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April/May 2010:

CMC toured to Ulan Bator, Mongolia - University of Culture. Their visit was funded by a MacArthur Foundation International Connections Fund Grant and a Fullbright Fellowship

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History & Mission


Nana Shineflug (2006).
Celebrating its 38th season, the Chicago Moving Company is one of Chicago's most celebrated modern dance companies, "bold, commanding . . . the energy is awesome" (The New York Times). Founded in 1972, CMC is celebrated for its artistic innovation and powerful performance style. Under the direction of master-artist Nana Shineflug (recipient of four Choreographic Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Chicago Dance Coalition's Lifetime Service to the Field Award, and a 2010 Fulbright, among other honors), the company performs throughout Chicago and has toured to notable venues such as The Hebbel Theater, Berlin. Germany; Teatro Danza, Mexico City; Theater Artaud, San Francisco; Teatro Vila Velha, Salvador, Brazil; and collaborated with world-class organizations including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (at Orchestra Hall) and the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago. Shineflug's work as a solo-artist, performer, guest choreographer and teacher has been presented throughout Chicago and has toured to India, Israel, and recently to the People's Republic of China. In 2007-11 the company entered into an ongoing cultural exchange with the Arts Council of Mongolia, including a month-long tour (April/May 2010) to Ulan Bataar, Mongolia with a performance at the I-Loft.


The Chicago Moving Company is well-known for its vigorous performance style and highly-evolved, imagistic, and energy-based choreography "bold, gutsy . . . this is modern dance at its highest stage of development" (Chicago Sun-Times). Repertory includes abstract "pure, powerful" (Chicago Reader) movement works and pieces that reflect Shineflug's interest in mathematics; cosmology; and Far-Eastern culture, religion, and history. CMC is noted for the skilled use of new music in its pieces, including recent scores by Stone (for "Urban Nostalgia") and Basil Abott/Sherry Antonini for "Ink".


CMC is also recognized nationally as a leader and standard-setter in services for artists, community arts, and arts-education. Since 1995 CMC has been Arts-Partner-in-Residence at the Hamlin Park Theater (HPT) in Chicago's vibrant Roscoe Village neighborhood--and continues to develop the space as a theater, class, and workshop space for the community (Arts Partners is a program of the Chicago Park District that unites artists and communities in Chicago parks). CMC harbors three talented Chicago choreographers ( Rachel Bunting & Atalee Judy) as Artists-in-Residence at the HPT and also operates the Performance Project there for artists producing their own work.

Mission Statement

The Chicago Moving Company:
  • Produces the acclaimed choreographic work of Director Nana Shineflug
  • Provides innovative programs for developing and established artists
  • Operates the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater
  • Develops nationally-recognized community-arts projects

Awards

  • Four Choreographic Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts

  • The Katherine Dunham Award for Excellence and Dedication to the Arts

  • The Chicago Dance Coalition's / Ruth Page Award - Lifetime Service to the Field Award

  • Three Illinois Arts Council Choreographic Fellowships

  • Chicago Dance Award for Outstanding Contribution

  • Ruth Page Award, Honorable Mention for the Dance Legacy Project

  • Boulevard Arts Center's Presidents Award

  • Two Illinois Alliance for Arts Education Service Recognition Awards

  • Prestigious National Endowment for Arts Arts-Plus Partnership

  • Columbia College Distinguished Alumni Award