Tag: gus giordano

Nan Giordano Celebrates 40 Years of Leadership at Giordano Dance Chicago

Jazz dance is in Nan Giordano’s blood—and so is leadership. In her four decades at the helm of Giordano Dance Chicago, the company founded by her father, jazz luminary Gus Giordano, she’s worked hard to balance legacy with innovation. “We stand on the foundation my father built, but we don’t live in the past,” she […]

From the Screen to the Studio: The Team Behind Jazz Dance Documentary “Uprooted” Is Hosting In-Person Intensives in the U.S. and Abroad 

Since its 2020 premiere at the Dance on Camera festival, the feature-length documentary Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance has been taking the dance world by storm. The film, which is directed by Khadifa Wong and produced by Lisa Donmall-Reeve based on an original concept by Zak Nemorin, reveals the historical, social, cultural, and political […]