Duncan Dance Chicago

Duncan Dance Chicago is Chicago's singular dance organization designed with the authentic legacy of Isadora Duncan's Dance-Art, offering classes, workshops and performances in the technique of Isadora Duncan, the mother of modern dance.  All dance-lovers are welcome to experience learning in a fun, non-competitive, small-group class setting.

2010 Classes

Each class includes a therapeutic warm-up, traditional and contemporary Duncan exercises with barre, across the floor movements, structured improvisation and segments of historical repertory.

Saturdays 2:30pm - 4:00pm
@ Lou Conte Dance Studio
1147 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL
Dance Training Required

Mondays 6-7:30pm
@ Boitsov Classical Ballet Studio
Fine Arts Building, 3rd floor
410 S. Michigan Ave.
No Previous Training Required

Class Fee:  Sliding Scale $15-$20/class.  Please make payment directly to instructor.

Performances

Duncan Dance Chicago will be performing this Spring, so SAVE THE DATES!

Sunday March 21, 2010
Duncan Dance Chicago Studio Salon Performance
@ Lou Conte Dance Studio

Saturday May 22, 2010
Duncan Dance Chicago and Guest Artists Spring Salon Performance
@ Curtis Theater, Fine Arts Building, 10th Floor

Previous Performances

Smithsonian American Art Museum Performance
"The Art of Isadora Duncan: Inspirations in Nature & Art"
Presented by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Valerie Durham and The Duncan Dancers with special guest artists Angela D'Onofrio, Roberta Hoffman, Jennifer Sprowl, Cynthia Word, and Ingrid Zimmer
Wednesday, September 9, 5:15pm and 6:15pm
McEvoy Auditorium
Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery
Washington, DC
Performance free and open to the public

Duncan Dance Chicago dancers Jennifer Sprowl and Angela D'Onofrio appeared as special guest artists in a dance presentation of historic Isadora Duncan repertory at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday, Sept. 9th. The program included the premiere of a special new choreography "The Four Sylvan Sounds" inspired by the oil on wood panels by Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938). Choreography by Valerie Durham in the style of Isadora Duncan to the music of "A Hermit Thrush at Eve" by Amy Beach (1867-1944).

About Jennifer Sprowl

*Jennifer Sprowl is a 4th generation Duncan Dancer who was a founding member of Lori Belilove & Company in New York City, training directly with Duncan Dance luminaries Lori Belilove, Hortense Kooluris and Julia Levien. She has worked with the Rebecca Kelly Dance Company, Bill Evans, Eleanor King and many other modern dance masters. Jennifer is certified as an Active Isolated Stretch practitioner based on the “Wharton” technique and in Shiatsu with the Ohashi Method. As the sole professional Duncan Dancer in the Chicago area, she has mounted several innovative stagings of the Duncan repertory for Momenta Dance in Oakpark, IL, and teaches the Duncan technique in the Chicago area. Her uplifting, holistic approach to dance makes her classes and coaching in the Duncan technique a pure, authentic and powerful experience.

Contact

Duncan Dance Chicago
Jennifer Sprowl or Angela D'Onofrio
Email: duncanchicago@gmail.com
Phone: (312)461-0108
Mail: 899 S. Plymouth CT. Apt. 1703, Chicago, IL. 60605.