Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN) has announced that it will stage the world premiere of Chicago Takes Off, a first-time benefit which promises to expose the finest assets of Chicago’s professional dance and performing arts community. The event will take place Feb. 10 at the Park West, 322 W. Armitage.

Produced and directed by Dance for Life founders Keith Elliott and Todd Kiech, Chicago Takes Off will feature local male and female performers who will donate their time and talents. Inspired by the popular annual Broadway Bares (a benefit that sponsors Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS), Chicago Takes Off is a burlesque revue-style performance that promises to elevate the striptease to an art form.

For more info, call Rhett Lindsay at 773-989-9400 or e-mail r.lindsay@tpan.com.