{"id":86534,"date":"2023-03-23T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/dance-in-the-parks-kicks-off-in-chicago-former-dancer-and-founder-katie-mccann-celebrates-10th-season-of-this-special-dance-event\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T13:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T13:32:16","slug":"dance-in-the-parks-kicks-off-in-chicago-former-dancer-and-founder-katie-mccann-celebrates-tenth-season-of-this-particular-dance-occasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/dance-in-the-parks-kicks-off-in-chicago-former-dancer-and-founder-katie-mccann-celebrates-tenth-season-of-this-particular-dance-occasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Dance In The Parks kicks off in Chicago! Former Dancer and Founder Katie McCann celebrates tenth season of this particular dance occasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"K\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><strong>Katie McCann<\/strong> is a\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">former ballet dancer, a performer and dance instructor. She can also be the founding father of the revolutionary dance firm and dance occasion \u2018<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danceintheparks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dance in the Parks<\/span><\/a>\u2018<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which presents dance in parks throughout the Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Katie is committed to showcasing dance across Chicago and giving the community the chance to see professional dancers on stage in their local area.<\/p>\n<p>Dance In The Parks also gives many local dancers and dance students the chance to participate in this annual event, that is part of Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagoparkdistrict.com\/events\/night-out-in-the-parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Night Out In The Parks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10234\" style=\"width: 762px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10234 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN.jpg\" alt=\"Cnidarian Allure choreographed by Thomas Mattingly 2015, in Kennedy Park Photo credit: NehamaShots\" width=\"762\" height=\"390\" data-sizes=\"auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-500x256.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-651x333.jpg 651w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-585x300.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-450x230.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-760x390.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-20x11.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-225x115.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DIP-2015-CNIDARIAN-570x292.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cnidarian Allure choreographed by Thomas Mattingly 2015, in Kennedy Park Photo credit score: NehamaShots<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a former skilled dancer with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kyballet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky Ballet Theater<\/a>, Katie maintains skilled requirements for Dance In The Parks. She holds a troublesome annual audition, the place she places the dancers by their paces to pick out those that greatest suited to the difficult dance occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Katie discuss how she has grown Dance In The Parks virtually single-handedly from a small occasion to at least one that has seen 10,000 individuals come to the occasion during the last 9 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Katie is an inspiration, she has taken an concept and constructed it right into a celebrated occasion by sheer exhausting work. Her ardour is unbound, matched by her willpower and inventive imaginative and prescient that delivers an expert and thrilling expertise for all.<\/p>\n<p>Katie is celebrating the tenth season of Dance In The Park \u2013 <strong>help Dance In The Parks <a href=\"http:\/\/danceintheparks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">right here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">PRESS PLAY!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-10229-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/djwpodcasts\/1wwwod\/dance+parks+full.mp3?_=4\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/djwpodcasts\/1wwwod\/dance+parks+full.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/djwpodcasts\/1wwwod\/dance+parks+full.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_wonderful_world_of_dance_\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/djwpodcasts\/1wwwod\/dance+parks+full.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/?powerpress_pinw=10229-podcast&#039;);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_wonderful_world_of_dance_\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/djwpodcasts\/1wwwod\/dance+parks+full.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" download=\"dance+parks+full.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/ballet-dance-podcast\/id1094433168?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewonderfulworldofdance.com%2F%3Fp%3D10229\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> |  | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewonderfulworldofdance.com\/subscribe-ballet-dance-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More<\/a><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\"\/><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Katie McCann is a\u00a0former ballet dancer, a performer and dance instructor. She can also be the founding father of the revolutionary dance firm and dance occasion \u2018Dance in the Parks\u2018, which presents dance in parks throughout the Chicago. Katie is committed to showcasing dance across Chicago and giving the community the chance to see [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}