Dance for Life announces lineup for 2025, its biggest in decades
Dance for Life has announced the lineup for its 2025 performance and gala in August at the Auditorium Theatre and Venue SIX10.
The list of Chicago-area dance companies participating this summer includes the Chicago Tap All-Stars, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, the Joffrey Ballet, Movement Revolution Dance Crew, South Chicago Dance Theatre, Trinity Irish Dance Company and Visceral Dance Chicago, plus a first-time appearance for Aerial Dance Chicago. Choreographer Jonathan Alsberry, who contributed in 2024, will return to create the performance's finale, a work including dancers from across the Chicago area.
Dance for Life 2025 co-chairs are Jamin and Ekua McGinnis.
This will be the 34th annual fundraiser for the nonprofit Chicago Dance Health Fund, and according to an announcement Thursday, it will have the largest lineup since 1993. More information about the works the companies are performing will be announced in June.
Dance for Life was launched in 1992 to raise money to support Chicago-area dancers in response to the AIDS crisis. In the years since, it formed as a nonprofit and expanded its mission to provide financial support for preventive health care and medical needs for members of Chicago's professional dance community.
6 p.m. at The Auditorium, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, followed by an After Party Gala at Venue SIX10, 610 S. Michigan Ave.; tickets ($45-$125 for the performance only, $500 for performance and gala) go on sale June 3 at 312-341-2300 and auditoriumtheatre.org. A presale runs May 13 to June 3 with $125 tickets available for $75; use code DFLPRESALE.
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