuts, Bolts, and Visions: Supporting the Dancing Body
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Stephanie Clemens

    Why did you start re-staging historical works of choreography and how did you choose the works you reconstruct?
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Thomas Cott

    Delivering the News to Arts Professionals Around the World
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    David Dorfman

    How has coming of age in Chicago affected or inspired your dance practice?
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Steven Fischer

    Old School New School: Exploring the Nature of Creativity
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    Arts Professional Story
    What is TAD and who should apply? Deadline Sept 12, 2011
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    Arts Professional Story

    Arts Professional Story:
    Jay Franke, Chicago Dancing Company

    What inspired the Chicago Dancing Festival and how did you choose the artists and venue?
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Marc Frost

    Full Steam Ahead: Learning How to Tour as a Small Company
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Lisa Gonzales

    Happy Accidents: Improvisation as Art Making
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    Arts Professional Story

    Arts Professional Story:
    Neil Gorman and Mare Swallow

    Creator Camp Chicago: An Un-Conference for Creative People
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    Arts Professional Story

    Arts Professional Story:
    Mark Hackman

    Is your concert dance piece producer-friendly (aka Are you a sellout?) I’ve got a math formula to find out.
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Winifred Haun

    Who are the choreographers in your collective Circle in the Square and how do you pick who the invited artists will be?
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    Artist Story

    Artist Story:
    Makoto Hirano

    How Philadephia Performing Arts Won Me Over
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    Arts Professional Story
    I understand that you have an ongoing relationship with Chicago?