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Hubbard Street Dance has new artistic director
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An accomplished dancer and educator who got her start with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will return to the company next month as its new artistic director.
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell will assume the role on March 1, succeeding Glenn Edgerton, who stepped down in 2020 after 11 years with the company.
“Ms. Fisher-Harrell has the vision, experience and relationships to rebuild excitement for dance as a vital and dynamic contemporary art form as we gradually return to the stage in the next year,” Steven Collens, chairman of the troupe’s board of directors said in a statement. “Her extraordinary career to date as an artist and educator make her the ideal individual to advance Hubbard Street’s rich culture of learning, growth, and the creative process.”