1
Dance in the Parks
(Park District locations)
This seasonal company tours neighborhood parks throughout the month, offering free outdoor performances and showcasing hyper-local youth dancers.
July 9-27
2
Rhythm World
(multiple venues)
Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s twenty-ninth annual festival of tap and percussive dance features showcases, workshops and performances by the greatest living hoofers from around the globe.
July 22-28
3
SummerDance
(Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park)
Free series of social dances from swing and blues, to bachata and bomba, all accompanied by live music, is a summer highlight, drawing Chicagoans from every corner of the city to the dance floor in Grant Park.
June 27-August 24
4
ROOT: mwanzo wa mwili ni roho
(Dovetail Studios)
Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre invites conversation around the next iteration of a longterm collaboration between composer and company co-founder Joe Cerqua and choreographer Monique Haley about the African-American experience.
July 11
5
DanceChance
(Lou Conte Dance Studio)
Three choreographers chosen at random have fifteen minutes to show work in progress in an informal setting, with moderated discussion in this open-mic inspired series hosted by DanceWorks Chicago and Lou Conte Dance Studio.
July 26
