Choreographers in order: Kia S. Smith, Donald Byrd, Monique Haley, Tsai Hsi Hung, Terrence Marling
Season 8
MARCH 5
York High School Performance
Elmhurst, IL
MAY 3
Limitless! A Celebration of Black Composers + Rep Concert
Auditorium Theatre of Chicago
CHICAGO, IL
WGN Feature for South Chicago Dance Theatre’s New Horizons Program 2024
Preview of South Chicago Dance Theatre’s “Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley” – WGN-TV
“Kia S. Smith named Player of the Moment in the category of DANCE for New City Magazine’s 50 Players List – New City Magazine 2023
SCDT featured on the MacArthur Foundation Blog MacArthur Foundation 2023
“On the come up” – Dance Magazine Feature May 2022
Spotlight on SCDT’s 5 th anniversary season celebration and choreographer Ron De Jesus. – WTTW News TV Spotlight
Kia S. Smith named one of DANCE MAGAZINE’S 25 TO WATCH FOR 2024
“Smith’s success lies not only in her artistic acumen but also in the way she considers dance and the business of it on a large scale.” – Dance Magazine
“Last year’s premiere of Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley proved a perfect showcase for choreographer and director Kia Smith. The evening-length “dance opera” exemplified her choreographic voice—note-by-note precision, fluid torso movement, unexpected gesture, powerful unison—and marked the debut of her 7-year-old company, South Chicago Dance Theatre, at the Auditorium Theatre, its largest venue to date.” – Dance Magazine
South Chicago Dance Theatre featured on FOX News 2024
Kia S. Smith named a Rising Star by Chicago Magazine 2023
Elijah Richardson named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch Dance Magazine 2023
Spotlight on SCDT’s 5 th anniversary season celebration! – FOX News TV Spotlight
Dance Magazine profile of SCDT’s Kia S. Smith – Dance Magazine Feature May 2022