Season 43 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

20/21: A virtual homecoming

Season 43

Innovative and inspiring, our first-ever virtual season features acclaimed and emerging artists pushing into the unknown to create contemporary dance that speaks powerfully to our present moment.

During this pandemic, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has never stopped creating. We are presenting Season 43 free of charge thanks to our generous donors. If you would like to support us in this work, please click below.

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A film by Jie-Hung Connie Shiau | Premiered June 2021

Greener Grass

Featuring the full company of Hubbard Street dancers, Shiau offers this 34-minute work as a condemnation of what she describes as a "violent, machine-like" cultural erasure and a rallying call to disrupt it.

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A film by Robyn Mineko Williams | Premiered June 2021

Ended When

Ended When is a short film by acclaimed choreographer Robyn Mineko Williams featuring an excerpt of her popular work Cloudline, performed by Hubbard Street Dancer Alysia Johnson with music by Alencia Norris.

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A film by Robyn Mineko Williams | Premiered May 2021

Half of Us

At times playful and pensive, experience the mesmerizing ebb and flow of melody and movement, as two dancers and two musicians merge their artistry upon a lonely landscape.

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a film by penny saunders | premiered march 2021

In Any Event

Featuring the Hubbard Street Dancers at their best in a beautiful and sweeping blend of solos, duets, and trios, this film compassionately peels back the complex layers of perspective, reflection, and memory that imbue life’s momentous occasions with meaning.

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a film by jonathan fredrickson | premiered December 2020

The Sky Was Different

This surreal and stunning film blends dance, verse, and music into a dream-like journey through the imaginations of the Hubbard Street Dancers.

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a film by rena butler | premiered october 2020

A Tale of Two

Created, filmed, and scored in Chicago during the summer of 2020, the work is filled with tension and tenderness, reflecting the vulnerability of youth in a violent world.

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Five choreographers — all former Hubbard Street Dancers — come home this year to collaborate with the company on a groundbreaking virtual season.

Rena Butler

Co-Director and Choreographer, A Tale of Two
Hubbard Street Dancer 2017 - 2020

Jonathan Fredrickson

Co-Director and Choreographer, The Sky Was Different
Hubbard Street Dancer 2011 - 2015

Penny Saunders

Co-Director and Choreographer, In Any Event
Hubbard Street Dancer 2004 - 2016

Robyn Mineko Williams

Co-Director and Choreographer, Half of Us and Ended When
Hubbard Street Dancer 2000 - 2012

Jie-Hung Connie Shiau

Co-Director and Choreographer, Greener Grass
Hubbard Street Dancer 2018 - 2020