Bill Wade, founder and artistic director of Cleveland-based Inlet Dance Theatre, joins Be En Pointe. I first encountered Bill’s work through a mutual friend and have had the pleasure of seeing him at work in the studio with his company and seeing the premiere of his work in collaboration with author Kobi Yamada’s “What do you do with an idea?”a few years ago.
Bill received the 2012 Cleveland Arts Prize and an award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of the Dance Art Form from OhioDance in 2013.
Previously, as an Artist in Residence at Cleveland School of the Arts, he founded the YARD (Youth At Risk Dancing), a nationally recognized and awarded after school program. In 1998, he received the Coming Up Taller Award at the White House from the National Endowment for the Arts and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
Bill’s work has toured domestically and internationally; he was chosen by Ohio Arts Council, the Ohio Arts Foundation, Playhouse Square Foundation, the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and The American Embassy in Santiago for an international artist exchange program with artists from Easter Island. Inlet was the first American modern dance company to perform on the island.
Bill utilizes dance to further individual growth, which is why his story will resonate with dancers at all stages of their careers and will provide parents or mentors with a framework to guide their students. Learn more about his work: www.inletdance.org
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