Chicago Dance Well being Fund, which supplies monetary aid for preventative well being care and demanding medical wants for Chicago dance trade professionals, proclaims the businesses taking part in Dance for Life 2025. The nonprofit group’s thirty fourth annual fundraiser takes place Saturday, August 16 at 6 p.m. at The Auditorium, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago, adopted by an After Get together Gala at Venue SIX10, 610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago.
The entire lineup of artists—the most important since 1993—contains returning corporations Chicago Faucet All-Stars, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Giordano Dance Chicago, Hubbard Road Dance Chicago, The Joffrey Ballet, Motion Revolution Dance Crew, South Chicago Dance Theatre, Trinity Irish Dance Firm, and Visceral Dance Chicago. Making its Dance for Life debut is Aerial Dance Chicago. Following his well-received Dance for Life choreographic debut in 2024, Jonathan Alsberry returns to create the finale, which options dancers from all through the Chicago space.
Chicago Dance Well being Fund will announce the works the businesses are performing in June.
“Dance for Life is among the most extremely anticipated occasions in Chicago yearly,” stated Chicago Dance Well being Fund Board President Pierre Désy. “The performances on stage are like nothing else you may see, however what’s much more essential is the rationale these superb artists come collectively—to help and rejoice our mission to make sure Chicago has a wholesome and thriving dance neighborhood. The proceeds Chicago Dance Well being Fund raises at Dance for Life—and all year long—assist deliver this imaginative and prescient to life.”
Dance for Life 2025 Co-Chairs are Jamin and Ekua McGinnis.
Dance for Life, a one-night-only celebration benefiting the Chicago Dance Well being Fund and AIDS Basis Chicago, unites skilled dance corporations and artists from throughout Chicago to showcase the town’s wealthy variety of dance kinds and traditions. This vibrant occasion brings collectively performers who generously donate their time and expertise to help their friends. Over its historical past, Dance for Life has raised over $8 million and featured greater than 50 Chicago-based dance corporations. Audiences get pleasure from an unforgettable night of various genres, showcasing corporations of various sizes and legacies, alongside a variety of choreographers, artists, and designers.
Tickets to Dance for Life are $500 for the efficiency and After Get together Gala and $45–125 for the efficiency solely. They go on sale June 3 at 312.341.2300, auditoriumtheatre.org, and The Auditorium Field Workplace. Group tickets (10 or extra) can be found by calling 312.341.2300.
Particular presale tickets can be found Might 13–June 3. $125 tickets are on sale for $75 with code DFLPRESALE.
The mission of the Chicago Dance Well being Fund is to foster the well being and wellness of greater than 150,000 Chicago dance professionals by offering monetary help for preventative well being care and demanding medical wants. Anybody working in or retired from an expert capability inside Chicago’s dance neighborhood—dancers, technical workers, directors, choreographers, instructors, accompanists, and extra—is eligible. To study extra, go to cdhf.org.
