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an annual delight . . . daring and often beautiful -Chicago Tribune



OTHER Dance Festival. CMC's annual modern dance festival.

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The OTHER Dance Festival 2009

SEPT 17 - OCT 2

Week 1, Sept 17/18: Darrell Jones/Paige Cunningham, Lucky Plush Productions, Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre, Molly Shanahan/Mad Shak, Chicago Moving Company

Week 2, Sept 24/25: Breakbone DanceCo., Cindy Brandle Dance Company, The Dance COLEctive, Matthew Hollis, Mordine & Company Dance Theater, Janet Schmid

Week 3, Oct 1/2: Peter Carpenter, Hedwig Dances, The Humans, Ayako Kato/Art Union Humanscape, The Seldoms

tickets on sale in mid-summer at wwww.brownpapertickets.com

2009 Festival Sponsor: The Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.

Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, Chicago 3035 N. Hoyne (map)

What critics say about The Other Dance Festival:

"daring and often beautiful, it is an invitation to the adventurous" Chicago Tribune

"intimate, expertly curated. The only place you can see 16 of the city's top modern dance artists packed together into three weekends of artistically loaded lineups" TimeOut Chicago

"full of guts and glory . . . fraught with beautiful haunting movement" Chicago Tribune

"an end of summer ritual for dance fans . . . the perfect place to see what these companies are all about" TimeOut Chicago

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Cushioned Seating in the theater provides comfortable seating for 80+ capacity.
The Other Dance Festival was founded in 2002 by co-curators/producers Kay LaSota and Elizabeth Lentz and is produced by The Chicago Moving Company.

Held every fall for 3-weeks, this concert series presents sixteen of Chicago's finest modern dance artists and companies. The ODF exists to provide a venue and visibility for Chicago modern dance artists and their work, as well as a one-stop site where Chicago audiences can sample and sink their teeth into a cross section of Chicago modern dance artists and styles.

Major support for the festival provided by: The Chicago Park District and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation.

Participation in the festival is by invitation only; modern dance artists/companies living and working in Chicago are eligible. Please download the PDF FAQ's file on this page for more detailed information.

Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater an intimate, black-box performance space with custom made sprung flooring with Marley overlay.