DanceWorks Chicago is excited to partner with The Ruth Page Center for the Arts on Dance Chance, a one-hour event designed to offer opportunities for choreographers to show their work informally, create a forum for dialogue among artists, and build audience for dance. Inspired by the concept of open-mic night, Dance Chance is held once a month and features 3 choreographers chosen by chance, each of whom has a 15-minute time slot to share their work. To round out the hour, the final 15-minute segment is a moderated meet-the-artist session providing an opportunity for choreographers to discuss their work and process as well as time for the audience to ask questions. At the end of each Dance Chance, the next trio of participants is chosen from names submitted by choreographers in attendance. The event, held in the intimate theater of the Ruth Page Center, 1016 N. Dearborn, is open to the public. Pay-what-you-can, minimum $2 donation.

Friday and Saturday, October 30-31 from 8:00pm-9:30pm: Dance Chance: Redux at Northeastern Illinois University

Inspired by the concept of open-mic night, “Dance Chance” has been introducing talented choreographers to audiences throughout Chicago in this innovative program presented by DanceWorks Chicago and The Ruth Page Center for the Arts. As part of the 2009-2010 Ruth Page Dance Series, “Dance Chance: Redux” is an opportunity for previous “Dance Chance” participants to take their work to the next level. Presenting work on Friday and Saturday will be the following group of choreographers:

• Andrea Deline
• Jamie Salas
• Matt Pardo
• Autumn Eckman
• Brian Gephart

More Information on Dance Chance: Redux.

Presenting work on Monday, November 16, from 6:00pm-7:00pm will be the following group of Dance Chance choreographers:

Guest Moderator: TBA

Upcoming Dance Chance dates for 2010:

Monday, January 11
Tuesday, February 9
Monday, March 8
Monday, April 12
Monday, May 10
Monday, June 7

DanceWorks Chicago is inspired to continue to experiment with this program to encourage creativity and a sense of adventure on the part of artists and audience and to bring communities together to learn more about each other. Please join us in this journey to move the art form forward!