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Regional Dance Development Initiative Dance Lab


  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL (map)

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) and the Chicago Dancemakers Forum (CDF) are partnering to produce a Chicago Dance Lab with funding from The Reva and David Logan Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Chicago Dance Lab is designed to support professional development for Chicago-based dance makers, build connections that will nourish dance artists, and develop the overall capacity and infrastructure of the Chicago dance community. 

RDDI Chicago Artists:
Julia Antonick - Khecari
Tosha Ayo Alston - Ayodele Drum and Dance
Jan Bartoszek - Hedwig Dances
Jessica Ruth Cornish
Jenn Freeman
Kristina Isabelle - Kristina Isabelle Dance
Ayako Kato - Art Union Humanscape
Jonathan Meyer - Khecari
Erica Mott
Nico Rubio
Molly Shanahan - Mad Shak
Sara Zalek

The RDDI Lab is possible through funding from The Reva and David Logan Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, and national support for the National Dance Project from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Earlier Event: July 22
Stilt Dance Workshop
Later Event: October 8
La Divina Commedia