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Center Dance Ensemble

Center Dance Ensemble
Board of Directors
Marvin Cohen- President
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Susan Silverman- Vice-President
Dance Theater West
Michelle Matiski-Treasurer
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Art Renaissance Initiative
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Raising Arizona Kids
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Kim Sterling
Sue Tormala
The Tormala Group
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Craig Wilson
JP Morgan Private Bank
Center Dance Ensemble (CDE) was created in 1988 by the Herberger Theater Center as its resident modern dance company.  The company is responsible for major performance runs during the season as well as 25 weeks of rehearsal.  CDE has performed throughout Arizona, including at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, the Joseph City Center, Pima Community College Performing Arts Theater, The University of Arizona Centennial Hall, and the Stevie Eller Dance Theater.

CDE was chosen as one of five Arizona dance companies to participate in the Arizona Commission on the Arts' Dance on Tour project and has been on the Commission's roster since 1988.  Other dances performed by the company include Slaughter on Tenth Avenue and Nuage by choreographer Cliff Keuter, Rising and It All Boils Down to Me by Chicago choreographer Tim O'Slynn, Snow Queen, Hamlet the Ballet, La Llorona, and The Attic by Artistic Director Frances Smith Cohen.  Major works for CDE have also been choreographed by Ballet Arizona's Donald Dadey, Toronto-based choreographer Michael Montanaro, and Robin Allen from Vancouver.