The 2026 Summer Intensive Showcase celebrates two weeks of training, repertory, and creative process centered around this year’s theme, Echoes of the Diaspora. Featuring excerpts of Love Letters to Chi-IL, original choreographic works by Alex Kinard and Janiya Pearson, and performances by Summer Intensive dancers and Making The Artivist® apprentices. Pay-what-you-can tickets available.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with Red Clay Dance Company’s biennial La Femme Dance Festival—two days of powerful conversation and performances by women choreographers from Chicago and beyond. March 27–28, 2026.

Train with acclaimed choreographer Rena Butler during La Femme Dance Festival. This special masterclass offers dancers a rare opportunity to experience her movement practice in an intimate studio setting before her new work premieres with Red Clay Dance Company.

Step into a night of purpose, passion, and performance at Red Clay Dance Company’s annual fundraiser, Paint the Town Red, as we proudly kick off our 17th Season! Join us for an unforgettable evening that celebrates the power of dance to inspire change.

Red Clay Dance Company brings a repertory program to Sheboygan’s Kohler Arts Center, showcasing Vershawn Sanders‑Ward’s site‑responsive ritual Rest.Rise.Move.Nourish.Heal.

Join Red Clay Dance Company at Kennedy-King College on Feb 12 for “Her Womb,” a moving tribute to Black womanhood by Michelle N. Gibson.

Red Clay Dance Company performs Unconditional Conditions at the 36th Annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference in Atlanta—an Afro-contemporary work exploring acceptance and the power of community.

Red Clay Dance Company joins Lawyers for the Creative Arts’ Annual Benefit Luncheon at Palmer House Chicago, performing an excerpt from Rest.Rise.Move.Nourish.Heal. and celebrating the artistry of fashion in movement.

Red Clay Dance Company joins TEDxChicago 2025 to premiere a new performance that brings Artivism in Motion to one of the world’s most iconic platforms.

Red Clay Dance Company performs an excerpt of Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar at the 5th Annual Englewood Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 13 at 12:20 PM on the EAC Arts Village Stage.