Hubbard Street 2 Dancer Emilie Leriche, choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams and Hubbard Street Dancer Jonathan Fredrickson rehearse new work for danc(e)volve: New Works Festival in this video by Quinn B Wharton.

How have you approached choreographing for danc(e)volve?
danc(e)volve is set up in a way that allows much more developed work. This will sound redundant, but the most important part of my process is process. I might end up considering seven pieces before I decide on the one I’ll make. The opportunity to make, erase, edit, throw away, edit more and keep questioning the work is huge — rather than just seeing what I can get out there, can get together and put onstage. danc(e)volve allows a more cognitive, more thoughtful creative process.

In general, what percentage of choreography you develop makes it into the final version of a new work?
I would say that, with my work, the audience sees about 25 percent of what we made in the studio. I did a better job this year, for danc(e)volve; I only threw away about a third of the choreography. [Laughs] It’s like writing: You have a first draft, a second draft, multiple revisions. But the very beginning of that process is a bit like free association, just to get your ideas out.

Before you choreographed any movement, what ideas were in your mind when you started considering For the Wandered, your new creation for danc(e)volve this June?
I thought a lot about the play between different textures. I wanted to focus on developing that, to be less controlling about what specific movements came out of the process. 

In the trailer for danc(e)volve, we see the sculptural set pieces created by artist  Melina Ausikaitis. What role do these pieces play in the work?
Hm. I don’t really want to say. I will say that I met Melina through [Hubbard Street dancer] Jessica Tong. They collaborated on “A Song and a Dance” last year.

danc(e)volve: New Works Festival at the Edlis Neeson Theater at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Our innovative program danc(e)volve returns to the intimate Edlis Neeson Theater at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, where every seat is close to the stage. Act now to catch never-before-seen works created by dancers, for dancers.

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Stories are made here. 

The Annual Report is one way we tell a piece of our story.

As a contemporary dance company, we're always reflecting on the present and designing the future – onstage, in the studio, on tour around the world and here at home in the community. Now, let's take a moment to look back at 2012. 

Join us on a year-long journey of performances, educational programs, community outreach, world tours, dance classes, special events and more, through photographs, press quotes, Tweets, maps and stories. 

This calendar-format book captures a year in the life of the main company, our subscription series at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Hubbard Street 2; Youth, Education and Community Programs; the Lou Conte Dance Studio; our collaborations with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Art Institute of Chicago; domestic and international touring; and much more. 

Explore with us as we look back.

Excerpts from the 2012 Annual Report

@HubbardStreet: “Matters of gravity never bothered him much.”—@artinstitutechi’s Mary Sue Glosser. Was she talking about Chagall or Alejandro? Or both?

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“Every year, Hubbard Street 2 is reinvented. It’s the collective energy, the hunger for growth, the investment in change that defines HS2, and everyone involved is transformed, including me.” —Taryn Kaschock Russell, Director, Hubbard Street 2

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Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp returned to Hubbard Street for the first time in 15 years, to create SCARLATTI. The company’s Fall Series, which included the work’s World Premiere, enjoyed the largest audiences in Hubbard Street’s history at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, with 4,075 tickets sold.

Teen Summer Intensive

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Week 1: 11 am–5 pm
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Why register for our Teen Intensive? Because it's...

Flexible: Students can register for one, two or all three weeks.

Fun: Classes include ballet, jazz, modern, Pilates, yoga, improvisation and Hubbard Street repertory taught by Lou Conte Dance Studio faculty and Hubbard Street artistic staff, including Benjamin Wardell, Andrew Wright and Johnny McMillan.

Challenging: This intensive is open to intermediate and advanced dancers ages 14-18.

Why now? Because space is limited! Complete the registration form and return it via mail or fax.

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