dance

You & Your Performance
Event Type: 
Workshop
Saturday, December 13, 2008 3:00am - 5:00am

 

Some primary areas of focus in this introductory workshop are:

-Exploration of presence
-Collaboration through yielding with strength
-Spatial elements of composition & choreography
-Conjuring action, imagery & states of being
-Engaging the audience by engaging with the moment
-Strengthen the voice by creating original sound & music
-Generating text through rhythm and energy
-Tapping into joy as the basic performing experience more...

Event Location
Venue: 
Links Hall
Address: 

3435 N. Sheffield, #207
Chicago, IL 60657
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Neighborhood: 
Lakeview
Zephyr Dance Fall Concert
Event Type: 
Performance
Thursday, November 6, 2008 7:30pm
Friday, November 7, 2008 7:30pm
Saturday, November 8, 2008 2:00pm

Zephyr Dance's November concert features work by both Artistic Director Michelle Kranicke and Associate Artistic Director Emily Stein.  Drawing on 15 years of working together, the two choreographers present distinctly different yet complimentary movement styles.  
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Event Location
Venue: 
Holstein Park Auditorium
Address: 

2200 N. Oakley
Chicago, Il 60657
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Neighborhood: 
Bucktown
Epiphany Dance Experiment "IMPROV EVOLUTION vol.1"
Event Type: 
Performance
Sunday, November 9, 2008 6:00pm

Epiphany Dance Experiment (EDE) kicks off
Epiphany Dance Series more...
Event Location
Venue: 
Epiphany Episcopal Chicago
Address: 

201 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60607
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Neighborhood: 
West Loop
DanceWorks Chicago: Dance Flight
Event Type: 
Performance
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:00pm
DanceWorks Chicago continues to innovate through an initiative dubbed Dance Flight. On Tuesday, November 18 Dance Flight will be offered in much the same way as a wine flight with two performance components within one evening, which may be viewed separately or in combination. YOU shape YOUR experience! Performances will be held at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, 1016 N. Dearborn and start at 6:00PM and 7:00PM. Tickets are $10 for each flight or $15 for the entire evening. Tickets may be purchased by cash only at the door one hour prior to the curtain. more...
Event Location
Venue: 
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
Address: 

1016 N. Dearborn Pkwy.
Chicago, Illinois 60610
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Neighborhood: 
Gold Cst/Streetervl
DISTANCE FORWARD
Event Type: 
Performance
Friday, November 14, 2008 8:00pm - Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:00pm

"Themes of isolation, longing, love and loss – fragmented individuals bound to one another, unrelenting motion that inevitably brings us together and tears us apart. . . it’s gorgeous, moody, and evocative of the tenor of the country and the world right now. "
 

November 14-16, 2008
Friday & Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm

Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre
presents

DISTANCE FORWARD
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Event Location
Venue: 
Ruth Page Center for the Arts
Address: 

1016 N. Dearborn Parkway
Chicago, IL 60610
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Neighborhood: 
Gold Cst/Streetervl
Full Day of Master Classes with Thodos Dance Chicago
Event Type: 
Workshop
Saturday, November 8, 2008 9:30am

Technique, Repertory and Composition

4 Master Classes for Intermediate, Advanced and Professional Dancers more...

Event Location
Venue: 
Drucker Center - Menomonee Club
Address: 

1535 N Dayton
Chicago, IL 60642
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Neighborhood: 
Near North
Dance Chicago 2008
Event Type: 
Festival
Friday, November 7, 2008 8:00pm - Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:00pm

An unprecedented array of international dance performances will take place when dancers and choreographers from the Moscow Ballet, South Korea’s Kim Geung Soo Ballet Company, and Istanbul Contemporary Performance join such renowned American companies as LehrerDance New York and the Houston Metropolitain Dance Company as well as local favorites including Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, dancers of the Joffrey Ballet, Concert Dance, Inc. and the World Champion Trinity Irish Dancers during more...

Event Location
Venue: 
Athenaeum Theatre
Address: 

2936 N. Southport Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60657
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Synapse performs Impossibility of Certainty
Event Type: 
Performance
Saturday, October 4, 2008 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Impossibility of Certainty
created and performed by Rachel Damon and Jesse Coffelt
presented by Synapse Arts Collective
www.synapsearts.com

premieres Saturday, October 4
2pm performance at the Josh Weckesser Dance Spectacular
venue: the Galaxie
$15, $10 with a hard luck story (hard luck story need not be true, best storyteller gets their money back) more...
Event Location
Venue: 
The Galaxie