Patternalia is an online evening length performance exploring the process of dreaming using dance film, projections and movement choreographed by independent choreographer Mariah Eastman. Collaborators include: Tess Havas, Jordan Kunkel and Krista Zozulia. This performance is a culmination of a year of work by Eastman and her dancers including an online rehearsal process during the pandemic.
OUTDOORS, SOCIALLY DISTANCED, WEAR A MASK! Improvisational dance made in response to COVID-19, performed by the Centennial Dance Collective.
Catch Ballet 5:8 outside with a performance series specifically formatted for the outdoors! You’ll be able to maintain social distance and Illinois Reopening Phase guidelines while experiencing the power and inspiration of Ballet 5:8. Performances open to all ages. Learn more at ballet58.org/outdoor
Tickets are free! Bring your own lawn chair or blanket; seating is not provided.
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This year, PPI’s Performing Arts Summer Camp is GOING VIRTUAL! Students take their main, intensive courses in the following genres: ballet, contemporary, stretching/conditioning, leaps/turns, modern (Horton), jazz, hip-hop, tap, musical theater, and choreography. Students also take elective classes: art, music/instrumentation, vocal training, tumbling, creative writing, poetry, and healthy eating/lifestyle. All classes are on a block rotating schedule. Courses are taught by professional artists and instructors from across the country.
In the shift to virtual dance, many artists look to engage audiences with talk of the innovation and creativity that’s gone into this alternate way of viewing performance. But for Dance in the Parks director Katie McCann, the need for virtual performances is much simpler. At the root of her efforts to move the 2020 Dance in the Parks season online—a season performed any other year outdoors in public parks—is the plain fact that it’s her job to facilitate dance. It’s her job to perform and to use art to comment on the world around us.
Grab a glass of wine and join us on Zoom as we explore a favorite Company work, Bento. A group work from 2011, Bento takes its inspiration and choreographic choices from the works of others (with their permission). Bento was designed around the concept of the box within a box, and it reveals the dance within the dance.
“When there’s a crisis—not that we’ve ever experienced anything like this—we do what we have to do. I refuse to let this be the death of our organization.”
Join us on Zoom for a live EveryBody Can Dance Workshop from the safety and comfort of your own home! This session will be led by Deb Goodman, Kris Lenzo, Julia Cox, and Ladonna Freidheim. The zoom link will be sent in a separate email 30 minutes prior to the workshop.
Chicago Tap Theatre (CTT) presents “30 Feet Together, 6 Feet Apart” Sunday, July 26, at 3 p.m. CDT live on its streaming platforms. “30 Feet Together, 6 Feet Apart” is a celebration of the power and necessity of dance and live music, and a vision of how dance performances on a concert stage can be presented at this time. This show includes a live jazz trio featuring funk and soul master JC Brooks as host and vocalist along with tap dancing by CTT.
Pop-up dance performances every Saturday from July 4 through August 29. Please Note: ALL GUESTS AT NAVY PIER, INCLUDING PERFORMERS, ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR FACE COVERINGS.
Navy Pier introduces a new program Wave Wall Moves, in collaboration with See Chicago Dance, that will feature dance performances from rotating dance companies each Saturday beginning July 4 through August 29 from 3 – 3:15 p.m. at the Wave Wall Platform.