A Beloit dancer will help bring new choreography to Rockford later this month.
Christy Munch, the founder and artistic director of The Rockford DanceMakers Festival, or RDMF, said she wants to support Rockford area dancers.
"The best way to support a choreographer is to give them the opportunity to present their work, you know, to have some place, like a gallery, where you can show your work," she said. "And for choreographers, that's, you know, some kind of performing space."
Munch previously participated in Chicago’s Next Dance Festival when she was an independent choreographer.
"I was part of the planning committee," she said, "but the opportunity to present work on a yearly basis was integral to my development as a dance artist."
Munch said she has spent the past few years taking lessons and teaching at the Rockford Dance Company, which led her to begin traveling regularly from her home in Beloit to Rockford.
The Rockford DanceMakers Festival will feature 10 local choreographers and a special guest choreographer from Winifred Haun & Dancers, along with more than 40 dancers.
The festival debuts from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, March 20, and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Rockford Public Library Nordlof Center.
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