Dance in the Parks - danceintheparks.org - FREE dance performances in Chicago neighborhood parks

DANCE IN THE PARKS

FREE, OUTDOOR DANCE CONCERTS IN CHICAGO'S NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS

Photo by Topher Alexander, Lakeshore Park 2018

#givingtuesday intern scholarship fundraiser

Our interns are high school dancers of color hired to work with the company during our summer season. We pay them hourly for the summer AND give a $3k scholarship to their dance training institution. Give today to fill our scholarship fund for the next 2 seasons.

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All donations made until 12/1/23 will go to our scholarship fund.

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MEET the company

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Text: Artists - 3 dancers in white sleeveless tux shirts and black shorts on an outdoor stage. One dancer is lifting their leg and pointing at their toes

Text: Shows - 4 dancers on an outdoor stage in front of a large audience

Text: Video - a white woman with brown hair in blue shorts and a pink top stands outdoors on one leg kicking the other very high while leaning back and looking at the sky

OUR MISSION

Dance in the Parks’ mission is to bring free, professional dance performances to new audiences in the most accessible venues in Chicago—neighborhood parks. We hope to expose audiences unfamiliar with dance to the art form as well as to local performers and choreographers in a relaxed, casual atmosphere in order to build future relationships with the greater Chicago dance community.

Since 2009, Dance in the Parks has partnered with the Chicago Park District and the mayor's Night Out in the Parks' initiative to perform professional dance concerts in Chicago's neighborhood parks. Our company of professional dancers perform works created by Chicago-based choreographers. At each park, we partner with a youth training program from the community to showcase the young talent in each neighborhood.

In our 14 seasons, we have performed in 63 parks in 43 neighborhoods, hired 164 dance artists, and performed 108 dance pieces for over 14,000 audience members.

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Dance in the Parks acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency which receives support from the state of Illinois and the National Endowment for the Arts