Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC) is an American dance company based in Chicago
. HSDC performs in downtown Chicago
and its metropolitan area and tours nationally and internationally throughout the year.
The dancer and choreographer Lou Conte founded HSDC in 1977, and served as artistic director until his retirement in 2000. Originally HSDC's sole choreographer, with a particular focus on jazz dance, Conte developed relationships with both new and established choreographers as the company began to grow, adding bodies of work by a variety of artists. In the 1980s, the company commissioned several works by Lynne Taylor-Corbett
, Margo Sappington
and Daniel Ezralow
. Its debut in New York City
was in May 1983.
A partnership with Twyla Tharp
in the 1990s helped expand the company's repertoire with the acquisition of six of Tharp's works and commissioning an original work for the company. About this time, the company began to include European choreographers Jirí Kylián
and Nacho Duato
. HSDC further expanded its repertoire with the works of Israel
i choreographer Ohad Naharin
, including "Tabula Rasa," "Minus 16," "Passomezzo", "Queens," and "Black Milk." The company has appeared in 44 states and 17 countries at celebrated dance venues including the American Dance Festival
, DanceAspen, the Holland Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, the Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Dance Celebration, the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival of the Two Worlds
(Italy
), Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (Charleston, SC), Sadler's Wells Theatre
, The Brighton Festival
and Wolf Trap
.
The American dancer and choreographer Jim Vincent became the second artistic director of HSDC in August 2000. Vincent brought his experience with the Nederlands Dans Theater into greater prominence with HSDC. In January 2004, HSDC partnered with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
(CSO) for dance performances with live orchestra, including Vincent's work "counter/part". In February 2009, HSDC announced the resignation of Vincent as artistic director, effective August 2009. In June 2009, HSDC announced the appointment of Glenn Edgerton as its third Artistic Director, effective August 2009.
HSDC has continued collaborations with various orchestras, including return engagements with the CSO, as well as performances with the National Arts Centre Orchestra
(Ottawa
) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
.
As part of their community outreach work, HSDC has partnered with several schools in Chicago to offer both in class and after school programs to students, with support of the National Endowment for the Arts
. They also provide classes for teachers on how to incorporate dance into their classroom. HSDC works with an average of 25 schools each year, which are selected through an extensive application process that includes site visits and a demonstrated commitment to the program by each school. Although HSDC has previously hosted master classes and residencies for schools outside of Chicago, including "whole school dance" initiatives with various public schools in the Chicago area.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
. HSDC performs in downtown Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and its metropolitan area and tours nationally and internationally throughout the year.
The dancer and choreographer Lou Conte founded HSDC in 1977, and served as artistic director until his retirement in 2000. Originally HSDC's sole choreographer, with a particular focus on jazz dance, Conte developed relationships with both new and established choreographers as the company began to grow, adding bodies of work by a variety of artists. In the 1980s, the company commissioned several works by Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Lynne Taylor-Corbett is a choreographer, director, lyricist, and composer. She was born in Denver, Colorado.She works in theatre and film, and also choreographs for dance companies, both ballet and modern, and is the principal guest choreographer for Carolina Ballet...
, Margo Sappington
Margo Sappington
Margo Sappington is an American choreographer and dancer born July 30, 1947 in Baytown, Texas. She was nominated in 1975 for both a Tony Award as Best Choreographer and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Choreography for her work on the play Where's Charley?. In 1988, her ballet Virgin Forest was...
and Daniel Ezralow
Daniel Ezralow
Daniel Ezralow is a dancer and choreographer. In addition to having his own dance company, he has choreographed for the theatre, opera, film, and television.-Career:...
. Its debut in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
was in May 1983.
A partnership with Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp
Twyla Tharp is an American dancer and choreographer, who lives and works in New York City.-Early years:Tharp was born in 1941 on a farm in Portland, Indiana, and was named after Twila Thornburg, the "Pig Princess" of the 89th Annual Muncie Fair in Indiana.she spend hours working on it to help her...
in the 1990s helped expand the company's repertoire with the acquisition of six of Tharp's works and commissioning an original work for the company. About this time, the company began to include European choreographers Jirí Kylián
Jiří Kylián
Jiří Kylián is a Czech dance choreographer.Kylián studied in Prague and, at the age of 20, won a scholarship at the Royal Ballet School in London. He joined the Stuttgart Ballet in 1968 and worked under John Cranko, where he began to choreograph. Kylián became Artistic Director of Nederlands Dans...
and Nacho Duato
Nacho Duato
Juan Ignacio Duato Bárcia, also known as Nacho Duato is a Spanish modern ballet dancer and choreographer. After a long and successful career, he was selected by the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Education as the artistic director of the National Spanish Dance Company in June 1990...
. HSDC further expanded its repertoire with the works of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i choreographer Ohad Naharin
Ohad Naharin
Ohad Naharin is an Israeli contemporary dancer, choreographer and dance company artistic director.-Biography:...
, including "Tabula Rasa," "Minus 16," "Passomezzo", "Queens," and "Black Milk." The company has appeared in 44 states and 17 countries at celebrated dance venues including the American Dance Festival
American Dance Festival
The American Dance Festival is a six and four-week school for dance and a six-week summer festival of modern dance performances, currently held at Duke University and the Durham Performing Arts Center in Durham, North Carolina....
, DanceAspen, the Holland Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, the Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Dance Celebration, the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival of the Two Worlds
Festival dei Due Mondi
The Festival dei Due Mondi ' is an annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto, Italy, since its founding by composer Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958...
(Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
), Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (Charleston, SC), Sadler's Wells Theatre
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Sadler's Wells Theatre is a performing arts venue located in Rosebery Avenue, Clerkenwell in the London Borough of Islington. The present day theatre is the sixth on the site since 1683. It consists of two performance spaces: a 1,500 seat main auditorium and the Lilian Baylis Studio, with extensive...
, The Brighton Festival
Brighton Festival
The Brighton Festival is an annual arts festival which takes place in the city of Brighton and Hove in England each May. It was founded in 1966, and is the largest multi-art form festival in England...
and Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap may refer to:* Wolf Trap, Virginia* Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts in Wolf Trap, VA* Wolftrap anglerfish , a family of anglerfish* A microbiology experiment of Wolf Vishniac...
.
The American dancer and choreographer Jim Vincent became the second artistic director of HSDC in August 2000. Vincent brought his experience with the Nederlands Dans Theater into greater prominence with HSDC. In January 2004, HSDC partnered with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the five American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five". Founded in 1891, the Symphony makes its home at Orchestra Hall in Chicago and plays a summer season at the Ravinia Festival...
(CSO) for dance performances with live orchestra, including Vincent's work "counter/part". In February 2009, HSDC announced the resignation of Vincent as artistic director, effective August 2009. In June 2009, HSDC announced the appointment of Glenn Edgerton as its third Artistic Director, effective August 2009.
HSDC has continued collaborations with various orchestras, including return engagements with the CSO, as well as performances with the National Arts Centre Orchestra
National Arts Centre Orchestra
The National Arts Centre Orchestra is an orchestra in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital. It is a classically-sized ensemble currently conducted by Pinchas Zukerman.-Description:Since 1998, Pinchas Zukerman has been the Music Director. Mario Bernardi C.C...
(Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
) and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra is an American symphony orchestra based in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1880 by Joseph Otten as the St. Louis Choral Society, the SLSO is the second-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States as it is preceded by the New York Philharmonic.-History:The St...
.
Education programs
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
. They also provide classes for teachers on how to incorporate dance into their classroom. HSDC works with an average of 25 schools each year, which are selected through an extensive application process that includes site visits and a demonstrated commitment to the program by each school. Although HSDC has previously hosted master classes and residencies for schools outside of Chicago, including "whole school dance" initiatives with various public schools in the Chicago area.
Hubbard Street Dance
- Garrett Anderson
- Jesse Bechard
- Christian Broomhall
- Jacqueline Burnett
- Alejandro Cerrudo
- Meredith Dincolo
- Kellie Epperheimer
- Jonathan Fredrickson
- Jason Hortin
- Alice Klock
- Ana Lopez
- Robyn Mineko Williams
- Pablo Piantino
- Penny Saunders
- David Schultz
- Kevin Shannon
- Jessica Tong
Hubbard Street 2
- Alicia Delgadillo
- Nicholas Korkos
- Emilie Leriche
- Felicia Mcbride
- Johnny Mcmillan
- Justin Ronald Mock
- Lissa Smith
- Andrew Wright
External links
- "Expressing Themselves in New Ways: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Whole School Dance Program", National Endowment for the Arts, NEA Arts 2007, Volume 4
- SeeChicagoDance.com profile and list of upcoming performances
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performing in Nine Sinatra Songs in 1993 at Jacob's Pillow
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performing Untouched in 2010 at Jacob's Pillow