NEW Dances 2019 continues its over 30 years tradition of providing an extensive in-house choreography incubation program for Chicago’s dance community with Melissa Thodos, Founder and Artistic Director of Thodos Dance Chicago, and Julie Nakagawa, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of DanceWorks Chicago at the helm. NEW Dances was founded by the Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble in the 1980s, NEW Dances found a home with Thodos Dance Chicago since 2000, and now continues by being jointly presented by Thodos Dance Chicago (TDC) and DanceWorks Chicago (DWC).