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Chances is a monthly dance party which functions to bring together the varied LGBTIQ communities of Chicago. All gender expressions are welcome. Since its founding in 2005, Chances has attempted to create a safe space for difference in gender and sexuality, and has launched various artistic and educational endeavors to promote creative and critical thinking within the queer community.  more...

Prior to pursuing his video-artist-filmmaking career full-time, Kai-Duc Luong served as a technical manager for Motorola Inc. This 10-year tenure in the corporate environment allowed him to gain the experience and rigor, as well as technical, managerial and interpersonal skills required in pushing through large-scale projects across the world, embracing his trilingual skills (French, English and Chinese).

Born in 1975, Phnom-Penh, 44 days before the Khmer Rouge took over the capital city of Cambodia and the genocide started, Kai’s mother and three infant sons managed to survive hardship through their exile from Cambodia to Vietnam to France, which started on April 17th 1975, and concluded with his father’s death in May 1976, and their arrival in France a month later. more...