Season 51 | Fuse. Converge. Connect. 

As part of the newly created School of Theatre and Dance, The Dance Center’s Season 51 connects audiences with dance created and performed by established artists, student dancemakers, and elders to get at the heart of why dance is a ubiquitous phenomenon across all societies and cultures.

 
 

Coming up

pictured (left to right) Sophia Peck, Sophie Daker, Areli Ramirez from even with all that is devastating by Lisa Gonzales; photo by Julie Lucas.

FREE FALL: Student Performance Night
Fall 2024

Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m.

A sampler evening of original, brand new, short works by student choreographers. Lit by Theatre’s rising lighting designers, these eagerly anticipated concerts feature audiences as electric as the performers.


image courtesy of: Nautica Turner-Briscoe.

Make a date to dance every Friday this fall from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon!

From September 27 through and including November 22, 2024, new instructors every week, drawn from Chicago’s wealth of dance talent, visiting artists, and exceptional students lead this sampler series of a kaleidoscope of techniques, styles, and approaches.

All classes take place in the Dance Center theater and movers at all levels are welcome!

Fall Class Pass holders receive friendly reminders each week with information about each instructor and any special instructions.

Come dance with us!


Season Pass

Become a Season 51 Pass Holder.  Experience live dance's kinetic power in the now when it’s most keenly felt, seen, and heard — when live and in person together. Save 50% on tickets and prioritize opportunities to be connected with your own body through our Friday class series. There are three different pass options — choose whether you want to see performances, participate in classes, or both! Join your community to come together through dance to connect, witness, research, experiment, practice, imagine, and grow.

 

from Irene Hsiao’s Merely a Mistake A Score for your Door.

 

Explore On the Ground, the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago’s online publication. With support from The Walder Foundation, it features interviews with Chicago dance artists, checking in on dance communities, sharing work from our virtual residencies with choreographers, and exploring the Dance Center’s video archives.

 

David Rousseve/REALITY, from Stardust, photo by Yi Chun.

Urban Bush Women in Hep Hep Sweet Sweet, photo by Rick McCullough.

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The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago is the city’s leading presenter of contemporary dance – bringing international, national, and local artists to Chicago audiences. The Dance Center has served as a focal point for dance and performance in Chicago since 1974.

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banner image: from what we un/wound by: Kierah {KIKI} King; pictured l to r: Mya Mccellen, J Stephens, Lucy Williams, and Caitlin Wonsowski; photo by: Julie Lucas for Columbia College Chicago.