ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL DANCE FESTIVAL
Save The Dates!
Saturday, October 14th, 2023
Fall Dance Festival & Professional Company Performance at Evanston Township High School,
with a special performance by GIORDANO DANCE CHICAGO
We look forward to seeing all Illinois High School dance students there!
Friday, April 5, 2023
Student Choreography State Showcase at Barrington High School
*Information and Dates regarding Auditions will be TBA in August
Congratulations to the selected All-State Dancers Schools in our
2023 Student Choreography State Showcase!
Auditions for the 2023 All-State Choreography Showcase were held on
March 11th, congrats to the following schools for being accepted out of
over 40 dances into the showcase on April 14th.
Below are the selected all-state dances, in show order:
"Kenchella" - Kenwood Academy
"My Way" - Prospect High School
"Insanity" - Buffalo Grove High School
"Wistful Moment" - Adlai E. Stevenson High School
"Transcend" - Niles West High School
"Her" - John Hersey High School
"Get it Together" - Whitney Young Magnet High School
"Hollow' - Rolling Meadows High School
"Is This Enough" - Barrington High School
"Loss of Sight" - Riverside Brookfield High School
"In Liminality" - Highland Park High School
The Illinois High School Dance Festival is traditionally an annual gathering of high school dancers and their teachers. This exciting day of dance includes four master classes, a professional company performance, and a student choreography showcase. High school students from Illinois are given the opportunity to take class with some of Chicago's premiere teachers, choreographers and performers. Teachers are able to network, enhance lesson plans through class participation and also enjoy two fabulous dance concerts alongside their students. The Festival provides a dance intensive experience with many styles of dance. Students and teachers are able to share this day with their peers throughout the state in an effort to create connections, to learn through similarities and differences in our programs and to simply appreciate the art of dance!
Please contact ihsdancefestival@gmail.com for any questions, details, and/or interest!