2014 Chicago Dancing Festival
Chicago Dancing Festival 2014
8th Season - August 20-23, 2014
Classics and Creations
Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
with Live Simulcast to Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 7:30pm
The 8th annual Chicago Dancing Festival, featuring top dance companies from across the country – free admission – kicks off with “Classics and Creations”. Program includes The Joffrey Ballet, The Julliard School, Stars of American Ballet, The Martha Graham Dance Company and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performing a new work by Kyle Abraham.
Stars of American Ballet ^^
Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins
Guest Artists from The Joffrey Ballet
Bells – excerpts by Yuri Possokhov ++
Martha Graham Dance Company
Errand into the Maze by Martha Graham
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Counterpoint by Kyle Abraham **
The Julliard School
The Jig Is Up by Eliot Feld
Dances for Two
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Friday, August 22, 2014 – 6:00pm & 8:00pm
An evening celebrating duets. Featuring dancers from The Joffrey Ballet, The Martha Graham Dance Company, Adam Barruch and Chelsea Bonosky, Pam Tanowitz Dance, The Nexus Project with Michael Rodriguez and Benjamin Wardell performing a new commission by Ron De Jesus.
Martha Graham Dance Company
Errand into the Maze by Martha Graham
The Nexus Project ^^
As Above So Below by Ron De Jesus **
Guest Artists from The Joffrey Ballet
Bells – excerpts by Yuri Possokhov ++
Guest Artists from Pam Tanowitz Dance ^^
Passagen by Pam Tanowitz ++
Guest Artists from Adam Barruch Dance
Belladona - excerpts by Adam Barruch with Chelsea Bonosky
Celebration of Dance
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
Saturday, August 23, 2014 - 7:30pm
The stunning grand finale take place under the stars in an unforgettable evening of the finest in dance including Festival Commission with After School Matters and Darrell Grand Moultrie and the Festival debut of Rennie Harris Puremovement.
After School Matters
Cyclic Connections by Darrell Grand Moultrie **
The Joffrey Ballet
Nine Sinatra Songs by Twyla Thap
Rennie Harris Pure Movement ^^
Students Of The Asphalt Jungle by Lorenzo (Rennie) Harris
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
with Third Coast Percussion
Falling Angels by Jiri Kylián ++
The Stars of the Washington Ballet
Le Corsaire pas de deux by Marius Petipa
The Julliard School
The Jig Is Up by Eliot Feld
**Originally Commissioned by Chicago Dancing Company NFP for the Chicago Dancing Festival ++ Presented with live music ^^ Chicago Dancing Festival Debut