Chicago Dancing Festival FREE ticket release starts today at Noon

Chicago Dancing Festival FREE tickets release starts today at Noon

The Chicago Dancing Festival is a fabulous way to sample some of the best dance performances from internationally-renowned dance companies. Of course Chicago’s own Joffrey Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago are featured during the festival.

What will audiences enjoy? Co-producers Lar Lubovitch and Jay Franke included performances including ballet, modern and hip-hop dance companies. The Chicago Dancing Festival charms with its ability to move freely across dance genres.

All events are FREE, but the Harris Theater and Museum of Contemporary Art events do require tickets. July 8 at noon, tickets become available for the August 20 program – in person at the Harris Theater Box Office, 205 E. Randolph Drive, or by calling (312) 334-7777.  Limit two (2) tickets per order; tickets ordered by phone will be held at Will-Call for pick-up on July 8.

Tickets for the August 22 programs at the Museum of Contemporary Art will be available July 9 at noon -- in person at the MCA Stage Box Office, 220 E. Chicago Avenue, or by calling (312) 397-4010.  Limit two (2) tickets per order; tickets ordered by phone will be held at Will-Call for pick-up on July 9

If you are unable to get tickets today, you can try the stand-by line the day of each show. If tickets are unclaimed 15 minutes prior to the show start time, those seats become available to anyone in the stand-by line. Stand-by lines queue up one hour before each show. All seating is general admission, so there’s always a good chance you’ll get to see the show.

Here are the current line-ups for the two shows releasing tickets. As with all live performances, the line-up is subject to change.

Wednesday, August 20 – 7 pm

Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Street

The Chicago Dancing Festival opening night program will be simulcast on the outdoor screen of the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. 

A Gala Benefit on the Harris Terrace follows the free indoor program.

• Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, CDF original commission by Kyle Abraham    
• The Juilliard School, The Jig Is Up by Eliot Feld
• Martha Graham Dance Company, Errand into the Maze by Martha Graham
• Stars of American Ballet*, Fancy Free by Jerome Robbins

Friday, August 22 – 6 pm and 8 pm

Museum of Contemporary Art, 220 E. Chicago Avenue

An evening of duets

• Adam Barruch, Belladonna by Adam Barruch
• The Joffrey Ballet, Bells (excerpt) by Yuri Possokhov
• Martha Graham Dance Company, Errand into the Maze by Martha Graham
• Pam Tanowitz Dance*, Passagen by Pam Tanowitz (live music)