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Red Clay Dance Launches Dance Pamoja Challenge in Response to COVID-19

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Vickie Moore 125 Views COVID-19, Red Clay Dance Company, Vershawn Sanders-Ward

Red Clay Dance Company (RCDC), a nonprofit dance company that creates and performs a diverse repertoire of Afro-contemporary dance, is stepping up in the fight against the threat of COVID-19 in its community with the Dance Pamoja Challenge, a 12-month project beginning June 1 that focuses on controlling blood pressure, building resilience, and preventing death from COVID-19 among African-American families living on Chicago’s South Side.

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Auditorium Theatre Awarded $425K Grant from the MacArthur Foundation

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Vickie Moore 130 Views Auditorium Theatre, MacArthur Foundation

The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University has been awarded a $425,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The five-year grant will help strengthen the theater’s diverse programming, extend community outreach and education efforts, and support restoration and preservation initiatives.

Dance Spring 2020

Body Language

March 29, 2020March 29, 2020 Fred Cummings 210 Views

Using the language of dance, Chicago’s Red Clay Dance Company explores prevalent issues emanating from the world around us via

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American Arts Alliance to Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Justice Is Ours

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Vickie Moore 118 Views

The African American Arts Alliance has announced Justice Is Ours, the 4th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr, Day Celebration (a dedication of dance, song, poetry and music), on January 19, 2015.

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Whipped Dream

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 David Henley 132 Views

First American Ballet Theatre Artist-In-Residence and 2013 MacArthor Foundation Fellow Alexander Ratmansky is known for tackling weighty, sober works on the grandest of scales. His work at the Bolshoi

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A Decade at the Harris

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 Vickie Moore 109 Views 0 Comments

With performances that both reflect on the past decade and reach toward the future, the Harris Theater for Music and