Innervation Dance Cooperative

Innervation Dance Cooperative Unveils Theater and Dance at Annual IDC Gala

"SWING, SWING, SWING"

Dinner, Music, Dancing, and a Sneak Preview by IDC

Saturday, March 20th, 8 p.m. to Midnight

110 West Kinzie Street, Chicago, IL 60654

$50 for full four hours (includes food provided by Mercadito)
$30 for after 10 p.m. admission

For photographs, interviews, and additional materials, please contact
Christine Talley at Christine.Talley@innervationdance.org
or call 312.285.5652

For immediate release:

CHICAGO — March 20, 2010 — SWING, SWING, SWING will include spectacular dining followed by a showcase of dance previews performed live by IDC company members. The evening will also include music by The Pin-Ups (“Chicago’s finest songbirds”), a swing lesson, raffles, and a fabulous silent and live auction.

Share a fun-filled night with IDC and help to fund our upcoming fall season, an original evening-length ballet that tells several Greek myths, set to popular music.

www.innervationdance.org/events.html

ABOUT INNERVATION DANCE COOPERATIVE

Since its founding in 1998, Innervation Dance Cooperative (previously Irreverence Dance + Theatre) has been finding ways to meld the art forms of theater and dance. In 2007, the right group of artists was in place to make the company a true democracy, giving each member a voice in the creation of work and the management of the organization - hence the "Cooperative" nature of IDC and the call for a change to the company's name. The Artistic Cooperative, made up of a creative group and an executive group, now consists of seven members: Molly Beck, Shayna Bjerke, Elisa Carlson, Amy Russell, Michael Sherman, Christine Talley, and Amy Williams. The name change also more accurately reflects the nature of the art we produce: innovative works that stimulate audiences. Each dancer and choreographer has a unique background, allowing the company to incorporate multiple disciplines of dance and theater through the combined artistic visions of the members of the Cooperative.

ID+T/IDC has performed at Dance Chicago, the Around the Coyote Arts Festival, Circle in the Square, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Fieldtrips, and the Vaudeville Underground, and has worked with Chicago choreographers such as Winifred Haun, Nicole Gifford, and Aaron Chen.