CHICAGO – See Chicago Dance, the dance industry's nonprofit service organization, is proud to announce that its popular annual offering, Chicago Dance Month, returns this June. Now in its 12th year, Chicago Dance Month provides numerous opportunities for artists and companies to celebrate the myriad talents that make Chicago’s dance scene so strong. This summer celebration, featuring many free events, begins with See Chicago Dance hosting a preview of performers and performances with a Chicago Dance Month Kick-Off Celebration, Saturday, June 1 at 3 p.m. at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave. and includes “Wave Wall Moves” at Navy Pier throughout the summer. More information may be found at SeeChicagoDance.com.
“Chicago Dance Month is how See Chicago Dance introduces hundreds of dance lovers and casual fans to new performers and reconnects them with established audience favorites. It’s an amazing cross-section of Chicago’s incredible and dynamic dance community,” said See Chicago Dance Executive Director Julia Mayer. “Chicago Dance Month, and the programs we’ll present throughout the rest of the summer, offer people of all ages and skill levels countless opportunities–most of them free–to discover a new dance company or performer, a new dance style, a new culture. There is no place better than Chicago in the summer. And there is no better way to discover Chicago than through dance!”
In partnership with Navy Pier, dance comes to the Wave Wall stage, located across from the iconic Ferris Wheel grand staircase, with pop-up performances from a rotating roster of dance companies Saturdays throughout the summer including:
June 8: Trifecta Dance Collective and Chicago Flying Fairies Culture and Arts Center
June 22: Bellydance By Phaedra and Chicago Korean Dance Company
July 6: Shubukai and Maywood Fine Arts
July 13: Natya Dance Theater and Ruth Page School of Dance
July 20: The Uptown Rockers and The Joffrey Ballet Community Engagement After School Matters
July 27: The Rooted Space and Le Petit Ballet School of Dance
August 3: Perceptual Motion, Inc. and The Met Down
August 10: We Are Collective and Movementum
August 17: Ballet 5:8 and Chicago Ballet Arts
August 31: Identity Performing Arts and Darvin Dances
