Voice of Dance

Celebrating unique individual voices and finding harmony in collaboration, DanceWorks Chicago is dedicated to creating an environment conducive to nurturing experiences of significance for everyone from artist to audience.

DWC Artistic Director Julie Nakagawa leads opportunities to engage with dance and dancers through a diverse offering of movement and music in each presentation. With an emphasis on finding and sharing one's voice, the six young professional dancers of DanceWorks Chicago interpret a diverse repertoire with their highly personal approach to each dance. The breadth of the works presented will showcase multiple movement vocabularies and styles through which choreographers express themselves. Furthermore, the layer of the human voice in the soundscape accompanying the dance, whether as simple breath, as an instrumentalist (as in a beatboxer), as a vocalist, or as a voice-over artist, will expose audiences to another layer of artistic expression able to be articulated by the human body.

Each presentation will encourage multiple points of connection with dance and the art of self-expression as well as include a chance for conversation with the dancers. DanceWorks Chicago will energize and inspire everyBODY.

Availability:

March 19-23, 2012
March 26-20, 2012
May 1-4, 2012

Technical Requirements:

• Space: Clean, open space approximately 25’ deep by 30’ wide for dancing
• Floor: School must inform Urban Gateways about the type of floor. The company cannot perform on concrete or tile floors, or floors that have concrete or tile foundations.
• Dressing room: Adjacent dressing area for costume changes
• Rehearsal time: Group should have access to space at least 2 hour prior to the performance. (Group will warm up, have a group “company class.” Please contact Urban Gateways if your school might be interested in having students observe this time.)
• Sound: Company will utilize venue’s sound system if possible. Company can provide their own if none is available. Please let Urban Gateways know whether or not your venue can provide sound.
• Power: Access to electrical outlets.

For all ages.