American Dancing Bodies Symposium - MO(VE)MENT Performance Showcase

Ayodele Drum & Dance

Ayodele Drum & Dance exists to foster community from a feminine perspective through the study and performance of diasporic African drum and dance. A Yoruba word meaning "joy in the home" Ayodele is a sisterhood of women who are zealous in our common efforts to empower and strengthen the women in our community through knowledge and education of the her/story, rituals, music and dances of African culture. Led by acclaimed Dance Center faculty member T. Ayo Alston.

BraveSoul Movement

BraveSoul Movement was born organically in 2016 as the newest iteration of a 15-year synergy between two of Chicago’s veteran street dance artists and Dance Center faculty members, Daniel “BRAVEMONK” Haywood and Kelsa “K-Soul” Robinson. Rooted in the movement languages and cultures of Hip-Hop and Chicago House, as well as a range of other movement traditions, BraveSoul Movement combines dancemaking with transformed pedagogy, antiracist activism and community-building practices.

The Joffrey Ballet Contemporary Trainees

The Joffrey Ballet was founded in 1956 in NYC, moved to Chicago in 1995, and broke boundaries by combining Modern and Ballet, multi-media, and an inclusive perspective on dance to reflect the diversity of America. The Joffrey Academy Contemporary Ballet Trainee Program, led by Katlin Michael Bourgeois, provides a rigorous and holistic training model that focuses on classical ballet, contemporary techniques, West African, and Modern.

Mordine & Company Legacy Project

Mordine & Company Legacy Project preserves more than 50 years of Dance Center Founder Shirley Mordine’s creative contributions and collaborations as the Midwest's longest running contemporary dance company.