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Chicago-based dancemaker and 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in Choreography Nejla Yatkin presents for the first time the interactive and joyous Firebird Parade, where participants are invited to wear colorful homemade costumes and join one another in a festive procession of bird-inspired movements led by Yatkin to welcome the return of summer. Accompanied by live music, the Firebird Parade marks the culmination of Yatkin’s four-week, 16-venue Firebird series presented as part of Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks. Throughout the series, Yatkin has led weekly workshops and performed dance meditations in different parks around the city-- from the North to the South and West sides-- that have sparked hope and deepened connections between people and their surroundings. At the end of each dance, park visitors of all ages have joined in a collective bird movement meditation guided by Yatkin in preparation for the final Firebird Parade. The family-friendly Firebird Parade is free-to-the-public and takes place one evening only, Saturday, July 8 at 5:00PM, at the Caracoal Gathering Space in the Burnham Wildlife Corridor (47th Street and Cornell Drive, Chicago). In case of weather, the Firebird Parade will take place Sunday, July 9 at 5:00PM.
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The Burnham Wildlife Corridor runs from McCormick Place south to 47th Street. The Caracoal Gathering Place is near 47th St & Cornell and the location of the parade.
