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CDF Salon: DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: THE SECRET TO GREAT COLLABORATIONS (AND HOW TO AVOID THE PITFALLS)
February 6, 2012

Presented by Chicago Dancemakers Forum and the Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture

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MacArthur Foundation Support
January, 2012
CDF receives multi-year support from the MacArthur Foundation  [details]
CDF Staff and Consortium member changes
December, 2012
CDF bids farewell to Director Heather Hartley and welcomes a new Program Manager and a new Lab Artist Consortium member   [details]
Rachel Bunting Premieres Her CDF Lab Artist Work
December 1-9, 2011
Paper Shoes

Thursdays and Fridays, Dec. 1, 2, 8, & 9 at 7:30 pm.
Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, 3035 N. Hoyne, Chicago, IL 60618
Advance Online Tickets: $15 general and $12 students/senior
Purchase at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/210093

Tickets at the Door: $18 general, $12 student/senior

 

 

Paper Shoes, choreographed by 2010 CDF Lab Artist Rachel Bunting, is The Humans dance/performance journey into nostalgia, memory, inevitability and escape...

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Salon NOTEBOOK: Supply and Demand
November 2011

Salon NOTEBOOK: Difficult Conversations: Supply and Demand

by Zachary Whittenburg

At the beginning of this year at a conference in Washington, D.C., the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts said, with regard to theater companies in the United States, "You can either increase demand or decrease supply. Demand is not going to increase, so it is time to think about decreasing supply."

Rocco Landesman hit a nerve.

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Meida McNeal Premieres CDF Lab Artist Work
November 10-13, 2011
Chicago house music/dance as culture, lifestyle & consciousness in the lives of women...

The Sweet Goddess Project
Experimental Station

6100 S. Blackstone Avenue, Chicago, 60637

 

 

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Rachel Damon Premieres her CDF Lab Artist Work
Oct. 27-Nov. 4, 2011
Factor Ricochet is a dynamic work which combines rigorous choreography and "improvography" to reveal the intimate self-explorations that amplify each human onstage.

 

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2011-2012 CDF Salons Series
November 2011-May 2012

 

Difficult Conversations: Tackling the Tricky Issues

Difficult Conversations is a year long Salon series presented by the Chicago Dancemakers Forum that seeks to tackle tricky and provocative topics at the heart of today's dancemaking field. The goal of these Salons is to create space for dialogue around the complex issues today's dance artists face, with realism, honesty and a dash of hope. Difficult Conversations = No whining allowed. Just seeking solutions...

First Event - Save the Date!

Difficult Conversations: Supply and Demand
Thursday, November 3, 6pm-8pm
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington Street: 5th Floor Garland
FREE! Light refreshments will be provided

Co-presented by Chicago Artist Resources and the Chicago Dancemakers Forum

 

 

 

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CDF Weasel Fund Challenge Grant
September 2011

The Challenge is on, and we need you!


This spring, CDF received a generous $10,000 challenge grant from the Weasel Fund which will match $1 for $1 any new and increased donations made in 2011. So far, we've raised nearly $7,000 toward the challenge - only $3,000 more to go!

Join the Challenge NOW.
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