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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
9,000 Cheer Teams from Home and Away
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, August 24, 2009
Glorious Chicago Dancing Festival Wraps Up Successful Week Saturday
Chicago Tribune
By Sid Smith, August 22, 2009
A Wildly Divergent Display of Youthful Choreography
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, August 20, 2009
Chicago Dancing Festival is an Amazing Event at an Amazing Price
Chicago Tribune
By Sid Smith, August 14, 2009
Chicago Dancing Festival is on its Toes
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, August 14, 2009
A Breakout Summer for 3-Year-Old Festival
Chicago Tribune
By Sid Smith, June 5, 2009
Chicago Dancing Festival Announces Free Programming
Chicago Sun-Times
By Hedy Weiss, Jun 5, 2009
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
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.
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