Modern American Dance Academy’s new show “Resilience” is not what you might picture when you consider a dance performance. The MADCO show features four pieces, each touching on a type of trauma — everything from losing a child to the loss of one’s sanity — with a focus on battling adversity through movement. Possibly the most unique aspect of the show is that the dancing won’t end after the official performances are through. After the last ticketed show, MADCO’s education director, Darrell Hyche II, will spend the next year bringing related programming to under-served schools in the area, with the hope of giving the kids the tools they need to deal with anger, familial conflict, trauma and more. In this episode, we hear from Hyche as well as MADCO’s interim director, Belicia Beck.
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