Season 51 Half Pass | Fuse. Converge. Connect.

Fuse. Converge. Connect. January through May 2025 at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago

"Season 51 is the first Dance Center season as part of Columbia College Chicago's newly created School of Theatre and Dance and an opportunity for all of us to come together through dance to connect, witness, research, experiment, practice, imagine, and grow." - Artistic Director Meredith Sutton

Witness dance created and performed by established artists and student dancemakers at the shows. Move with one another through the Friday Class Series - for adults at all levels and abilities - 10:30-11:50am every Friday from February 14 through March 21.

Join us as we get at the heart of why dance is a ubiquitous phenomenon across all societies and cultures.

As a Half Pass Show & Class Holder, you can

- Save more than 50% over purchasing single tickets to each offering a la carte and

- Prioritize opportunities to be connected with your own body, to be inspired by dance artists pushing boundaries, and to meet other dance enthusiasts this coming winter/spring.

Box Office staff will contact Pass Holders via email prior to each program to reserve your preferred days and times.

All programming is general admission and takes place at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, 1306 S Michigan AVE, Chicago, IL 60605.

Season 51 January-May Programming...

MARAÑA’S ORGANISMO (Jan. 23-25, 2025)
An immersion into an organism created from wool, sounds, colors and textures combined with circus acrobatics, dance, rhythms, and music. Organismo’s Idea and Performance Director Paula Riquelme is a Chilean artist based in Berlin. Organismo is presented in partnership with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival, the largest event dedicated to the art form in North America.

MUSICAL THEATRE DANCE CABARET (February 20-21, 2025)
Dive into the School of Theatre and Dance when student choreographers and performers from both Theatre and Dance bring their original take to musical theatre dance numbers.

B-SERIES FESTIVAL: B-YOND BORDERS (February 27-March 1, 2025)
B-yond Borders: Celebrating the kinships and impact of Global Afrodiasporic street and social dancing, co-curated by Daniel “BRAVEMONK” Haywood and Kelsa “K-Soul” Rieger-Haywood, brings together guest artists and community members to honor the nuance and specificity of African and American street and social dances, the relationships and influences between them, and their immense global impact across bodies, disciplines and cultures through workshops, conversations, film screenings, fashion show and a dance jam including performances and battles.

CHICAGO SOLO SPOTLIGHT FESTIVAL (Mar. 13-15, 2025)
The Dance Center continues to spotlight Chicago dance artists who are pushing the boundaries of the form. The 2025 Festival features two world premieres: THICK: a crumbling freak show by Jenn Freeman | Po’Chop and Cosmic Docks by Nora Sharp.

SPRING FORWARD: Student Performance Night (Apr. 10-11, 2025)
Tap into the energetic lift of early spring harnessed through the soaring creativity of student choreographers collaborating with Theater lighting designers on original, brand new, short works.

16 (Apr. 17-19, 2025)
Red Clay Dance Company makes its highly anticipated return to the Dance Center in a program featuring a world premiere by legendary, award-winning choreographer Bebe Miller alongside Artistic Director and inaugural Walder Platform Awardee Vershawn Sanders-Ward's re-staging of Written on the Flesh. 16 is presented in partnership with Red Clay Dance Company.

DELVE: Faculty & Alumni Concert (May 8-9, 2025)
The Dance Center’s renowned professional dance faculty and alumni choreograph new works performed by students.

WITH INCANDESCENCE: BFA Capstone Concert (May 15-16, 2025)
Season 51 culminates with the graduating class of Dance BFAs Kayla Hansen, Konnie Kakridas, Aly Owens, and Rhianna Young’s original works drawing upon their years of study and practice at the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago.

Season 51 is made possible in partnership with Chicago International Puppet Theatre Festival, Kalapriya Center for Indian Arts, and Red Clay Dance Company and with the support of Alphawood Foundation, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Illinois Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation. Additional support for She’s Auspicious was provided by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Pictured left to right: Isabel Bastardo, Carissa Bracken, Bella Shea, Mia Garza, Aly Owens from Mosaic in Motion by Se'Niyah Tribble; Photo by William Frederking.

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