Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is a dance company based in Chicago.
[edit] History
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago was founded in 1977 by dancer and choreographer Lou Conte, who served as artistic director until his retirement from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in 2000. Originally the company’s sole choreographer, Conte developed relationships with emerging and world-renowned choreographers as the company began to grow, adding bodies of work by a variety of artists. In the 1980s, the company commissioned several works by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington and Daniel Ezralow.
A partnership with Twyla Tharp in the 1990s helped expand the company's rerpertoire with the acquisition of six of Tharp's works and commissioning an original work for the company. About this time, the company began to include European choreographers Jirí Kylián and Nacho Duato. These long-term relationships, along with the selection of Jim Vincent as the company’s new artistic director, paved the way for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's future.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago further expanded its repertoire with the works of Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, including "Tabula Rasa," "Minus 16," "Passomezzo," "Queens," and "Black Milk."
[edit] Current company
Artistic Director Jim Vincent has continued to make Hubbard Street Dance Chicago among the most original forces in contemporary dance. Critically acclaimed for its exuberant, athletic and innovative repertoire, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents performances that inspire, challenge and engage audiences worldwide.[citation needed] The company's 22 dancers display unparalleled versatility and virtuosity, allowing HSDC to continually expand its eclectic repertoire and serve as a living archive for significant choreographic works by world-class choreographers and a platform for new dance works by emerging choreographers. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago also contributes to dance's evolution by developing new choreographic talent and collaborating with artists in music, visual arts and theatre.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs in downtown Chicago and its metropolitan area and tours nationally and internationally throughout the year. The company has appeared in 44 states and 17 countries at celebrated dance venues including the American Dance Festival, DanceAspen, the Holland Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, the Kennedy Center, Philadelphia’s Dance Celebration, the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds (Italy), Spoleto Festival U.S.A. (Charleston, SC), Sadler's Wells Theatre, The Brighton Festival and Wolf Trap. In January 2004, HSDC joined forces with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for an engagement conducted by Pinchas Zukerman that brought one of Vincent’s goals to fruition by performing his piece, counter/part, to live music. Since then, HSDC has rejoined Pinchas Zukerman for an engamement with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa and a return performance with the CSO for the world premiere of SF/LB. In December of 2005, HSDC will once again join Zukerman and the CSO for a celebration of dance and music in honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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