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OPENING NIGHT GALA
Battleworks
Kanji Segawa

Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall
New York City Ballet

Victoria Jaiani
The Joffrey Ballet

Leanne Benjamin and Edward Watson
The Royal Ballet

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company


MODERN MASTERS
Coltrane's Favorite Things
Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

Crossed
Jessica Lang
The Joffrey Ballet

Last Look
Paul Taylor
Julliard Dance

Liturgy
Christopher Wheeldon
New York City Ballet Guest Artists

V
Mark Morris
Mark Morris Dance Group


THE DANCING SKYLINE
Duet from Meadow
Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company guest artists Katarzyna Skarpetowska and Brian McGinnis

pas de deux from Agon
George Balanchine
New York City Ballet guest artists Wendy Whelan and Craig Hall


CELEBRATION OF DANCE
Grand Duo
Mark Morris
Mark Morris Dance Group

Inferno
Derrick Agnoletti
Dancers from The Joffrey Ballet's Exelon Strobel Step-Up Program

Manon pas de deux
Sir Kenneth MacMillan
The Royal Ballet Guest Artists

Serenade
George Balanchine
Ballet West

Takademe
Robert Battle
Kanji Segawa

The Hunt
Robert Battle
Alvin Ailey II

Trinity
Gerald Arpino
The Joffrey Ballet



NEW VOICES
Age of Innocence
Edwaard Liang
The Joffrey Ballet

Ah! Crudel
Aszure Barton
Aszure Barton & Artists

Just
Trey McIntyre
Oregon Ballet Theatre

To Familiar Spaces in Dream
Jessica Lang
Richmond Ballet

Train
Robert Battle
River North Chicago Dance Company


MODERN MASTERS
After the Rain
Christopher Wheeldon
New York City Ballet guest artists

Gnawa
Nacho Duato
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

In the Night
Jerome Robbins
The Joffrey Ballet

Little Rhapsodies
Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

Slingerland
William Forsythe
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

There is a Time
Jose Limón
Luna Negra Dance Theater


CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN DANCE
Cry
Alvin Ailey
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater guest artist

Jangle (Four Hungarian Dances)
Lar Lubovitch
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

Le Corsaire Pas de Deux
Marius Petipa
American Ballet Theatre guest artists

Passing 15
Jakari Sherman
Chicago Human Rhythm Project featuring Step Afrika!

Star Spangled Ballerina
Marcus Galante
Les Ballets Grandiva

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude
William Forsythe
Houston Ballet

Vespers
Ulysses Dove
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company


WORKSHOPS
Art of the Duet
Museum of Contemporary Art
Ashley Wheater, The Joffrey Ballet artistic director, hosts a lecture-demonstration with artists of Chicago Dancing Festival to discuss the relationships and processes specific to choreographing and dancing duets.

Twyla Tharp's The One Hundreds
Interactive Performance
In association with DanceWorks Chicago


REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
9,000 Cheer Teams from Home and Away
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, August 24, 2009
"About 9,000 avid dance lovers filed into Millennium Park on Saturday night for the grand finale of the third annual Chicago Dancing Festival. And OK, maybe they couldn’t quite match the attendance numbers for the nearby Bears opener at Soldier Field. But 9,000 is an enormously impressive turnout for a single evening of high art operating on a modest advertising budget." [read article]

Glorious Chicago Dancing Festival Wraps Up Successful Week Saturday
Chicago Tribune
By Sid Smith, August 22, 2009
"This year's installment of the Chicago Dancing Festival concludes Saturday with what promises to be a jubilant bang." [read article]

A Wildly Divergent Display of Youthful Choreography
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, August 20, 2009
"It was a quirky catalog of the new, the bold and the frequently beautiful Tuesday night at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. It also was the ideal opening salvo as the Chicago Dancing Festival set off on its third annual showcase of all facets of American dance -- a series of events that will culminate Saturday night at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, with all tickets free of charge." [read article]

Chicago Dancing Festival is an Amazing Event at an Amazing Price
Chicago Tribune
By Sid Smith, August 14, 2009
"In three years, the Chicago Dancing Festival has gone from a one-night novelty to one of the most exciting stints on our annual dance calendar." [read article]

Chicago Dancing Festival is on its Toes
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, August 14, 2009
"Conceived and curated by Chicago-bred, New York-based choreographer Lar Lubovitch, dancer Jay Franke and executive director Gregory Russell, the Chicago Dancing Festival aims to serve up a smorgasbord of styles and companies." [read article]

A Breakout Summer for 3-Year-Old Festival
Chicago Tribune
By Sid Smith, June 5, 2009
"Without a doubt, fest founders Lar Lubovitch and Jay Franke have nurtured their quixotic, one night endeavor into one of the most exciting and must-see events of the annual Chicago dance calendar. " [read article]

Chicago Dancing Festival Announces Free Programming
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, Jun 5, 2009
"As it heads into its third season this summer, the Chicago Dancing Festival -- that series of free performances held in Millennium Park and at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theatre -- has already become something of a rite of summer for this city's dance lovers." [read article]


MODERN MASTERS
Oregon Ballet Theatre
“Rubies” pas de deux from Jewels
Choreography by George Balanchine

The Martha Graham Dance Company
Cave of the Heart
Choreography by Martha Graham

The Joffrey Ballet
Cloven Kingdom
Choreography by Paul Taylor

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
Concerto Six Twenty-Two
Choreography by Lar Lubovitch

Limón Dance Company
The Moor's Pavane
Choreography by Jose Limón

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Tzigane
Choreography by George Balanchine


ARTISTS UP CLOSE
Martha Graham Dance Company & Limón Dance Company
Janet Eilber, artistic director of the Martha Graham Dance Company; Carla Maxwell, artistic director of the Limón Dance Company; and dancers from both companies discuss the birth of American modern dance with archival films and live demonstrations.


CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN DANCE
Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago
Djembe Drum Talk (Communication)
Traditional Rhythms Arranged and Performed by Muntu musicians
Sinte and Sorsonne from Initiates OfBagatae'
Choreography by Moustapha Bangoura

The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
Concerto Six Twenty-Two
Choreography by Lar Lubovitch (1986)

Ballet Tech Kids Dance
A Stair Dance
Choreography by Eliot Feld

The Joffrey Ballet
Waterbaby Bagatelles (excerpt)
Choreography by Twyla Tharp

Soloists from American Ballet Theatre
Black Swan Pas De Deux
Choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov

Battleworks Dance Company
Takademe
Choreography by Robert Battle

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Passomezzo
Choreography and Original Lighting Design by Ohad Naharin

Evidence, A Dance Company
Upside Down from the evening length work
Destiny
Choreography by Ronald K. Brown


MUNTU DANCE THEATRE OF CHICAGO
Djembe Drum Talk (Communication)
Traditional rhythms arranged by Muntu musicians
Sossorne’ (Preparation)
Choreography by Moustapha Banmgoura

JOFFREY BALLET
LIGHT RAIN
Choreography by Gerald Arpino
Music by Douglas Adamz and Russ Gauthier

BALLET FLORIDA
Elemental Brubeck
Choreography by Lar Lubovitch
Music: "Iberia," "Theme from Elementals" and "Elementals" by Dave Brubeck

SOLOISTS FROM AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
Don Quixote Pas de Deux
Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky
Music by Ludwig Minkus

ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Pas de Duke
Choreography Alvin Ailey
Music Duke Ellington

SAN FRANCISCO BALLET
Concerto Grosso
Choreography by Helgi Tomasson
Music: Concerto XII in D minor "La Follia" after Archangelo Corelli Op. 5, Francesco Geminiani after Corelli

COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet
RED/The Force
Choreography by Dwight Rhoden
Music by Antonio Carolos Scott, Jimi Hendrix’s rendition of the “Star Spangled Banner”,    Depeche Mode and Astor Piazzola
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