Chicago Dancing Festival announces program

The second Chicago Dancing Festival has announced its complete lineup for the two free programs to be presented Aug. 18 and 20 -- a Chicago Dancing Festival production in association with the Museum of Contemporary Art and the City of Chicago-Millennium Park.

The "20th Century Masters" program slated for 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph, will include works by these five choreographers:

•   George Balanchine: The pas de deux "Rubies," from "Jewels," to music by Igor Stravinsky, danced by Yuka Iino and Ronnie Underwood of Oregon Ballet Theatre; and "Tzigane, to music by Maurice Ravel, danced by members of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, which is making its Chicago debut.

•   Jose Limon: "The Moor's Pavane: Variations on a Theme of Othello," to the music of Henry Purcell, performed by members of the Limon Dance Company.

•   Martha Graham: "Cave of the Heart," to the music of Samuel Baber, danced by members of the Martha Graham Dance Company.

•   Paul Taylor: "Cloven Kingdom," to music of Corelli and Henry Cowell and Malloy Miller, dance by the Joffrey Ballet.

•   Lar Lubovitch: "Concerto Six Twenty-Two," a work set to Mozart, in its Chicago premiere, performed by the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

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