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Katie Mccann

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  • https://danceintheparks.org/

Katie is a Chicago-based teacher and director. She graduated Summa cum Laude from Butler University’s with a degree in Arts Administration with a Dance concentration. Before moving to Chicago in 2004, she was a company member with Kentucky Ballet Theatre in Lexington, KY where she performed principal and soloist roles in Giselle, Paquita, Dracula, The Nutcracker, and various repertory pieces. In Chicago, she performed as a freelance dancer in works by choreographers Peter Carpenter, Autumn Eckman, Emily Stein, and August Tye, among others. Katie has taught ballet technique, pointe, and repertory classes to all ages and ability levels for twenty years. She is currently on faculty at Dance Academy of Libertyville and Extensions Dance Center. She has taught company class for professional companies in Chicago and was the ballet mistress for Nomi Dance Company. Her students have gone on to prestigious college dance programs and professional careers in the ballet, contemporary, and commercial dance industries. She is the founding director of the professional company Dance in the Parks. Dance in the Parks performs live, outdoor dance concerts in public parks throughout the city of Chicago in the summer. Photo by August Tye

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It’s #tilttuesday ! “To be yourself in a world It’s #tilttuesday ! “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reflecting back on the incredible memories and har Reflecting back on the incredible memories and hard work of our amazing artists from Starbound last weekend and excited to see them all shine on the stage again this weekend at Energy!
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Some of our Chicago City Classical Ballet dancers Some of our Chicago City Classical Ballet dancers attended and had a great time @universalballetcompetition a couple of weeks ago. It was our first year attending and WOW!  The talent was incredible and the classes were so fun and enlightening.  Highlights include Bianca, Lincoln & Ava placing in the overalls and Fiona, Bianca & Lincoln receiving multiple scholarships including a full scholarship to The Rock School summer program for Mr. Lincoln! Congratulations, dancers!!
Congratulations to our dancers who attended @artis Congratulations to our dancers who attended @artistssimplyhuman this past weekend!  Incredible and confident performances, lots of fun and inspiration in classes and all of you scholarship finalists!  We are so proud of you!
Some highlights include Technical excellence to @meli.lawler for her solo “Persist” choreographed by @hannaelisabeth , outstanding choreography to @_nicole_noe for her solo “In My Time” choreographed by @itsrickyroo AND  @shayna.sharpe_ , @emgov.8 & @_nicole_noe becoming ASH apprentices!  Also love spending time with Extensionite @sasha.zitser who is traveling as part of the ASH company this year!  Thank you for an amazing weekend @artistssimplyhuman !!! ❤️⭐️
Until next time @nycda ❤️ Some highlights from Until next time @nycda ❤️ Some highlights from our weekend included Mini critics choice: “Alloy” by Lizzie Mackenzie, Teen Critics choice and the highest score of the weekend (.5 from a perfect score at 299.5!!!!). “The Healer” by Lizzie Mackenzie & Jackie Nowicki and Senior critics choice “Finding Your Light” by Imani English.  So many overalls and scholarships to boot and we are so PROUD of our company dancers.  Let’s keep it going, we’re just beginning 💪🏼🔥.
It’s been 2 weeks since NYCDA. We are still fly It’s been 2 weeks since NYCDA.  We are still flying high from the experience and we have been enjoying the constructive and very thoughtful critiques from the competition. Thankyou @nycda!! Wishing our dancers good luck at @artistssimplyhuman and @universalballetcompetition this weekend!  Here are some great shots by @evolvephotovideo from our performances at NYCDA ❤️
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Let your light shine for the world to see! ✨✨. Let your light shine for the world to see! ✨✨. Happy Saturday, friends and fam…Vibes are 🙌🏻🙌🏻
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