Hubbard Street Dance

Mon Aug 22 to Fri Aug 26, 2016

10am–6pm

at the Hubbard Street Dance Center,

1147 W Jackson Blvd

To kick off our 2016–17 season of Pre-Professional Programs at Hubbard Street, we are thrilled to offer our first-ever workshop focused on generating and organizing your own phrasework, coaching and directing dancers, and finally, presenting an original composition.

Above: Terence Marling, Hubbard Street 2 Director. Photo by Todd Rosenberg. Below: Meredith Dincolo, Artistic Associate and Coordinator of Pre-Professional Programs. Photo by Cheryl Mann.

Led by Hubbard Street 2 Director Terence Marling, Artistic Associate and Coordinator of Pre-Professional Programs Meredith Dincolo, along with Hubbard Street Artistic Staff and Faculty, our Fall Dancemakers Intensive is the seventh program in an expanded lineup of learning opportunities in focused environments, exclusively for early-career and pre-professional dancers. The content of each intensive has been carefully selected to challenge participants productively, by bringing them into the day-to-day experiences of Hubbard Street’s world-renowned company.

Each day includes technique classes, such as ballet and Gaga/dancers improvisation, followed by choreographic assignments, creative challenges, and compositional constraints. All dancers will create their own work, as well as participate in choreography by others. Everyone’s work will be informally shared and discussed at the conclusion of the five-day session, and all are welcome to document their final projects, using their own video and audio equipment.*

The skills developed during this intensive are critical for success in contemporary dance, which continues to offer its artists greater interpretive agency, and increasingly asks performers to bring their own ideas into the studio.

Fall Dancemakers Intensive registration is just $545 for five days of classes, and space is limited to 30 participants. Please note: acceptance for the Fall Dancemakers Intensive is by special invitation or acceptance into Hubbard Street's 2016 Summer Intensive program only. Your registration fee also includes off-site performances and experiences during the 10th annual Chicago Dancing Festival. Housing for participants will not be provided.

Questions? Contact Krista Ellensohn, Manager of Pre-Professional Programs at kellensohn@hubbardstreetdance.com.