Dance For Life 2021 Returns To Live Stage This Summer
For the first time in the event s history, admission is free.by BWW News Desk
Chicago Dancers United (CDU), which supports the health and wellness of Chicago s professional dance community, announces that its primary annual fundraiser, Dance for Life, will take place live and in person on Thursday, August 26 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. For the first time in the event s history, admission is free.
Dance for Life raises money for The Dancers Fund, which provides financial support for preventive health care and critical medical needs to any member of Chicago s professional dance community. The event showcases the city s unique variety of dance traditions and styles by bringing together professional dancers from Chicago on the same stage. Dancers unite to support their peers by generously donating their time, energy, and artistry. Throughout its history, Dance for Life has presented nearly 40 Chi
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As a highlight of its previously announced Interview Marathon on January 31, Chicago Dance History Project (CDHP) presents its inaugural Maurice Seymour Award for Vision and Service to Scott Silberstein, producer and co-founder of HMS Media, the Emmy Award-winning multimedia company that creates broadcast, online, and mobile content. Maurice Seymour was actually two brothers, Maurice and Seymour Zeldman, who combined their names when launching their photo studios. Though the Chicago-based Seymour photographed numerous celebrities in a variety of professions, many people knew of him especially for his ballet photos, collected in two volumes. The Maurice Seymour Award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated the ability to see more in the Chicago dance world and made an extraordinary contribution in specific alignment with CDHP s mission to investigate, document, and present the individual and institutional histories of Chicago dance.