Hubbard Street's Youth Dance Programs Offer Pop-Up Camps for CPS Students

Hubbard Street Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton and Kathryn Humphreys, Director of the organization's Youth, Education and Community Programs, are pleased to announce unique, day-long dance classes on all 2016 dates during which regularly scheduled Chicago Public Schools classes are not in session due to the Chicago Teachers Union strike. Hubbard Street's Pop-Up Camps will not be offered on Saturdays, Sundays, or days off already scheduled by Chicago Public Schools.

Based on and aligned with Hubbard Street's Youth Dance Programs curriculum, which focuses on creativity and the techniques that support contemporary dance, these Pop-Up Camps will be offered from 9am-4pm at the Hubbard Street Dance Center, located at 1147 West Jackson Boulevard at South Racine Avenue in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, easily accessible via the Eisenhower Expressway (I-290), the CTA Blue Line (Forest Park branch to Racine) and numerous CTA bus routes including 7 Harrison, 9 Ashland, 20 Madison, 60 Blue Island and 126 Jackson.

Pop-Up Camps for dancers ages 5-7 will draw upon Hubbard Street's Creative Movement curriculum, through which students create their own choreography, individually as well as collaboratively in groups.

Pop-Up Camps for dancers ages 8-12 will draw upon Hubbard Street's Open Studio and Academy Track curricula, focused on the techniques that support contemporary dance - ballet, jazz, hip-hop and modern - as well as the unique histories and traditions of each of these styles.

First registrations for Pop-Up Camps are $100 per child, per day, with the option to register additional family members at $75 per child. Full-week Pop-Up Camps registrations, subject to availability and space permitting, are $400 per child, per week. Drop-in registrations are also subject to availability, beginning at 8:30am each day before camps begin.

Hubbard Street's Youth Dance Programs staff strongly recommend registering in advance, or calling ahead to confirm availability. For more information and to register, visithubbardstreetdance.com/youthdance or call 312-850-9744 ext.139. For more information about the camps, email youth@hubbardstreetdance.com.

About Hubbard Street
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's core purpose is to bring artists, art and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate, transform and change lives through the experience of dance. Celebrating Season 39 in 2016-17, under the artistic leadership of Glenn Edgerton, Hubbard Street continues to innovate, supporting ascendant creative talent while presenting repertory by internationally recognized living artists. Hubbard Street has grown through the establishment of multiple platforms alongside the Lou Conte Dance Studio - now in its fifth decade of providing a wide range of public classes and pre-professional training - while extensive Youth, Education, Community, Adaptive Dance and Family Programs keep the organization deeply connected to its hometown. Visit hubbardstreetdance.com for artist profiles, touring schedules and much more.

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