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The builders
Lou Conte
Founder, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Conte was a guileless teenager from downstate Taylorville in 1959 when he saw a production of The Music Man at the Shubert (now Bank of America) Theatre. Seeing that show “was a defining moment for me,” Conte recalls. “I had no idea such things went on. It was truly magical.” In fact, it changed his life—he moved to New York and became a Broadway dancer and choreographer shortly thereafter. In 1972, he returned to the Midwest and established the Lou Conte Dance Studio on Hubbard Street. Soon he and a handful of his best students started performing at community and senior centers as Hubbard Street Dance Company, setting the stage for the touring troupe that pretty much defines “Chicago dance” to the rest of the world.—Asimina Chremos
Check out hubbardstreetdance.com for info about Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performances and classes at Lou Conte Dance Studio.
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