In addition to video documentation and dialogue, artists whose names are selected from the hat in 2024 will each receive $4,500 and 6 weeks to create up to 10 min of dance work-in-process to share in a low-tech, informal setting. The funds will be distributed in two payments:
A total of 18 local artists will receive this opportunity through random draw during the 2024 series.
6:30-8:00pm at the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E Washington St). Featuring works-in-process by Anna Sapozhnikov, Haley Tarling, and Kaia Olsen.
SOLD OUT. 6:30-8:00pm at Asian Improv aRts Midwest (4875 N Elston Ave) — in partnership with Shubukai
6:30-8:00pm at the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (2102 W Ogden Ave)
6:30–8:00pm at Sherman Park (1301 W 52nd St) in partnership with Ayodele Drum & Dance
6:30–8:00pm at Loyola Park (1230 W Greenleaf Ave) in partnership with Synapse Arts
6:30-8:00pm at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts (915 E 60th St)
This bi-monthly opportunity is open to all dancemakers who are…
Dancemakers may be selected for DanceChance only once per calendar year. Artists who participated in DanceChance 2023, past Lab Artists, residency artists, etc. are all eligible for participation. 2024 Lab Artists are welcome to attend but are NOT ELIGIBLE to participate in DanceChcance 2024.
To provide opportunities to share works-in-process in informal settings. To gather artists and audiences from Chicago’s various dance communities for dialogue, support, and encouragement. To support both process and product.
In 2023, Chicago Dancemakers Forum was selected by DanceWorks Chicago to carry on the 15-year legacy of DanceChance, a one-hour event designed to offer opportunities for local dancemakers to share their work in a low-stakes environment and to engage in dialogue about the creative process with peers and dance enthusiasts. Inspired by the concept of open-mic night, DanceChance is held once a month and features 3 dancemakers chosen by chance, each of whom has up to a 10-minute time slot to share their work (can be choreographed, improvised, or communal in nature). To round out the hour, the last segment is a moderated conversation with the participating dancemakers to discuss their work/process. At the end of each DanceChance, the next trio of participants is chosen by random draw from names submitted by dancemakers in attendance who choose to put their name in the hat. For example, to have an opportunity to participate in the July DanceChance, dancemakers would need to be in attendance at the June DanceChance. Participating dancemakers will each receive $100 and video documentation of their sharing. Chicago Dancemakers Forum credits and thanks DanceWorks Chicago for the design and description of this program, as well as Ruth Page Center for the Arts and Lou Conte Dance Studio who served as in-kind venue partners throughout the years.
