City Center's super-affordable festival is a smorgasbord for dance lovers. Each evening features a sampling of international superstars and local favorites: 20 companies and artists take part in five different programs, each performed just twice. See the complete 2019 lineup below. (Note: Tickets tend to go fast.)
Program 1 (Oct 1, 2):
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: A Picture of You Falling (Crystal Pite)
Vuyani Dance Theatre (South Africa): Rise (Gregory Maqoma)
Misty Copeland: new work (Kyle Abraham)
Caleb Teicher & Company: Bzzzz (Caleb Teicher)
Program 2 (Oct 3, 4):
Mark Morris Dance Group: Eleven from Mozart Dances (Mark Morris)
Dyptik (France): Dans l’Engrenage (Mehdi Meghari and Souhail Marchiche)
The Washington Ballet: Shadow Lands (Dana Genshaft)
Malevo (Argentina): Salvaje (Matias Jaime)
Program 3 (Oct 5, 6):
The Mariinsky Ballet (Russia): At the Wrong Time (Alexander Sergeev)
English National Ballet (United Kingdom): Dust Duet (Akram Khan)
Skånes Dansteater (Sweden): Dare to Wreck (Madeleine Månsson & Peder Nilsson)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Lazarus (Act II) (Rennie Harris)
Program 4 (Oct 10, 11):
CNDC d’Angers (France): Beach Birds (Merce Cunningham)
Alicia Graf Mack: Come Sunday (Geoffrey Holder)
Madboots Dance: For Us (Jonathan Campbell and Austin Diaz)
Tayeh Dance with Moses Sumney: Unveiling (Sonya Tayeh)
Program 5 (Oct 12, 13):
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (Canada): Dance Me (Andonis Foniadakis and Ihsan Rustem)
Sara Mearns & Taylor Stanley: New York (Kim Brandstrup)
Monica Bill Barnes & Company: The Running Show (Monica Bill Barnes)
Martha Graham Dance Company: Chronicle (Martha Graham)