IN BRIEFMark DeGarmo & Dancers/Dynamic Forms Inc. (MDDF) was founded in 1982 and incorporated in 1987 as a not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. MDDF has received numerous fellowships, commissions, honors, and awards throughout the company's 21-year history as a nonprofit organization, reflecting our commitment to creativity, education and the arts, and intercultural inquiry. MDDF works in yearlong and multiyear partnership programs with NYC public school students and communities underserved in the arts and dance education. MDDF has produced nearly 100 original dances and participated in the development of original research. MDDF has completed 25 international tours, including performance, teaching, research, and exchange in Latin America, Russia, and Europe.
MISSION & PURPOSE
Our mission is based on the interplay of three long-standing tenets: educate the community—and especially its children—about the roles of dance and the arts in society; engage in intercultural inquiry and communication leading to exchange, understanding, and peace among people from diverse cultures; create, perform, document, and disseminate works by dancer-choreographer, educator, and movement learning theorist Mark DeGarmo.
Vision
Dance and the arts are intrinsic to a creative, peaceful, and productive society.
Philosophy Supporting Our Activities Dance is a form of experiential education that contributes to making meaning of one's lived experiences. Dance and arts-based forms of teaching and learning—combined with reflection—contribute to multiple pathways for success in school and life.
Core Values
We believe that. . .
- creativity is a human birthright;
- all humans are learners who benefit from the arts and dance; and
- dance and arts teaching and learning, when integrated throughout the daily curriculum, support the achievement of multidimensional excellence through public education.
MDDF'S PROGRAMS & SERVICES ARE SUPPORTED BY
- Public Funds from
The Dana Foundation;
National Endowment for the Arts;
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs;
and New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency;
- Public and Private Funds from
The Center for Arts Education; and
- Individual Donations from
Friends of Mark DeGarmo & Dancers.
We are grateful for this support.
Top photograph by Beatriz Schiller
Website last updated on 12 August 2008.
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