DATE: Saturday, January 10, 2009

TIME: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Doors open at 12:30 p.m. Audience members may come and go throughout the afternoon.)

PLACE: on stage of The Dance Center of Columbia College, 1306 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago

WHAT YOU WILL SEE: The audition will be conducted by Artistic Director Julie Nakagawa. Ballet class with eliminations to be followed by DWC repertoire, including a section led by Harrison McEldowney, who will teach some of his choreography from Blues for Ann, a dance set to songs from the Chess record label to enter the DWC repertoire in 2009. DanceWorks Chicago representatives will be available that afternoon to answer questions about what’s happening on stage.

Founded in May 2007, DanceWorks Chicago is an organization committed to building a foundation for the individual artistic growth of dancers and choreographers, providing a laboratory from which early career artists propel themselves and the art form to a new level through training, collaboration, mentorship, and performance.