Thodos Dance Chicago’s 2009 Fall Concert is being presented at two venues, and the first performance, at The North Shore Center For The Performing Arts was a don’t-miss performance. The Centre East main theatre was packed for an exceptionally well-presented show, and the second installment, at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance, is Saturday, November 28 at 8:00 PM. For tickets, phone the Harris Theater at 312 334-777 or go to www.harristheaterchicago.org.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to what you can expect:

“No one carries off this daunting challenge with more panache than Melissa Thodos…” That’s what Hedy Weiss wrote in her review of the tremendously successful Thodos Dance Chicago New Dances 2009. The challenge that she was referring to is that of creating and managing a process that allows new choreographers to develop their own voices, as Thodos Dance Chicago (www.thodosdancechicago.org) has for the past ten years, since the inception of its brilliant summer series New Dances.