More than 250 appreciative supporters enjoyed a performance of the Chicago Dancing Festival at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Edlis Neeson Theater on Aug. 28. Founded in 2006 by the evening’s honoree, choreographer Lar Lubovitch and esteemed dancer Jay Franke, this marked the ninth summer that their Chicago Dancing Company NFP produced the five-day Chicago Dancing Festival.
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To date, the Festival has presented more than 70 local, national and international dance companies to more than 80,000 attendees — and always free of charge. The Festival’s mission is to present a wide variety of excellent dance, enrich the lives of the people of Chicago and provide increased accessibility to the art form, as well as to establish Chicago as a destination for dance. The 2015 event raised more than $150,000.