SummerDance
Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park, 601 S. Michigan Ave.
The 14th Annual Chicago SummerDance is an eleven‑week festival featuring one‑hour dance lessons by professional instructors, followed by two hours of live music and dancing on a 4,600 square foot open‑air dance floor in the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park. Admission is free.
Thursday, June 17 – Sunday, August 29
Thursday- Saturday Lessons: 6-7 pm Live music: 7:30-9:30 pm
Sundays Lessons: 4-5 pm Live music: 5-7 pm
June 17
Tango 21 (Argentine Tango lesson)
Raul Jaurena & Tangata featuring Eduardo Nijensohn (Tango, Milonga music)
June 18
Lisa “La Boriqua” (Merengue, Bachata, Cumbia, Salsa lesson)
Carpacho y su Super Combo (Colombian, Salsa
June 19
Margot McGraw-Toppen & Riley Wimes, Jr. (Jitterbug lesson)
Outcast Jazz Band (Big Band Swing music)
June 20
BallroomChicago.com (Rumba lesson)
Teddy Lee Orchestra (Ballroom music)
June 24
Erika Ochoa (Middle Eastern Bellydance lesson)
Omar Souleyman (Syrian Street-level Folk-Pop and Dabke music)
June 25
Tommye Giacchino & Gregory Day (East Coast Swing lesson)
Thomas Gunther Jazz Band (Classic Swing music)
June 26
Majestic Gents (Chicago Steppin’ lesson)
DJ Mellow Khris (Chicago Steppin’ music)
June 27
Lisa “La Boriqua” (Merengue, Bachata, Cha-Cha, Salsa lesson)
Afinca’o (Salsa, Mambo music) Part of Latin Street Salsa Congreso 2010
July 1
Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society (Greek Folk Dance lesson)
Orpheus Hellenic Folklore Society Music Ensemble (Greek Folk music)
July 2
ARTango Center (Argentine Tango lesson)
Narcotango (Tango Electrónico music)
July 8
René Cardoza (Tambora lesson)
Banda Manzanera (Mexican Folk Brass, Sinaloense music)
July 9
Monica Vachlon & Louie Stallone (Cajun Two-Step & Waltz lesson)
Red Stick Ramblers (Swing, Country & Cajun music)
July 10
Buddy Bates & Rebecca Unger (Zydeco lesson)
Jeffrey Broussard & The Creole Cowboys (Zydeco music)
July 11
BallroomChicago.com (Mambo lesson)
John Burnett Orchestra (Vintage Big Band/Ballroom music)
July 15
Soham Dance Space (Bhangra lesson)
Red Baraat (Punjabi Funk music)
July 16
Big City Swing (East Coast Swing lesson)
The Flat Cats (Jump Blues, Swing music)
July 17
Latin Rhythms (Salsa lesson)
Grupo Rebolu (Salsa Dura music)
July 18
Fred Astaire Dance Studio, Michigan Ave. (Fox Trot lesson)
Steve Cooper Orchestra (Ballroom music)
July 22
Kimosha P. Murphy (African Diaspora Dance lesson)
Chicago Afrobeat Project (Afrobeat Dance Band music)
July 23
Dawud Shareef & Lura Satterfield (Steppin’ lesson)
The Etcetera Band (Steppin music)
July 24
Tommye Giacchino & Gregory Day (Salsa lesson)
Angel Melendez & The 911 Mambo Orchestra Tribute to El Cantante (Traditional Salsa music)
July 25
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Waltz lesson)
The Weiss Brothers (Ballroom music)
July 29
Ethnic Dance Chicago (Klezmer Dance: Freylekhs, Sher, Hora, Nigun, and Kolomeike lesson)
Tum Balalaika Klezmer Band (Traditional Russian, Yiddish, Klezmer, and Gypsy music)
July 30
Big City Swing (Jitterbug lesson)
The Boilermaker Jazz Band (Authentic Swing and Jazz music)
July 31
The Galaxie (Western Swing lesson)
The Western Elstons (Texas Swing, Western Swing music)
August 1
Kasper Dance Studio (Cha- Cha lesson)
Nancy Hays & The Romance of Dance Orchestra (Ballroom music)
August 5
Ethnic Dance Chicago (Polka, Waltz, Oberek, Mazur, and Csardas lesson)
Eddie Korosa, Jr. & His Boys from Illinois (Polka Music)
August 12
Passistas Samba Dance Group (Samba lesson)
Chicago Samba (Brazilian Street Samba music)
August 13
Miguel Mendez (Salsa, Cha- Cha lesson)
Samuel del Real y su Orquesta (Tropical Salsa Music)
August 14
Andy Cruz (Mambo lesson)
Charanga Tropical (Cuban Salsa with Strings music)
August 15
Kasper Dance Studio (Jive lesson)
Lonny Lynn Orchestra (Ballroom music)
August 19
Balkanski Igri (Horo, Rachenitsa lesson)
Kabile (Traditional Bulgarian Folk music)
August 20
Margot McGraw-Toppen & Riley Wimes, Jr. (East Coast Swing lesson)
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan (Gypsy Swing music)
August 21
Latin Rhythms (Bachata, Cha-Cha lesson)
Orquesta La Inspiracion (Old School Salsa music)
August 22
Arthur Murray Dance Center (East Coast Swing lesson)
Chicago Grandstand Big Band (Big Band music)
August 26
American Tango Institute (Argentine Tango lesson)
Argentina Tango On Stage Ensemble (Golden Age Tango music)
August 27
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Swing and 50s & 60s Fad Dances: Pony, Mashed Potato, and Twist lesson)
The Ragtops (50s & 60s Oldies Dance music)
August 28
MayIHaveThisDance.com (Salsa, Merengue lesson)
Naborí (Traditional Salsa music)
August 29
Fred Astaire Dance Studio , Michigan Ave. (East Coast Swing, Jitterbug lesson)
Sam Burckhardt Nonet (Swing music)
