Freed Center for the Performing Arts
Ada, OH

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Help support Children's Memorial Hospital by dancing for 13.1 hours and get a special performance by Be the Groove while you're dancing.

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Be the Groove performs at halftime at Welsh-Ryan Arena as the Northwestern Wildcats take on the Wisconsin Badgers. With special guests Boomshaka.

Be the Groove will be performing at Hawthorn Mall on the lower level between the GAP and H&M to celebrate Hanukkah with the Jewish Community Center of Chicago. This free program runs from 10am-Noon, with Be the Groove performing at 11.

122 Hawthorn Center
Vernon Hills, IL 60061

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Chicago’s finest cutting-edge performers will have their chance to shine during Dance Chicago’s Fringe Carnival. Improvisational dancers and one-of-a-kind companies will push the boundaries of dance and performance to the edge in this unique event.

Theatre Building Chicago

1225 Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL 60657

The Chicago Tap Summit; 5th Anniversary Celebration will include an array of master classes for all levels of tap dancers, along with history sessions (complete with rare footage of some of the all time greats of tap), a participants’ showcase, a panel discussion and our popular “LIVE THE HISTORY” lecture/demonstration which takes you through TAP history by the legends who lived it. The festival will wrap up with an electrifying concert “TAKE 5” featuring all faculty, guests and the M.A.D.D. Rhythms family. This year’s concert will feature Be The Groove, The FootworKingz (Finalists on America’s Got Talent, Touring with Madonna), The Primeridian (Underground Hip Hop, Jazz, Soul and Funk eclectic group) and The Hip Hop ConnXion (one of the leading hip hop dance troupes in Chicago). Chicago’s Ben “Jammin” Johnson will serve as musical director, providing live Jazz-Hip Hop-R&B-Classical-Rock-Gospel music.

The Harold Washington Cultural Center
4701 S. King Drive
Chicago, IL. 60615

Arts + Humanities Month
FREE Dance Showcase

The Louis Theater at Northwestern University
20 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
847-491-7282

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Join NBA Superstar and hometown hero, Dwyane Wade, in a fun filled evening showcasing Chicago area’s home-grown talent. A variety of performers (singers, dancers, musicians, beat boxer, and more) will compete to become the winner of the 1st annual “D. Wade’s Chicago Has Talent Presented by Gatorade,” with a celebrity host, performer and judges. All net proceeds from the event will benefit Wade’s World Foundation supporting local charities. For more information on the Wade’s World Weekend visit: www.wadesworldfoundation.org

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Building Stage Chicago
412 N Carpenter St
Chicago, IL

The indeninable, often quirky, always tall Josh Weckesser is at it again with what is fast becoming an annual event on par with Lollapalooza, only for dance: the Josh Weckesser Dance Spectacular. The Fourth Annual JWDS, subtitled Big Time!, will be an evening of new dances, visual artistry, comedy, and of course, Josh himself. With sights so fantastic, so incredible, and curiosities so shocking you'll demand your money back (but you won't get it).

Tickets for all shows are $15 or $10 with a hard luck story available at the door by cash or credit (hard luck story need not be true, and the best hard luck story gets their money back)

*Starring*
Synapse Arts Collective
Kinetic Dust
Matt Griffo
Brandy White
Sarah Winkler
Be the Groove
Stephanie Paul
Josh Weckesser

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Friday, June 26, 2009 - 6:30 & 8:30pm
Saturday, July 4, 2009 - 4:30 & 6:30pm
Saturday, July 25, 2009 - 6:30 & 8:30pm
Saturday, August 15, 2009 - 6:30 & 8:30pm

Free forty minute performances

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Be the Groove is back with the Chicago Human Rhythm Project on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion stage for a second time! This year's performance will once again feature CHRP's amazing faculty, talented youth tap ensembles and others in Chicago's single largest celebration of tap and percussive dance!

The performance is free and open to the public.

Featuring:

• Be the Groove
• Boitsov Ballet
• South Shore Drill Team
• CHRP's performing ensemble BAM!
• Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards
• Tappers with Attitude Youth Tap Ensemble
• Footprints Tap Ensemble
• Step Afrika's Jakari Sherman and Steppers
• Vijay Tellis-Nayak Septet
• Jason Janas
• North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble

Be the Groove performs from 8:15–9:00pm

Gillson Park
Wilmette, IL

Be the Groove headlines Monday night at the Taste Stage.

Grant Park
Jackson Blvd. & Columbus Dr.
Chicago IL 60604

Viking Park
Gurnee, IL

Petty Auditorium, Skokie Public Library
5215 Oakton
Skokie, IL 60077