If you think you can put jazz dance in a box, Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs have something for you to see when Chicago once again convenes the Jazz Dance World Congress, a four-day festival of the world’s best jazz dance. Each night’s program will feature a work from Giordano Jazz Dance as well as five or six other dance makers. With local companies as diverse as Muntu Dance Theatre, DanceWorks Chicago, Chicago Tap Theatre and River North Chicago Dance, audiences can be assured jazz dance will be explored from every angle. Add work from Philadelphia, Buffalo, Las Vegas and international flavor by Japan’s Masashi Action Machine, Mexico’s Cuerpo Etereo Danza Contemporanea, and Korea’s POZ Dance Theatre and you get a first rate, world-class festival. The festival sold out when it was sat down in Chicago in 2007, so don’t wait until you get to Harris Theater to get your tickets. (William Scott)
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