Melissa Thodos

Artistic Creativity + Passion Results in Much More Than Just 'Happiness'

Flying through the air in the grandest of ballet jumps at the Evanston School of Ballet is where Melissa Thodos found the joy in dance. Now, as founder and artistic director of Thodos Dance Chicago, where she is also a choreographer, the Evanston native thinks back to those classes as the beginning of her life’s […]

by Liz Logan

June 20, 2012

Thodos Dance Chicago Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

Evanston native Melissa Thodos started her company, now known as Thodos Dance Chicago, with the dream of developing dancers in “a rounded way.” That meant not only providing opportunities for them to perform, but also to choreograph and teach—a hard-to-find trifecta in the dance world. As of this year, Thodos has helmed her own mid-sized, contemporary […]

by Liz Logan

January 31, 2012