CHICAGO MULTI-CULTURAL DANCE CENTER INC HOME OF THE BRYANT BALLET
The fun is in the discipline, the discipline is in the fun!
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What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Bryant Youth Professional Dance Company
CMDC is dedicated to provide performance opportunities to enhance the professional development of its students and also to provide a vehicle for community outreach programs.
Professional Training Program
The YPP training program offers dance classes for serious students who wish to train at a pre-professional level. YPP students are placed in classes based on ability, not age. Students are required to take a minimum number of ballet classes per week appropriate for their level, plus 2 - 3 electives from the multidisciplinary dance offerings.
Hiplet Ballerinas
"If ballet aims for the ethereal, hiplet, generally danced to pop music, is more concerned with earthiness. It has soulfulness, too; while the lower half of the body can be sharp and percussive, the upper half — how the arms connect with the back — conveys a natural flow" - NY Times.
Hiplet™ fuses classical pointe technique with African, Latin, Hip-Hop and urban dance styles that are rooted in communities of color. It was specifically designed to make ballet accessible to all, by mixing it with current popular songs that will be familiar to audiences who don’t normally attend ballet performances. Performances may incorporate the rhythms of African drums with Tchaikovsky, arabesques and beat-boxing or even Tango en pointe - all while showcasing Hiplet's trademark sass, hip movements, and struts against popular music audiences will recognize from Black Violin to Beyonce. After features on Good Morning America, Buzzfeed, and The Huffington Post the new art form went viral in spring 2016 and has now amassed over a BILLION views.
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CHICAGO MULTI-CULTURAL DANCE CENTER INC HOME OF THE BRYANT BALLET
Board of directorsas of 10/31/2024
Mr. Homer Bryant
CMDC
Term: 2018 - 2022
Homer Bryant
CMDC
Cheryl Taylor
Northwestern Medicine
Toi Hutchinson
State of Illinois
Julian Bond
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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