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Request for Proposal: Fundraising Consulting Services
October, 2012

The purpose of this Request for Proposal is to secure the financial future of the work of Chicago Dancemakers’ Forum, a project of Links Hall, for the next four to six years.  We seek a consultant with experience and ability to provide CDF with consulting services with an emphasis on fundraising and development.  


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DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: The
May, 2012
Difficult Conversations: The "C" word - Censorship
Tuesday, May 8, 6pm-8pm
Defibrillator Gallery at 1136 N. Milwaukee Ave.
FREE! Refreshments will be provided - BYOB is welcome!

The "C" word is all around us these days. Here are a few recent examples. In Bridgeport, visual artist Gabriel Villa and the neighborhood's Alderman James A. Balcer locked horns over Villa's provocative outdoor mural.

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DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: Cultural Divides
April, 2012

Difficult Conversations: Cultural Divides

Monday, April 16 6-8pm at Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., 5th flr

Co-presented with Chicago Artists Resource  

FREE! Light refreshments will be provided

North side storefronts. Downtown dance. South side community centers. The City that Works is also a city divided, both geographically and artistically. How does this geography influence our artistic health and output?....read more

 


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CDF Salon: DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS:Do Labels Matter?
March, 2012

Difficult Conversations: Do Labels Matter?

You’ve seen those pesky boxes on grant applications before… “Artistic Discipline: Please Check One Box ” – Which box do YOU check? Dance? Interdisciplinary Art?  Multimedia Performance? Or, Other?

 


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Salon NOTEBOOK: Dance + Technology = What is Happening NOW?
May 2010

Salon NOTEBOOK: Dance + Technology: What is Happening NOW?

By Zachary Whittenburg

Two conversations merged at the Chicago Cultural Center May 4. Since January, the Chicago Artists Resource/Department of Cultural Affairs series of At Work Forums have included four dedicated to dance, panel discussions on outside-of-the-studio issues like audience development and critical dialogue. Meanwhile, as you know, Chicago Dancemakers Forum has assessed the relationship between dance and technology since February, through Silverspace Salons with Grisha Coleman, Mark Jeffery, Judd Morrissey and Allison Peters Quinn. Expanding the conversation even further was an excellent run of tech-related events and performances presented by the Dance Center of Columbia College during the same three-month period. How dance is changing--and being changed by--our webbed world is on many Chicagoans' minds; the panel did fine work both prompting new questions on the subject, and putting this unofficial summit in perspective.


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CDF/Silverspace Salon: Mark Jeffrey, Judd Morrissey and Allison Peters Quinn
March 2010

CDF/Silverspace Salon with Mark Jeffrey, Judd Morrissey and Allison Peters Quinn

Monday, March 227:00-9:00 PM

Silverspace Studio 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave. #3

FREE

Light refreshments will be served - BYOB - Wine is welcomed!

Save the Date: The next CDF/Silverspace Salon will be on Monday, March 22 with Mark Jeffrey and Judd Morrissey, discussing the build process for The Precession, which will premiere at the Hyde Park Art Center in December, 2010.



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CDF/Silverspace Salon: Asimina Chremos
December 14, 2009
Join us for a conversation with Asimina Chremos!  Asimina will show video of her work and speak about the interplay between the individual artist and creative community.
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CDF/Silverspace Salon: Diego Pinon
Monday, November 23
Join us for a conversation with Mexican Butoh artist, Diego Pinon.

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CDF Salon: Legacy
October 2009
About Legacy:
Monday, October 26 7:00 - 9:00 pm
a salon devoted to a conversation on the legacies/influences of Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch, and Michael Jackson

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CDF/Silverspace Salon with Jennifer Monson
May 2009
Monday, May 18, 7-9pm

Silverspace Studio, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave, #3

FREE

Light refreshments will be served. BYOB - Wine is Welcome!



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CDF/Silverspace Salon with Kristina Fluty
April 2009
Monday, April 6, 7-9pm

Silverspace Studio, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave, #3

FREE

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CDF/Silverspace Salon with Julia Rhoads
March 2009

Monday, March 30, 7-9pm

Silverspace Studio, 1474 N. Milwaukee Ave, #3

FREE

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CDF/Silverspace Salon with Marissa Perel
February 2009

 

Politics of the Body


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CDF/Silverspace Salon with Lucia Mauro
December 2008

 

The State of the Arts + Media


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CDF/Silverspace Salon with Deirdre Towers
November 2008

 

Dance + Film

 


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CDF/Silverspace Salon with David Dorfman
September 2008

 

dance + politics


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CDF/Silverspace Salon - Carrie Hanson
May, 2008
With Carrie Hanson, Monday, May 5

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CDF/Silverspace Salon - Lito Walkey
April 2008
With Lito Walkey, Monday, April 7

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Silverspace Salon - Pete Carpenter
March 2008

UPCOMING ARTIST TALK WITH PETER CARPENTER, Monday, March 3, 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Click here for more information.


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Silverspace Salon - Ann Carlson
February 2008
Silverspace Salon with Ann Carlson - Monday, February 4

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Fall 2007 Silverspace Salons Series
Fall 2007


Fall 2007 Silverspace Salons

an informal series of salon-style, artist talks with local and national dance artists committed to pushing their creative approach forward.


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Lindy Hopping, Steppin', Vogueing: Black Social Dance Today
March 2007
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Dramaturgy Discussion #2
April 2006
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Dramaturgy Discussion #1
March 2006
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Dance, Culture and Artistic Authenticity
November 2005
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Dance Video Presentation with Lucy Baldwyn
May 2005
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workshops
What Does THIS Button Do? - A Hands-On Dance Technology Workshop
July 10, 2010: 2:00pm-5:00pm

at The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago

1306 S. Michigan Ave.

Expand your skills! Join us for this three hour, hands-on workshop in the Dance Center theater to learn more about best practices for using technology in your dancemaking.



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CDF Events with GRISHA COLEMAN
February 2010

CDF WORKSHOP & SALON WITH GRISHA COLEMAN

Sunday, February 28

WORKSHOP: 4:00PM-5:30 PM

SALON: 6:00-8:00 PM
Silverspace Studio
1474 N. Milwaukee Ave. #3
FREE
WORKSHOP SPACE IS LIMITED AND PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!
To register, email chicagodancemakers@gmail.com

Please join us for the kickoff events to CDF's Spring 2010 Series, which examine " Dance + Technology: What is happening right NOW."



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WORKSHOP: Rough Cuts: Dancers Making Dance on Film
November 2008

Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov.2

Interested in the flourishing medium of Dance on Film? Want to learn more about how to integrate these two forms? Then SIGN UP NOW for a two-day workshop that will give you hands-on experience creating a dance on film project!


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Creative Process Workshop with Ann Carlson
February 2008
Join choreographic artist and director, Ann Carlson in a workshop about flow and creativity.
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New Collaborators Workshop
January 2007
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Dramaturgy in Dance with Ralph Lemon and Katherine Profeta
April 2006
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Dramaturgy in Dance with Ain Gordon
February 2006
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Moving Words with Ain Gordon
September 2004
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Critical Response with Liz Lerman
March 2004
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Critical Response with Ain Gordon
October 2003
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showings
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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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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Greenhouse Works-In-Progress Showing
June 24-26, 2011

Fri and Sun at 7:30pm (Saturday is SOLD OUT!)

Links Hall
3435 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago
Free and Open to The Public

Space is limited: RSVP HERE!


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Premiere by CDF Lab Artist Lin Hixson
June 18 & 19, 2011

They're Mending the Great Forest Highway
A performance by Every house has a door...
Directed by 2009 CDF Lab Artist Lin Hixson

Saturday and Sunday, June 18 & 19, 2011 at 2:00pm



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Commissura: Premiere by Julia Rae Antonick
April 22-30, 2011

Don't miss the premiere of Commissura, which marks the culmination of Julia Rae Antonick's 2009 CDF Lab Artist Award, and her eighteen month exploration into Duologue, or what it means to be a duet artist.

 

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Performance/Salon with Raimund Hoghe
Monday September 14

Just Announced! Please join us ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH for special kick-off event to our 2009-2010 Salon series...

In a unique co-presentation between CDF and Links Hall, and hosted by the Goethe Institut, we are thrilled to announce Body, Space, Music, a lecture / performance by the highly regarded German choreographer, performer, dramaturge and writer, Raimund Hoghe.


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Premiere of Landscapes of Uncertainty
October 2008
Created and performed by Nicole LeGette
Oct. 8th-11th, 8pm

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UPCOMING 2007 LAB ARTIST PERFORMANCES
Summer, 2008
Featuring works by Matthew Hollis, Ayako Kato, Julia Mayer, and Nicole LeGette
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guest artists
Deirdre Towers
November 2008

CDF welcomes Deirdre to Chicago in November, as instructor for our two day workshop, Rough Cuts on November 1 & 2, and as a speaker for the CDF/Silverspace Salon on Monday, November 4.

Read Deirdre's Biography. 


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CDF coordinates a variety of public programs to benefit the broader Chicago dance community, including informal works-in-progress showings, artistic development workshops, and critical forums and discussions, including our ongoing CDF Salon series.

Engaging and educating audiences, and each other, on how to discuss, understand, and critique movement work is at the core of CDF’s mission. CDF is the only artistic programming forum of its kind dedicated to nurturing artistic advancement for the dancemaking field in Chicago. Programs are led by visiting artists, cultural organizers, and local artists and scholars. By creating critical spaces for individual learning and sharing process-oriented discoveries, CDF aims to foster critical engagement and advance the artistic development field for dancemakers and their collaborators working in such fields as dramaturgy, sound and video.

CDF public programs are open to the general public, as well as interested Chicago artists, and are offered for free or at an affordable cost.



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