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From our origins in Gus Giordano’s family-run studio to our current incarnation as a professionally-run organization with over a half-century of worldwide performances (27 countries, 46 states, and more than 1,200 cities), our imprint on the art form of jazz dance is far-reaching and significant.
Read MoreDecidedly Jazz Danceworks was founded in 1984 to preserve, promote and evolve jazz dance. DJD has carved a niche for itself as one of Canada’s most unique dance companies and is formally recognized as a Canadian dance institution.
Read MoreEstablished in 2016 by Artistic Director Natasha Powell, Holla Jazz was founded as a forum for developing and presenting artists that work and improvise together, to create harmonious and transformative experiences. The company aims to reinvigorate jazz dance with its sister dances including hip hop and house, as innovative and important vehicles for expression, while showcasing freedom and one’s own identity through the spirit of jazz.
Read MoreFounded in 2007 by pioneering Deaf dancer/choreographer Antoine Hunter, Urban Jazz Dance Company consists of a mix of professional Deaf and Hearing dancers. UJD's mission is to provide opportunities for Deaf and other-abled artists to contribute to the arts and larger society, increasing awareness around Deaf issues via the performing arts.
Read MoreFounded in 1974, The Joel Hall Dancers (JHD) have a rich, 44 year history. Today, over 4 decades later, JHD continues to dazzle audiences in venues throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, across the country, and around the world.
Having dedicated his life to the development of what he calls Urban Jazz Dance, a method that translates life experience through dance, Joel has touched the lives of thousands of young artists.
Read MoreJazz Inc was founded in 2006 as a Boston-based, jazz dance company seeking to bridge the gap between concert and commercial dance. Exploring musicality, jazz styles, contemporary dance, and musical theatre styles, we aim to redefine our audiences' expectations of concert jazz dance and commercial theatre. Our dancers hail from diverse backgrounds and are highly technically trained, while infusing their own voice and personality into the choreography. Jazz Inc actively seeks to produce work that integrates dance with other art forms, such as music, photography, film, theatre, and sculpture.
Read MoreInaside Chicago Dance advances innovative artistry through choreography, performances, and educational programs to heighten the state of the art in the Midwest. The vision of Inaside Chicago Dance is to enrich the art form of dance by nurturing the dancer as a performer, choreographer and teacher and by making dance accessible to all ages through performances, workshops and outreach.
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