SeeChicagoDance.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
EVENTS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED INCLUDE*:<\/p>\n
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Chicago Dance Month Kick-Off Celebration<\/p>\n
Navy Pier\u2019s Lake Stage, 600 E. Grand Ave.<\/p>\n
Saturday, May 29<\/p>\n
3 – 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
FREE<\/p>\n
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Featuring performances by\u00a0Aerial Dance Chicago,\u00a0Deeply Rooted Dance Theater,\u00a0Mandala Arts,\u00a0The Seldoms, in addition to an interactive lesson from\u00a0May I Have This Dance.<\/p>\n
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Wave Wall Moves<\/p>\n
Navy Pier\u2019s Wave Wall Platform, 600 E. Grand Ave.<\/p>\n
Saturdays from June 5 \u2013September 4<\/p>\n
3 – 3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
FREE<\/p>\n
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Pop-up dance performances and interactive dance classes that will feature a rotating roster of dance companies each Saturday throughout the summer. Featuring performances by\u00a0Culture Shock Chicago,\u00a0Dance in the Parks,Desue\u00f1o Dance,\u00a0M.A.D.D. Rhythms,\u00a0Matter Dance Company,\u00a0Meadows Dance Collective,Sildance\/Acrodanza,\u00a0Winifred Haun & Dancers\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n
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Chicago Dance Month \u201cScavenger Hunt\u201d<\/p>\n
McKinley Park, 2210 W. Pershing Rd.<\/p>\n
Wednesday, June 9 and Wednesday, June 30<\/p>\n
4:30 \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
FREE<\/p>\n
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Audiences take a self-guided tour through the historic McKinley Park with site-specific performances happening throughout the park. Featuring performances by\u00a0Bellydance by Phaedra, Dancing Petals,\u00a0Helen Lee\/Momentum Sensorium,\u00a0Ishti Collective,\u00a0Lawson Dance Theatre,\u00a0Noumenon Dance Ensemble,\u00a0Raks Inferno,\u00a0RE|dance group,\u00a0Synapse Arts,\u00a0Yin He Dance\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n
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Chicago Takes 10<\/p>\n
Virtual Event<\/p>\n
Thursday, June 24<\/p>\n
6 p.m.<\/p>\n
FREE<\/p>\n
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Chicago Takes 10 is a new virtual performance series sponsored by the\u00a0Walder Foundation\u00a0to provide support to performing artists and arts organizations who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Performances by\u00a0Banks Performance Project,\u00a0Clinard Dance\u2019s Flamenco Quartet,\u00a0Star Dixon and Donnetta \u2018LilBit\u2019 Jackson,\u00a0Ambe\u2019r Johnson & Ayanna London\u00a0and\u00a0Lee Na-Moo.<\/p>\n
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*See Chicago Dance will follow all current safety protocols from national, state and local governments. Programs may change due to any updates.<\/p>\n
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ABOUT JULIA MAYER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SEE CHICAGO DANCE<\/p>\n
Julia Mayer became See Chicago Dance\u2019s executive director in August 2020. Mayer has been involved in and influencing Chicago\u2019s cultural scene in a variety of capacities for more than 20 years, having worked at 3Arts Inc., The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Chicago Humanities Festival, Morrison-Shearer Foundation and Museums In the Park. In addition, she has chaired and served on numerous committees from Links Hall to Chicago Dancemakers Forum to the Chicago Park District. For more than two decades, Mayer has been a choreographer, teacher or\u00a0consultant at Columbia College, University of Chicago and in Indiana at Valparaiso\u00a0University and Saint Mary\u2019s College. She has a masters degree in Fine Arts in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Linguistics from the University of Chicago.<\/p>\n
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ABOUT SEE CHICAGO DANCE<\/p>\n
See Chicago Dance is a nonprofit service organization with the mission to advocate for\u00a0the dance field and strengthen a diverse range of dance organizations and artists through services and programs that build and engage audiences. Its vision is to fearlessly inspire an ever-growing inclusive community to share in and spread the power of dance in Chicago.<\/p>\n
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See Chicago Dance is the source for all things dance with the city\u2019s most comprehensive resource for dance information and one of the largest websites in the United States dedicated to the art form. Its two-pronged approach focuses on building audiences while developing a more cohesive dance community.<\/p>\n
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For audience members, See Chicago Dance offers a dynamic calendar of dance performances and experiences, Hot Deal ticket discounts, professionally written reviews and previews, and listings for more than 200 dance organizations.<\/p>\n
For dance artists and organizations, See Chicago Dance provides a full range of Programs and Industry Resources to help build audiences, improve skills and foster appreciation of dance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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