Residencies and Partnerships
TDC maintains a strong presence in Chicago through classes and workshops at the community level. The company conducts workshops, classes, and lecture demonstrations at area high schools and colleges. Past hosts include Stevenson, Evanston Township, Riverside Brookfield, and Northside Prep High Schools and Chicago Semester. Since 2001 the company has held an annual summer dance intensive in Chicago. In 2008 the company instituted annual Chicago residencies built around themes presented in the annual concert. Past residency activity hosts include a number of Chicago Park District sites, the Newberry Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center.
The company conducts one or two residencies annually. These residencies include performances, workshops, master classes, lecture demonstrations and panel discussions. They provide the company an opportunity to work with people from all walks of life - rural, urban, young, old, privileged, low-income, men and women. Residencies can culminate with informal showings new work developed during the residency which engage participants in feedback sessions for the work or evening length repertory concerts. Past residency hosts include Beloit College, Knox College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Huntsville Community Ballet, and a variety of studios and schools in Alabama and Tennessee.
TDC maintains a long term artistic partnership with the Alabama Ballet. TDC Artistic Director Margi Cole has taught for the company’s Summer Intensive and has created new works for the company since 1999. One such work, "Tell It By Heart," won the Panoply Award for Best Modern Choreography in 2000.
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