Chicago Dancing Festival Releases Free Tickets July 8 & 9, 2014

FREE TICKETS release THIS WEEK, July 8 & 9

Chicago Dancing Festival: August 20-23, 2014

CHICAGO (July 7, 2014) – Chicago Dancing Festival founders 

Lar Lubovitch and Jay Franke are pleased to announce today 

additional works being added to the 2014 Festival lineup, 

including two more World Premieres, plus plans for a pre- 

and post-performance sponsors party around the “Celebration 

of Dance” Grand Finale performance, Saturday, August 23.  

Free tickets for the Festival’s indoor performances become 

available to the public this week, July 8 and 9.  The 2014 Chicago 

Dancing Festival, featuring top ballet, modern and hip-hop 

companies from Chicago and across the country, is set to take 

place August 20 – 23.

Additional Programming

Chicago-based choreographer Ron De Jesus, a former 

dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and now Artistic 

Director of Ron De Jesus Dance, has been commissioned by 

the Dancing Festival to create a new duet for the dancing 

male pair of Ben Wardell (Nexus Project, Lucky Plush 

Productions, formerly Hubbard Street Dance Chicago) and 

Michel Rodriguez (Nexus Project, formerly Hedwig Dances). 

Transition Zone will premiere as part of the Festival’s “Dances 

for 2” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Ave., 

in two performances, Friday, August 22.

New York-based choreographer Darrell Grand Moultrie, who 

has set work on and collaborated with pop stars like Beyoncé 

as well as highly regarded institutions like The Juilliard School, 

the Alvin Ailey B.F.A. Program and tap legend Savion Glover, 

has been commissioned by the Festival to create a new work 

for the student dancers of After School Matters, to premiere 

on the Pritzker “Celebration of Dance” program, August 23.