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Chicago Dancemakers Forum

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Organization Type

Studio/Instructor

Overview

The Chicago Dancemakers Forum (CDF) supports the creative growth of Chicago dance artists, funding the research and development process for new projects, and hosting workshops and discussions for the broader Chicago dance community. Learn more at www.chicagodancemakers.org.

Location

Chicago Dancemakers Forum

c/o Links Hall 3111 N. Western Ave.

Chicago, IL 60618

(773) 891-4785

Reviews

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Mandala South Asian Performing Arts (left), Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater (top right), and audience members (bottom right) celebrate at the 2021 Chicago Dance Month Kickoff event at Navy Pier's Lake Stage. Photos by Michelle Reid.

2022 is the #YearofChicagoDance

See Chicago Dance | Jan 21, 2022

L-R: Ragdale Foundation board president Barbra Schumann, Brian Schaeffer, Carol Doty, MarySue Wheeler, Morrison-Shearer Foundation board chair Alida Szabo, Shayne Bullen and Toby Nicholson at the construction site. Photo by Bob Laemle

L-R: Ragdale Foundation board president Barbra Schumann, Brian Schaeffer, Carol Doty, MarySue Wheeler, Morrison-Shearer Foundation board chair Alida Szabo, Shayne Bullen and Toby Nicholson at the construction site. Photo by Bob Laemle

Ragdale breaks ground on a new dance studio named after Sybil Shearer

Lauren Warnecke | Mar 18, 2021

Jean Claudio and Gardy Gilbert of La Vuelta Ensemble at UrbanTheater (handout/Chicago Dancemakers Forum)

Jean Claudio and Gardy Gilbert of La Vuelta Ensemble at UrbanTheater (handout/Chicago Dancemakers Forum)

Dancemakers Forum announces new residencies for 2021

Lauren Warnecke | Mar 15, 2021

Photo Credit: Left: Anjal Chande, photo by Samir Mirza. Right: Craig Black, photo by Todd Rosenberg

Photo Credit: Left: Anjal Chande, photo by Samir Mirza. Right: Craig Black, photo by Todd Rosenberg

It’s the magic of the unknown that inspires artists of the '10x10 Crossbody Collaborations' to connect and create

Jordan Kunkel | Feb 8, 2021

Ten dance artists, pictured above, were recently selected by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum to develop new dance works that use digital, online, mobile and/or virtual technologies.

Ten dance artists, pictured above, were recently selected by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum to develop new dance works that use digital, online, mobile and/or virtual technologies.

Chicago dance has had a long love affair with process. Doubling down, are their audiences on board?

Lauren Warnecke | Feb 2, 2021

A livestream version of "Delicate Hold" (pictured above) is the conclusion of Jane Jerardi's lab year as a Chicago Dancemakers Forum artist.

A livestream version of "Delicate Hold" (pictured above) is the conclusion of Jane Jerardi's lab year as a Chicago Dancemakers Forum artist.

A gentle touch in Dancemakers Forum broadcast of ‘Delicate Hold’

Lynn Colburn Shapiro | Aug 29, 2020

Nejla Yatkin's "The Other Witch" is one of two presentations by the Dance Center this fall. With a renewed focus on local artists, Yatkin and tapper Jumaane Taylor will participate in creative residencies at the venue. Photo of Yatkin by Enki Andrews

Nejla Yatkin's "The Other Witch" is one of two presentations by the Dance Center this fall. With a renewed focus on local artists, Yatkin and tapper Jumaane Taylor will participate in creative residencies at the venue. Photo of Yatkin by Enki Andrews

Playing the past on repeat is cathartic for now—not a long-term strategy

Lauren Warnecke | Aug 9, 2020

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Project Tool

“Project Tool” and the Practicalities of Performance

Lauren Warnecke | Feb 4, 2018

Past Events

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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

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Red Clay Dance Company

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Mayors Office for People with Disabilities: Field Office

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Ruth Page Center for the Arts

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Harold Washington Cultural Center

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Red Clay School of Dance

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Making It Work

Chicago Dancemakers Forum Zoom

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 16 - Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 16 - Big Marsh Park

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 16 - 21c Museum Hotel Chicago

21c Museum Hotel

Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape, LUCA/Res Communis: ETHOS Episode III

Ayako Kato, ETHOS, LUCA, Elevate Chicago Dance, Palmisano, Nature

LUCA/Res Communis: ETHOS Episode III by Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape

Palmisano (Henry) Park

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 15 - Palmisano Nature Park

Palmisano Nature Park

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 15 - Mana Contemporary

Mana Contemporary Chicago

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 13-14 - Columbia College Chicago

Columbia College Chicago

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 14 - Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 14 - Meet the Dancemakers

Elevate Chicago Dance: Oct 13 - Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center

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A genuine moment of Artists being in space with one another and finding ways to make it work with the respective differences. Some are sitting, some are dancing, some are standing and engaging in different ways. They are outside on concrete area of a park

Improvisers' Dance Jam at Big Marsh

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DANCE IN CHICAGO 2021: Collecting. Hibernating. Emerging.

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2020 Awards Celebration and Benefit

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PPP Loans and BIPOC-led Banking Options for Artists

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Chicago Performing Arts Virtual Retreat

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Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2019 Awards Celebration and Benefit

Chicago Dancemakers Forum 2019 Awards Celebration and Benefit

The Arts Club of Chicago

IN PROGRESS: DANCE DIALOGUES

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

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Elevate Chicago Dance 2018

Elevate Chicago Dance 2018

Chicago Cultural Center

LECTURE DEMO WITH AMERICAN AND EGYPTIAN ARTISTS

Hyde Park Art Center

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Waver (work in progress at High Concept Labs, December 2016)

Waver

DEFIBRILLATOR performance art gallery

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RAGDALE RING PERFORMANCE #3 - COMPOSING THE MOMENT: DANCED IMPROVISATION

Body + Camera Festival

High Concept Labs at Mana Contemporary Chicago

Empress Archer - An Introduction

Empress Archer - An Introduction

The Cambrians present Empress Archer

Old Town School

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Peregrine Midwest: A Shared Evening with Jessica Cornish & Eryka Dellenbach

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Jello

Jello

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Lab Artist Awards

Stony Island Arts Bank

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Conversations with Devi - Chicago Dancemakers Forum - Auditorium Theatre's Katten-Landau Studio

Conversations with Devi

Auditorium Theatre's Katten-Landau Studio

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The Everyday Extraordinary Body

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Lab Artist Awards

Fine Arts Building, Curtiss Hall

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when i consider how my light is spent

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Regional Dance Development Initiative Lab Meeting

Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater

Regional Dance Development Initiative Lab Meeting

National Museum of Mexican Art

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