Join us in welcoming new dancers to Hubbard Street! | Season 47
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Under the artistic leadership of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is thrilled to welcome these artists to the stage for the upcoming 2024/25 Season 47:
BIANCA MELIDOR (Company Dancer) comes from Atlanta, Georgia where she received her dance training at the Gwinnett Ballet Theater under the artistic direction of Lisa Sheppard Robson and Wade Walthall. Bianca then furthered her training as a jazz concentration at Point Park University under the direction of Ruben Graciani and Garfield Lemonius. In addition, Bianca has spent many of her summers training at intensives like Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mark Morris Dance Group, Ballet West, Atlanta Ballet, and Dallas Black Dance Theatre. In 2018, Bianca graduated from Point Park University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, Magna Cum Laude and soon after joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s DBDT: Encore! with the artistic direction of Nycole Ray. In 2021 she then joined Dallas Black Dance Theatre with Melissa Young as artistic director and performed in countless repertoire by Matthew Rushing, Christopher Huggins, Darrell Grand Moultrie and many more. Bianca is elated to join HSDC under Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell in her first season.
ANDREW MURDOCK (Company Dancer) is a Canadian dancer, stager, teaching artist, and rehearsal director based out of Chicago, IL, USA. He has spent the majority of his dancing career at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Aszure Barton & Artists, Ballets Jazz Montréal, and Robyn Mineko Williams & Artists. He is a former Rehearsal Director for Ballets Jazz Montréal, guest Rehearsal Director for Para.Mar Dance Theatre, and he provides company classes and pre-professional training in the Chicagoland area. He has also staged work and assisted creations for Springboard Danse Montréal, AB&A, Ballet Jazz Montréal, RMW&A, Para.Mar Dance Theatre, Moonwater Dance Project, Arts Umbrella, American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet School of Canada, Ballet BC, Oklahoma City Ballet, Orlando Ballet, STEPS Repertory Ensemble, New York University, and is a former Artistic Lead for Hubbard Street Summer Intensives and Inside/Out choreographic workshop.
SYDNEY REVENNAUGH (Seasonal Guest) is a native of Marion, IN and began her training with Dancers Edge under direction of Brandy Revennaugh and Brooke Napier, as well as Indiana Ballet Conservatory under direction of Alyona Yakovleva-Randall. She is a 2024 Juilliard School graduate where she earned a BFA in dance. During her 4 years at Juilliard she attended summer programs with Nederlands Dans Theater, Ballet BC, and Arts Umbrella. She was a YoungArts Finalist in 2020 and received a silver medal for modern/contemporary dance. At the Juilliard School, she performed works by Tiler Peck, Ohad Naharin, Rena Butler, Aszure Barton, Jamar Roberts, Camille A. Brown, Omar Román De Jesús, and Kyle Abraham among others. She often performed in Student Choreographic Workshops. She is excited and eager for her first season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a Seasonal Guest under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.
Look forward to experiencing these incredible artists on stage during Hubbard Street's Season 47! Renewals + New Season Subscriptions will be available later this month and tickets go on sale in September. >> MORE DETAILS
With this news, we wish to once again celebrate and thank our outgoing Company Dancers, who we honored at the close of our Spring Series in May.
With love and deep gratitude for their artistry, we send off Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Alysia Johnson, and Matt Wenckowski—we thank each of them for the impact they've had on Hubbard Street, the Chicago dance community, and our audiences across the country. We can't wait to see where they go and what they do next!
Above: Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Alysia Johnson, and Matt Wenckowski. Photos by Frank Ishman.