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Chicago Winter Dance 2011

Join the party at Jay Pritzker Pavilion this February and cut a rug with free dancing and dance instruction in a variety of styles! Enjoy one-hour lessons, led by professional dance instructors, before hitting the dance floor with the extraordinary view of the cityscape beyond the retractable glass doors on the enclosed stage of the Pritzker Pavilion.

Weekly Schedule of Dance Styles
February 5 – 27: Saturdays & Sundays
Session I: Lessons 1 – 2 pm; Open dancing 2 – 3:30 pm
Session II: Lessons 5 – 6 pm; Open dancing 6 – 7:30 pm

Saturday, February 5: Waltz, Fox-Trot
Instructors: Fred Astaire Dance Studio – Michigan Avenue
Live Music: The Ron Smolen Orchestra
Sunday, February 6: Mambo, Cha-Cha (Session I); Salsa, Bachata (Session II) Instructors: Latin Dance Academy of Salsa
DJ: DJ Arlo

Saturday, February 12: Tango
Instructors: American Tango Institute
Live Music: Tangata

Sunday, February 13: Swing
Instructors: Big City Swing
Live Music: The Flat Cats

Saturday, February 19: The Charleston
Instructors: The Galaxie
Live Music: The Fat Babies

Sunday, February 20: Steppin’
Instructors: Dawud Shareef and Lura Satterfield
DJ: Sam Chapman

Saturday, February 26: Cha-Cha, Rumba
Instructors: Chicago Dance- Tommye Giacchino and Gregory Day
DJ: El Caobo

Sunday, February 27: Dances of the Balkans: Kolo, Oro, Horo, and Cocek
Instructors: Galia Miloucheva & John Kuo
Live Music: Orchestra Balkana

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