This year, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago joins the Art Institute of Chicago in seeing things. No, not visions or apparitions, but real, concrete, material things. It’s all part of the Art Institute’s object-oriented season, Seeing Things. Along with Art Institute partners the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Poetry Foundation, Hubbard Street is taking a closer look at the history, meaning, and importance of things through art, music, dance, and words.
See another side of HSDC as the company’s dancers choreograph works inspired by artwork in the museum and share them in performance on site, respond to poetry through structured dance improvisation, lead gallery walks on “movement in art,” and share their creativity in the setting of the Art Institute’s renowned collection of modern and contemporary art.
Join us as we see things for what they—and we—truly are.
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All events are scheduled for Thursday evenings at 6:00 pm, unless noted.
Thursday, September 9, 6 p.m.
“Thing One, Thing Two” – Fullerton Hall
HSDC explains the contrast in styles of movement, showing how dancers in a repertory company work in the different “media” of movement vocabulary.
Thursday, October 21, 6 p.m.
“Things in Motion” – Griffin Court
HSDC discusses the use of props in dance, followed by an informal demonstration in Griffin Court of current repertoire.
Friday, November 26, 11 a.m.
“Favorite Things” – Griffin Court
HS2 dancers salute a few of their favorite works in the Art Institute collections.
Thursday, January 20, 6 p.m.
“People, Places, Things” – Gallery Walk
HSDC dancers improvise with the collection, responding to a portrait, a landscape, and a sculpture.
Thursday, March 17, 6 p.m.
“Illuminating Things” – Gallery Walk
HS2 Director Taryn Kaschock Russell discusses HSDC’s repertoire of work by Israeli choreographers, followed by dance improvisations with the collection including Chagall’s America Windows.
Thursday, April 21, 6 p.m.
“The Dream's the Thing” – Fullerton Hall
HSDC discusses dream imagery in contemporary dance, with demonstrations by dancers from current repertoire.
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