Ruth Page Center for the Arts

In honor of Juneteenth, the Ruth Page Center for the Arts will be closed on Friday, June 19. We encourage our community to take this day to reflect, learn, and celebrate Black freedom and culture. ✊🏾❤️💛💚

🎉 Join us TODAY, Friday, June 12th, for Ruth Page Professional Dance Training Program’s end of season 2026 Performance Showcase!

The PDTP trainees will perform brand new works by guest choreographers Brian Enos (formerly Hubbard Street Dance Chicago) and Gabriel Speiller (formerly Paul Taylor 2), plus repertory works restaged by Victor Alexander, Maray Gutierrez, and Emmanuel Ramirez of the Ruth Page Center.

The Performance Showcase is a celebration of nearly a year of world class dance training and artistic development for the 2026 PDTP dancers.

Join us as we send these emerging artists off with a bang!
This event is FREE to attend. Walk ups welcome!

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SCHEDULE REMINDER

Thursday 6/11: All evening adult classes canceled
Saturday 6/13: All adult classes canceled

Still need some dance in your life?

Stop by our PDTP dancers’ Performance Showcase on Friday June 12 at 7:00 PM

OR

The Spring Show “Under the Big Top” Saturday June 13 at 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM

Ticket link in bio or visit

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Photo Credit: Gianna Curless

ONSTAGE AT RUTH PAGE

Just My Imagination is presented by NT Studio Inc; a Lakeview based studio focused on comprehensive dance training for youth. The performances this weekend are designed to highlight the talents of the dedicated and accomplished artists who train at the school. Just My Imagination was curated by Artistic Director Nancy Teinowitz, a veteran teacher and choreographer who has watched her students successfully move on to perform on Broadway, television, and in film. We are happy to present works by our Artist-in-residence Drew Lewis, guest artist Melissa Metro, as well as those by Ms. Teinowitz.

Friday June 5 - 6:30 PM
Saturday June 6 - 3:30 PM

Due to new management, our current parking procedures at Newberry Parking Garage and chaser cards will no longer be valid. At this time, the new parking access process has not yet been finalized or rolled out by the garage operator. We understand that this uncertainty may be inconvenient, and we appreciate your patience while the transition is completed. Updated parking information will be shared as soon as we receive confirmed details from the garage.

We are thrilled to announce that Ruth Page School of Dance Director Victor Alexander has been selected as one of just 14 fellows nationwide for the 2026 National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures' Leadership Institute!

Hosted by the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), this prestigious fellowship brings together inspiring arts leaders and cultural workers from across the country for an intensive week of leadership development, collaboration, and community building.

Victor’s selection recognizes his dedication to advancing arts education, cultivating young artists, and strengthening the role of dance within our communities. We are proud to see his leadership celebrated on a national stage and excited for the insight and inspiration he will bring back to the Ruth Page community.

Congratulations, Victor! 👏✨

Learn more: https://www.nalac.org/fourteen-fellows-selected-for-2026-nalac-leadership-institute/?mc_cid=18a217cf7a&mc_eid=b1a7b50e64

🚨CALLING ALL CHICAGO AREA DANCERS

Ready for your strongest summer yet??

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International Dance Experience (IDE)

📍 Ages 11+ Intermediate - Advanced
📅 June 22 – July 18

The 2026 IDE runs from June 22 – July 18, with the options to register for one to four weeks. Throughout the program, dancers will engage in daily modern and ballet technique classes, as well as workshops and additional styles led by our guest artists. The intensive concludes with a final showcase on Saturday, July 18, 2026, in our home theater.

With an incredible lineup of guest teachers—Brian Enos, Paula Sousa, Patrick Simoniello, and Armando Martén, alongside our renowned staff —this promises to be a truly enriching experience.

Experience an exceptionally high standard of instruction with rigorous, professional-level training from a renowned and diverse international faculty. Benefit from individualized attention, mentorship, and a supportive environment that allows each artist to grow with intention and confidence.

✔️ Ballet & Pointe
✔️ Variations, Jazz & Modern
✔️ Afro-Cuban & Conditioning
✔️ Pilates & More

🚨 Registration is NOW OPEN — secure your spot today!

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ONSTAGE AT RUTH PAGE

Join Chicago Repertory Ballet for an exhilarating Spring Series that celebrates repertory, reinvention, and bold new voices. Anchoring the program is the remounting of Founding Artistic Director Wade Schaaf’s The Rite of Spring, set to Igor Stravinsky’s watershed score.

CRB has not performed this ballet since its striking 2021 presentation on Crickett Hill, and we are thrilled to bring this monumental work to the stage at the Ruth Page Center for the Arts. Drawing inspiration from the Ballets Russes era while infusing it with CRB’s contemporary classical sensibility, Schaaf’s Rite is visceral, ritualistic, and theatrically charged — a work that honors tradition while boldly reinterpreting it for today’s audiences.

The program also features a world premiere by choreographer Yanis Eric Pikieris. Known for his sweeping physicality and intricate musicality, Pikieris crafts movement that is both architecturally precise and emotionally expansive. His choreography demands virtuosity while revealing the humanity of each dancer — an arresting combination that has quickly distinguished his voice.

Also on the program is a world premiere by Founding Artistic Director Wade Schaaf. Schaaf’s work has been described as “musically sophisticated and dramatically immediate,” blending structural rigor with an unflinching theatrical instinct. This new creation continues his exploration of contemporary classical form, pushing the company’s artists both technically and expressively.

This limited three-performance engagement promises urgency, innovation, and the powerful theatricality that defines Chicago Repertory Ballet.

Friday, May 29 7:30pm
Saturday, May 30 7:30pm
Sunday, May 30 2:00pm