{"id":4900,"date":"2022-01-21T18:59:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T18:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopchicagodev.wpenginepowered.com\/chicago-department-of-cultural-affairs-and-special-events-announces-2022-as-year-of-chicago-dance\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T20:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:07:04","slug":"chicago-department-of-cultural-affairs-and-special-events-announces-2022-as-year-of-chicago-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/chicago-loop-blog\/chicago-department-of-cultural-affairs-and-special-events-announces-2022-as-year-of-chicago-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago DCASE announces 2022 as &#8220;Year of Chicago Dance&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"loop-intro wp-block-paragraph\">5 MIN READ \u2013 In deep partnership with the local dance community, Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Commissioner Erin Harkey have designated 2022 as the \u201cYear of Chicago Dance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">This citywide, year-long focus on dance is the first of its kind in the U.S. The collaborative initiative will activate Chicago\u2019s dance industry to address critical issues facing dancers and the field of dance including funding, space, and capacity building \u2014 and to consider the sustainability of this work. The Year of Chicago Dance will, of course, also include dance performances, social dancing, and special events for the public in dozens of venues throughout the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago is a hub for arts and culture and boasts a thriving dance community \u2014 home to some of the premier contemporary and ballet companies in the U.S. today; with an estimated 425 dance schools\/studios, 344 presenters\/venues and hundreds of other organizations; and the birthplace of Footwork and other dance styles \u2014 but according to a recent report on \u201c<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLhxlpYNLQ2yEUNw-2BoM4CNG1eFfSxBGeEZls8PGmIP7qsTvyezM78ohWrx6-2BkiHKiRdg-3D-3Di-uA_qeuihNTEWE-2BceMBaNQJ21ZJsZOt0688fS4kdKqYAmuRv-2BpXIGi-2FrUUo38Hc3ho-2BDPhB7Hts2ZBrNVD-2BeMBATx7Plk0PJwdh01hCayNgBwKq3IJu9v3UKTNzBIQd-2FQzY0hnn6u4Ny4PEek7y6OIIRtAJ2i3IHrIe49HBSucjm5KuZv8VaQkZMv-2FJyAnJ-2FIrb4xtzO1s-2BuhUoTOrOZmTx-2F7wDjzuJg-2FCisZ-2BPbbpuOsMDd9GYbO0Pn2hP9n8w3EuQItXG7MbwY7irX6eMc-2FwlAyFW2ndFadHc0lSdZKw0M5vZGI7VNFCUqg6giuok8dl-2B8K3bifAtyoSmUQbuua5h3QGXocuFfQqGjCO-2BXyZKJOuciiOluPvXdmqhUx-2FibLpc7Rbv5EDwhMgOs-2FfU1Bv-2FSHg-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\">Mapping the Dance Landscape in Chicagoland<\/a>,\u201d nearly two-thirds of our dancers and choreographers earn less than $15,000 annually from dance and 12 percent work entirely without pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/18_The_Nutcracker_The-Joffrey-Ballet_Photo-by-Cheryl-Mann-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">The 2022 Year of Chicago Dance follows the successes of 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020\/21 initiatives, which highlighted Chicago\u2019s public art, our creative youth, and the city\u2019s vibrant theatre and music scenes. Partners will include dance service organizations Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project, Chicago Dancemakers Forum, and See Chicago Dance \u2014 as well as\u00a0Art on theMART, Night Out in the Parks at the Chicago Park District and many other presenters and funders.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Celebrating 10 years in 2022,\u00a0Night Out in the Parks at the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ChicagoParkDistrict.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Park District<\/a>\u00a0is committed to bringing dance programming and events to all of Chicago\u2019s 77 community areas. Audiences can look forward to multiple genres of dance including theater, music, and films highlighting dancers and choreographers, all in celebration of Chicago\u2019s rich and vibrant dance scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s announcement is aligned with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/es\/listings\/art-on-themart-1\/\">Art on theMART<\/a>, celebrating the Year of Chicago Dance with four new projections as part of its summer and fall seasons highlighting the choreographers, dancers and visual artists that bring the medium to its full potential:\u00a0Floe\u00a0by Carrie Hanson, an untitled piece by Shkunna Stewart and Wills Glasspiegel featuring youth dance groups,\u00a0Trap Moulin Rouge\u00a0by Jasmin Taylor, and\u00a0Love Letters\u00a0by Yuge Zhou.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BollywoodGrove-at-SummerDance18-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/SeeChicagoDance.com\" target=\"_blank\">See Chicago Dance<\/a> \u2014 the leading service organization for dance in Chicago, whose mission is to advocate for and strengthen a diverse range of dance organizations and artists through services and programs that build and engage audiences \u2014 will mark the 2022 Year of Chicago Dance by presenting Chicago Dance Month in June and by curating a robust roster of performances in partnership with Navy Pier, the Chicago Park District, and the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project. Other initiatives include a Dance for Camera Production Residency, a community needs assessment, and re-envisioning its journalism platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ChicagoDancemakers.org\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Dancemakers Forum<\/a> celebrates the Year of Chicago Dance with\u00a0Elevate Chicago Dance: eMerge, a festival highlighting the extraordinary artistry of Chicago&#8217;s radically diverse dancemakers.\u00a0Elevate (October 2022) features performances, workshops, and showings by Chicago-based dancemakers at venues across the city including the Chicago Cultural Center, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, and Big Marsh Park.\u00a0Elevate\u00a0also promotes local artists through meetings and discussions with local, national, and international dance presenters. In addition, Chicago Dancemakers Forum offers regular artist-to-artist gatherings for local dancemaking artists to\u00a0network, share their current artistic practice, and engage in open dialogue.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">In celebration of\u00a0the Year of Chicago Dance,\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ChicagoBlackDanceLegacy.org\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project<\/a>\u00a0in partnership with the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts\u00a0at The University of Chicago\u00a0will present two dynamic performances in the spring and summer to\u00a0advance the organization\u2019s mission\u00a0and\u00a0amplify diverse voices in dance throughout the city. This celebration builds on the vision to support dance programming, facilitate access to funding, and build capacity for senior and artistic leadership of the project\u2019s eight partner companies: Ayodele Drum and Dance, Chicago Multicultural Dance Center, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Forward Momentum Chicago, Joel Hall Dancers &amp; Center, Muntu Dance Theatre, Najwa Dance Corps, and Red Clay Dance Company.\u00a0CBDLP will also launch a historic archive project that aims to preserve and celebrate the history of Black dance in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">In 2022,\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/Chicago.gov\/DCASE\" target=\"_blank\">DCASE<\/a>\u00a0will present many familiar programs, all free, including the much-loved Chicago SummerDance, bringing a range of social dance and live music downtown and in neighborhoods across the city, special dance concerts in Millennium Park and more. For dancemakers, the Chicago Cultural Center\u2019s Dance Studio will become available once again through a forthcoming application process, providing space for new work development and opportunities for public engagement through workshops, artist talks, and work-in-progress showings. And the DCASE Cultural Grants Program will support Chicago\u2019s dance industry via its CityArts Program project grants (Application opens February 7 at\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com\/ls\/click?upn=jd8-2BsLkKeKzJJH-2F5YciLh6tttf-2B1J48YQf9-2F23T8GrDLjarIxjBh5-2F2BPzPfSss1UaRN-2Bcx2YP8-2Fvam3k-2BNjZksdXhxEGYa5NqtSbdDt-2B1g-3DofOP_qeuihNTEWE-2BceMBaNQJ21ZJsZOt0688fS4kdKqYAmuRv-2BpXIGi-2FrUUo38Hc3ho-2BDPhB7Hts2ZBrNVD-2BeMBATx7Plk0PJwdh01hCayNgBwKq3IJu9v3UKTNzBIQd-2FQzY0hnn6u4Ny4PEek7y6OIIRtAJ2i3IHrIe49HBSucjm5KuZv8VaQkZMv-2FJyAnJ-2FIrb4xtzO1s-2BuhUoTOrOZmTx-2F7wDjzuJg-2FCisZ-2BPbbpuOsMCtTo5U1jQtJhhz0ilHRHUe8vVQrcmBORkUme3xwpCEKIcG7h-2B-2BO6ig382Qx8XmWRHhA4j20QhADOfbMuaP1nIaHDDo9a4T4LVZbi0uh2ObqOmM8iGxhbA7N-2BaXjFqRTwGbW8PDcCh1-2BPYh2buz-2Flp3dRHM2q1mmD0DTzOevwqu5Q-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\">ChicagoCulturalGrants.org<\/a>.) and its Individual Artists Program grants \u2014 including up to six Esteemed Artist Awards of $15,000 per artist for their significant contributions to the dance field. (Application for that program closed in January; awards will be made in April.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">DCASE in partnership with Chicago\u2019s philanthropic community will be making other financial resources available to dance industry professionals and organizations throughout this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large loop-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/See-Chicago-Dance.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher \u201cMad Dog\u201d Thomas, a Chicago footwork dancer and 2022 co-recipient of the Americans for the Arts\u2019 Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities, notes, \u201cOver the last 16 years with Kuumba Lynx I focused on using footwork as a tool of resistance to address the root cause of social, environmental, and economical issues. A Year of Chicago Dance will open a window of opportunity to discuss what happens to black and brown dance communities when they are directly affected by gentrification, education, police, policy, and no room for economic revenue to sustain their styles of urban dance.\u201d In 2022, Thomas will explore codifying his style of Chicago Footwork while developing new choreographies that tell the stories of how bodies react to certain traumas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lc-post-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">For updates throughout the year, visit\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/Chicago.gov\/DCASE\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago.gov\/DCASE<\/a>\u00a0and join the conversation on social media using#YearofChicagoDance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 MIN READ \u2013 In deep partnership with the local dance community, Mayor Lori E. 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