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		<title>Welcome to Chicago Dancing Festival 2010!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Chicago Dancing Festival 2010! The Festival returns for its fourth annual engagement August 25-28.  We are delighted and proud to welcome new faces, such as Ailey II, Ballet West, Juilliard Dance, Mark Morris Dance Group and guest artists from The Royal Ballet, as well as the return of fan favorites—Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Battleworks&#8217; Kanji Segawa!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome back to Chicago Dancing Festival, dance lovers and Festival fans! We&#8217;re only a few days away from our opening performance and we&#8217;ve been working all year to provide you a summer of dance worth talking about. Be on the lookout for great reads about the dancers and choreographers involved in the Festival this year, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2010/08/meet-battleworks-kanji-segawa/</link>
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		<title>Dancer Highlights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What happens when over a hundred of the country&#8217;s greatest artist athletes meet backstage? Chicago Dancing Festival is a melting pot of talent. Give yourselves (and others) a shout-out by commenting below. Welcome to Chicago!]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/dancer-highlights/</link>
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		<title>Doin&#8217; Battle: Marc Macaranas hits up Hanna Brictson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Marc Macaranas is possibly River North Chicago Dance Company&#8217;s biggest fan. He is also a founding member and astute dancer with DanceWorks Chicago (who will be performing as part of the Chicago Dancing Festival throughout the day in Millennium Park on Saturday August 22, 2009). Hanna Brictson is in her sixth season with RivNo, dynamic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/doin-battle-marc-macaranas-hits-up-hanna-brictson/</link>
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		<title>Getting &#8220;Familiar&#8221; with Jessica Lang &#124; Interview by Jay Franke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jessica Lang is in Chicago setting her world premiere that will be a part of the Joffrey 09-10 dance season. Young and extremely gifted, she is also one of the &#8220;New Voices&#8221; selected to present her work as part of the 2010 Chicago Dancing Festival. Jay Franke, co-founder/artistic director of the festival recently sat down with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/getting-familiar-with-jessica-lang-interview-by-jay-franke/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a small world after all&#8230; Part 3 – Michael Snipe Jr interviews Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently asked Michael Snipe Jr to interview Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell while she was in Chicago teaching for the Hubbard Street summer intensive. Check out this interesting conversation between two friends as they discuss Chicago ties, Fisher-Harrell&#8217;s take on Alvin Ailey&#8217;s Cry and life after Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Thanks Michael and Linda for this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2009/08/its-a-small-world-after-all-part-3-%e2%80%93-michael-snipe-jr-interviews-linda-denise-fisher-harrell/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a small world after all&#8230; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s take a look at Craig Hall who, like Jonathan Alsberry, studied at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. Originally from Maywood, IL, he&#8217;s now a soloist with New York City Ballet and will be performing with NYCB principal dancer Wendy Whelan at the Festival this year. Look for them at the Modern Masters program [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/its-a-small-world-after-all-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Interview with Trey McIntyre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We sat down briefly this week with Trey McIntyre to discuss his piece, Just, that Oregon Ballet is performing at the New Voices concert, Tuesday, Aug. 18. Chicago Dancing Festival: Most of your work seems to be created to popular music; was there a particular challenge, or different method in choreographing to Henry Cowell&#8217;s more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/interview-with-trey-mcintyre/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a small world after all&#8230; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever stopped to think about about how small the dance world really is?  You might be surprised to learn just how tightly knit the dance web is sewn.  Here&#8217;s the first of two blogs that look simply (or not so simply, as you&#8217;ll discover) at the artists performing in this year&#8217;s Chicago Dancing Festival. We&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://chicagodancingfestival.com/blog/index.php/2009/07/its-a-small-world-after-all-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Happy Anniversary wishes from Chicago Dancing Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Dancing Festival has an amazing line up of dance companies that will perform in Chicago during a week-long festival this August 18-22, 2009. Did you know that many of the companies performing are celebrating milestone anniversaries this Season. Happy Anniversary and Congrats to the following companies: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater- 50 years [...]]]></description>
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