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WELCOME TO DANCE CHICAGO 2012!
Our 18th season

200+ premieres

250 companies / choreographers

3,000 artists

20 performances

Dance Chicago presents

Dances from the Heart

Valentine's Day, Tuesday 2/14

Complimentary Chocolate and other gifts

Athenaeum Theatre

BACK TO OUR HOME

Valentine's Day @ 7:30 pm

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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Dance Chicago marks its return to the Athenaeum with a special event for Valentine’s Day. Featured will be Dance Chicago star acts from the last 15 years, including the return to the stage of Tommye Giacchino and Gregory Day. Also featured will be a premiere work from rising phenom choreographer Kate Jablonski, featuring 38 dancers.

Dance Chicago 2011 Reviews:

"If the element of surprise is carbon,

Dance Chicago is a diamond" -

----Time Out Chicago Review

Chicago Tribune Review

 

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More "Hearts" Info

   
       
Dance Chicago past press      

Dance Chicago 2010

Choreography Awards Announced

Sam Cortez Named Choreographer of the Year

Also - 4dancers article

Sid Smith's Tribune Opening Review

Zachary Whittenburg's Time Out Chicago Review

Sid Smith's Review of Radio Stars

Article: Dance Chicago's founder at 4dancers

   
Opening Weekend Review by Hedy Weiss    
Sid Smith's review of the Choreographers' Showcase    
More Great Press    
Festival Video Excerpts    
LAST YEAR:    
See the 2010 Roster    

Dance Slam 2010 COMPLETE ROSTER

2010 DANCE SLAM WINNERS: TOTAL POINTS

2010 DANCE SLAM WINNERS: CHOREOGRAPHY

2010 DANCE SLAM WINNERS: PRODUCTION

2010 DANCE SLAM WINNERS: TECHNIQUE

   

 

 

 



 

 

"Quirky and unpredictable, Dance Chicago endures as a gritty, grass-roots compendium of the area's present dance scene and its possibilities."

                                  - Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune, 10/25/09

THREE FESTIVAL LOCATIONS

1. DANCE CHICAGO'S RETURN TO

THE ATHENAEUM THEATRE

    our first performance since 2008!

2936 North Southport Ave, Chicago

Dance Chicago presents:

Dances from the Heart

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

(Valentine's Day) 7:30 pm

BUY TICKETS

2. Dance Chicago 2012
Dance Slam

Mandel Hall

University of Chicago Campus
October 13, 2012 (Tentative Date)

1131 East 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Dance Slam '11 SHOW ORDER
TOTAL POINTS WINNERS

CHOREOGRAPHY WINNERS

PRODUCTION WINNERS

TECHNIQUE WINNERS

Judges Picks

 

3. Dance Chicago 2012
THE ATHENAEUM THEATRE

The festival returns to its founding home for 2012!

October 31-November 24, 2012

2936 North Southport Ave, Chicago

 

CLIFF DWELLERS ARTS FOUNDATION

DANCE CHICAGO

CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2011

is Billy Siegenfeld

read press release

CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2010

CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009

The Dance Chicago

Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation

Choreographer of the Year Award

(COTY Award)
2002: Julia Rhoads
2003: Paul Christiano
2004: Lauri Stallings
2005: Eddy Ocampo
2006: Brock Clawson
2007: Eddy Ocampo
2008: Lizzie Mackenzie
2009: Dane Campbell
2010: Sam Cortez
2011: Billy Siegenfeld

 

 



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