Zachary Whittenburg has worked in Chicago’s cultural sector since 2002, in arts advocacy and journalism, marketing and communications, and as a consultant on a variety of programs for artist support and equitable funding. A regular contributor to Dance Magazine, Zac is a founding board secretary for the Chicago Dance History Project and, as associate director of marketing and communication at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, he represented the organization on the Chicago Dancemakers Forum consortium. He is currently a program officer at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.
A working artist for 13 years in Canada and the U.S., he created and performed choreography with companies including BJM Danse Montréal, Hubbard Street, Lucky Plush Productions, Molly Shanahan / Mad Shak, and Pacific Northwest Ballet, after which he was dance editor at Time Out Chicago magazine and communications and engagement director at Arts Alliance Illinois.
Originally from the Rocky Mountains near Boulder, Colorado, Zac has guest-lectured and led workshops at California State University–Long Beach, Columbia College Chicago, Northwestern University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, the University of Saskatchewan, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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