Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Hubbard dancers jazz up Ravinia

The Hubbard Street Dance Company, which opened its annualRavinia Festival season yesterday, is dancing two different programsthrough Sunday in the Ravinia pavilion.

At 8 tonight, Lou Conte's popular company dances "Line Drive,"a jazzy piece by Conte and his assistant artistic director, ClaireBataille; the witty "The Envelope" by David Parsons; "Decisions,Decisions, Decisions" by Richard Levi; the tango-derived "Cobras inthe Moonlight" by Margo Sappington, and "The '40s," which Conte setto Big Band music.

The evening's Chicago area premiere will be "Rose from theBlues," a three-part work by Conte, Levi and Hubbard Street dancerRick Hilsabeck to music of Willie …

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