Open Studio Fridays, March 23–May 18, 4:30–6 p.m., Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio, 78 E. Washington Street
Join See Chicago Dance as we celebrate Chicago Dance Month 2018 with our FREE Open Studio Fridays at the Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio. A variety of Chicago dance companies will offer performances and other activities every Friday during Chicago Dance Month!
March 23 - 4:30pm
FREE
Trifecta Dance Collective + AcroDanza / Sildance
Open Contemporary Class
Join Trifecta Dance Collective and AcroDanza / Sildance for an Open Contemporary Class. The class will focus on partnering and contemporary technique and is suitable for all levels.
March 30 - 4:30pm
FREE
Simantikos Dance Chicago
Open Contemporary Class
Experience Open Contemporary Class with Simantikos Dance Chicago, a class suitable for all levels.
April 6 - 4:30pm
FREE
Winifred Haun & Dancers
Open Contemporary Master Class
Join us for an Open Contemporary Master Class with Winifred Haun where you are invited to learn choreography from company repertoire.
April 13 - 4:30pm
FREE
Duncan Dance Chicago
Open Rehearsal and Movement Workshop
Attend an Open Rehearsal and Movement Workshop with Duncan Dance Chicago.
April 20 - 4:30pm
FREE
Concert Dance, Inc
Open Showing/Informal Performance
Enjoy an Open Showing/Informal Performance by Concert Dance, Inc.
April 27 - 4:30pm
FREE
Project Bound Dance
Open Company Class
Join Project Bound Dance for Open Company Class. All those ready to move are welcome to attend, regardless of gender expression, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, or religion. Project Bound is a tri-focal dance collaboration aiming to foster community engagement, dance and technology experimentation, and socially conscious live performance.
May 4 - 4:30pm
FREE
Chicago Dance Theatre Ensemble + Poetry Center of Chicago
In-Progress Showing and Panel Discussion
Chicago Dance Theatre Ensemble, in collaboration with Poetry Center of Chicago, will utilize the Cultural Center of Chicago as a space for research and development with the focus on activation and audience development. CDE and PCC invites participants of Body Passages to explore current works on exhibition at the Cultural Center as a prompt to respond and develop content. The closing event on Friday, May 4 will include a mini showing of such works, as well as a panel discussion. CDE and PCC plan to facilitate a conversation on audience engagement and how art can or does make an impact beyond the stage.
May 11 - 4:30pm
FREE
South Chicago Dance Theatre
Open Rehearsal/Informal Performance
Attend an Open Rehearsal/Informal Performance to preview upcoming new works by South Chicago Dance Theatre
May 18 - 4:30pm
FREE
RE|dance Group
Open Showing/Informal Performance
Come join RE|dance group as they share excerpts of their newest work, The Biggest Wail From The Bottom Of My Heart. This dance theatre piece captures the essence of the choreographers' feelings about the world today: the urgency, the frailty, the tension, the mess, the hope.
