Dance for Life,
which mobilizes Chicago’s dance community by raising funds through
dance, announces updated program information for its annual benefit
performance, taking place August 17 at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre,
50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago, followed by a gala reception at the
Hilton Chicago.
Joining the Partner Dance Companies that perform each year—Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and The Joffrey Ballet—are Chicago Dance Crash, Chicago Human Rhythm Project and Ensemble Español Spanish Dance Theater. The concert features a work in tribute to late dancer, choreographer and instructor Claire Bataille, choreographed by Robyn Mineko Williams, and concludes with a finale choreographed by Randy Duncan.
Co-chairs for the 28th annual Dance for Life are Tom Ferguson Gomez and Mark Ferguson Gomez.
Dance for Life showcases the city’s unique variety of dance traditions
and styles by bringing together talented, world-renowned professional
dancers from Chicago on the same stage. Dancers unite to support those
facing critical health issues by generously donating their time, energy
and artistry to the cause. Throughout its history, Dance for Life has
presented 37 Chicago-based professional dance companies and numerous
choreographers.
The program
Giordano Dance Chicago performs SOUL,
choreographed by Ray Leeper, a high-energy contemporary work to music
performed by Tina Turner, Gladys Knight and the Pips and Al Green.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs an excerpt from Decadance/Chicago, choreographed by Ohad Naharin, which has been called “spectacularly immersive” by the Chicago Tribune and “a journey you’ll want to experience over and over” by the New York Times.
The Joffrey Ballet performs a pas de deux from Bells,
choreographed by Yuri Possokhov for the Joffrey to music by Sergei
Rachmaninov, which is based in classical ballet but is more
contemporary, with hints of Russian folk dance. The second work, Lorelei,
choreographed by Nicolas Blanc to music by Jessica Rose Weiss, is a
haunting tale, based on the mythological title character, that explores
the energy of longing and the movement of desire, as Lorelei and Henri
dance a pas de deux quite literally to death.
Chicago Dance Crash performs Leap of Faith,
choreographed by Artistic Director Jessica Deahr, which showcases its
span of breakdance, acrobatics, hip hop and concert dance techniques
with a celebration of movement in the most raw, pure form: a freestyle.
Chicago Human Rhythm Project performs MOVEMENT 11,
choreographed by Dani Borak, who was inspired by the musical work of
the same name by Bugge Wesseltoft, Henrik Schwarz and Dan Berglund.
Borak fell in love with the music’s strong mystical tension and tantric
groove, made even more powerful by its simplicity. The movements and
rhythms evolved through a process of captured improvisation, music
visualization and emotional response.
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