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Alexander just announced the location and features of the new American Rhythm Center, a cooperative studio and office space he’s been working to establish for several years. The location is a spot that no less than five Reader writers (including me) put on their 2011 Best of Chicago lists: the Fine Arts Building at 410 S. Michigan. The ARC’s three new or remodeled studios should be in limited use by late July, in conjunction with CHRP’s annual Rhythm World Festival.
Arts education is also a potential source of income for arts groups, at a time when both ticket sales and public and private contributions are dwindling. ARC’s aim, Alexander says, is to attract “students from Chicago, the U.S. and around the world to study dance in Chicago’s emerging dance corridor.” Make no little plans.
