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Our
Mission
- As
a leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit cultural organization, The Center for
Contemporary Dance maintains the following mission:
To
Produce
a season of compelling dance works
that celebrates the creative and cultural diversity of our
community.
To
Encourage significant
new work by providing an environment in which emerging artists are supported by
the finest professionals producing dance today.
To
Cultivate
the next generation of dance
professionals by providing the highest caliber of
dance education.
To
Reach
out to young audiences and underrepresented populations with innovative programs in arts
education.
What
We Do - Home
to five professional contemporary dance companies and an institute for dance
education, The Center for Contemporary Dance is a
leading production center for contemporary dance performance and arts
education programs. The organization receives funding
from state and federal granting agencies, including United Arts of Central Florida and the
National Endowment for the Arts, as well as generous support from community-minded corporate
sponsors.
Over the past 8 years, The Center
for Contemporary Dance has supported emerging and seasoned artists
in the creation and presentation of more than 200 new dance
works. In
addition to producing professional stage productions,
The
Center for Contemporary Dance develops arts education programs
that
reach
child welfare organizations, underserved populations and our public
schools.
Featured on PBS, FOX News and The Daily Buzz, The
Center's contemporary dance
companies continue to
exhilarate audiences with their power, grace and honest
expression of emotion.
The Center for Contemporary Dance currently develops and
produces work for its founding companies, U-Turn Dance Company and Moore Dance
Project, and provides a home
to these resident artists: Patelworks Dance Theater, DRIP and Yow Dance.
And
as a dance education
center, The Center's non-recital,
non-competition school of dance is designed to transform dancers
into mindful, socially-aware Artists who inspire audiences with
their technical skill and expressivity. Blending
creativity and structure, The Center's
performance-based school of dance functions a place of higher learning based on
the National
Standards for Dance Education, training
dancers to become confident Artists who see their bodies
as powerful instruments for purposeful
storytelling.
Please
take some time to browse our website and learn more about us.
If you have any questions or would like to support
us in our mission, please contact
us. Thank you!
   

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