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Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project to present dance concert 'Sans Pareil'
--From a press release
2023-03-14
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Deeply Rooted Dance Theater joins the Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project again to take the stage in a dance concert entitled Sans Pareil—French for "unparalleled," a nod to the Haitian lineage of Chicago's founder, Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable.
Launched in 2019, Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project was created to celebrate and strengthen Black dance in Chicago and beyond. The CBDLP'S recently announced cohort includes Deeply Rooted Dance Theater and five other returning companies - Chicago Multi-Cultural Dance Center & Hiplet Ballerinas, Forward Momentum Chicago, Joel Hall Dancers & Center, Najwa Dance Corps, and Muntu Dance Theatre - as well as four new additions: M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Move Me Soul, Praize Productions, and The Era Footwork Collective.
Saturday, March 25
Company Performances at 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 26
Youth Show at 2 PM
Company Performances at 6 p.m.
Location:
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 East 60th Street
Chicago, Illinois
Tickets:
$25 General | $10 Students and Seniors (62+) |
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