Clinard Dance Theatre is a constantly evolving ensemble of performers and collaborators lead by Artistic Director Wendy Clinard that was formed in 1999. The ensemble has been comprised of professional puppeteers, dancers, musicians, and visual artists. Collaborations have included artists from Zimbabwe, Spain, Morocco, Syria, and India, as well as many well-respected Chicago and U.S. artists.

 
All of Clinard Dance Theatre's work starts with a seed from great artists - authors, painters, sculptors, and sacred texts. How these works relate to our current social and political environment is always the impetus for the theatre experience we produce and offer with great joy and sincerity to the public. The belief in an expansive community, human and divine, is the base of the company mind. Artistic Director Wendy Clinard works to find the paradoxes and metaphors in our collaborators' personal and global life: she then works to distill these experiences and create dance theatre.