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'''Dayton Contemporary Dance Company''', which was founded in 1968 by [[Dayton, Ohio]] native, [[Jeraldyne Blunden]], is the oldest [[modern dance]] company in Ohio, and one of the largest companies of its kind between Chicago and New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcdc.org/about/history/ |title=Company History : DCDC - Dayton Contemporary Dance Company |publisher=DCDC |access-date
==History==
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Blunden shaped the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company as a repertory company through her continuous invitations for renowned guest artists to create pieces for her dancers. Young, budding choreographers, including [[Ulysses Dove]], contributed to the growing company's repertory.
DCDC's outstanding repertoire includes works by world class master choreographers such as [[Eleo Pomare]], [[Alvin Ailey]], [[Ulysses Dove]], [[Merce Cunningham]], [[Donald McKayle]], [[Rennie Harris]], and [[Talley Beatty]]. Today, DCDC continues to acquire new works by contemporary choreographers including [[Bebe Miller]], [[Warren Spears]], [[Dianne McIntyre]], Shapiro and Smith, and [[Ronald K. Brown]]. To further expand its repertoire, DCDC commissioned works inviting [[Bill T. Jones]], [[Garth Fagan]], [[Dwight Rhoden]] and [[Doug Varone]] to participate in DCDC's What Dreams We have and How They Fly. This four-piece program premiered in 2003 to celebrate Dayton's native sons, the [[Wright brothers|Wright Brothers’]] first flight 100 years ago and will artistically explore what the invention of flight means to our contemporary world. 2013-14, as part of DCDC's 45th Anniversary, 10 new works were commissioned for DCDC by choreographers' Kiesha Lalama, Ronen Koresh, [[Ray Mercer]], [[Donald Byrd]], Alvin Rangel, Rodney A. Brown and more.
The company’s apprenticeship dance corps, DCDC2, was established as the pre-professional wing of the rising touring company under the leadership of Kevin Ward. In 1990, Blunden fell ill and Kevin Ward became the new artistic director of the company. Blunden's daughter, Debbie Blunden-Diggs, became the new director of DCDC2. But now a new leader of DCDC2 is around Shonna Hickman-Matlock▼
▲The
Kevin Ward retired on July 1, 2007, and Debbie Blunden-Diggs became the company’s new artistic director.▼
▲Kevin Ward retired on July 1, 2007, and Debbie Blunden-Diggs became the
==National recognition==
* '''2018''': Participant in DanceMotion USA's seventh season, touring Kazakhstan and Russia as cultural ambassadors, May 2018 <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dcdc.org/single-post/2017/04/04/DCDC-tapped-to-travel-abroad-through-cultural-diplomacy-program|title=Dayton Contemporary Dance Company|website=Dayton Contemporary Dance Company|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>
* '''2016''': Dayton City Commissioners cited Dayton Contemporary Dance Company as a true Gem City gem as they declared Friday, Nov. 4, DCDC Day <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dcdc.org/single-post/2016/11/04/Dayton-declares-Nov-4-DCDC-Day|title=Dayton Contemporary Dance Company|website=Dayton Contemporary Dance Company|language=en|access-date=2018-04-10}}</ref>
* '''2016''': The 2016 Bessie for Outstanding Revival was presented to '''Rainbow ’Round My Shoulder''' by Donald McKayle, performed by Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and produced by Paul Taylor American Modern Dance at the David H. Koch Theater, New York (The New York Dance and Performance Awards) <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bessies.org/recipients-of-the-2016-bessie-awards/|title=RECIPIENTS OF THE 2016 BESSIE AWARDS|work=The Bessies|access-date=2018-04-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
* '''2012''': The documentary ''Sparkle,'' highlighting the career of Sheri “Sparkle” Williams, a dancer with the company for the past 40 years, was selected to screen at [[Silverdocs]], the largest and most prestigious documentary film festival in the country. It also appeared nationally on [[PBS]] as part of a larger broadcast show entitled LIFECASTERS.
* '''2012''': The Company first toured to [[China]]
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* '''2007''': The company was featured in the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] ''Dance in America: Dancing in the Light'' documentary.
* '''2004''': The company was selected as a question for the trivia game show, [[Jeopardy!]], as a result of the success of The Flight Project.
* '''2001''': The company was prominently featured in the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] ''[[Great Performances]]'' documentary, ''Free to Dance'', produced by the [[American Dance Festival]].
* '''1997''': The company was the first dance company selected for the [[Ford Foundation]]’s Working Capital Fund for Minority Cultural Institutions, a program designed to strengthen leading, mid-size, cultural organizations at a critical juncture in their development.
*'''1988''': The company was one of four dance companies chosen by the [[American Dance Festival]] to participate in ADF’s Black Tradition in American Modern Dance project, which involved the reconstruction of classic dance works by African-American choreographers.
* '''1994''': Jeraldyne Blunden received numerous awards and commendations including the prestigious [[John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation]] [[
* '''1973''': The company became the first African-American group to gain membership to the Northeast Regional Ballet Association Festival.
The company has toured internationally to other countries including [[Bermuda]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], and [[South Korea]]
==Projects and collaborations==
=== DanceMotion USA (2018) ===
DCDC is one of three dance companies across the United States tapped to tour internationally through the seventh season of ''DanceMotion USA'', a dynamic cultural diplomacy program run through the U.S. Department of State and Brooklyn Academy of Music.<ref name=":0" />
===China (2012)===
The company performed in [[China]] to celebrate the grand opening of the [[University of Dayton]]'s China Institute in [[Suzhou]] Industrial Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.udayton.edu/news/articles/2012/07/east_meets_west.php |title=University of Dayton : News: UDCI Grand Opening Features DCDC and Student Musicians |publisher=Udayton.edu |access-date
===Chile (2011)===
The company performed in [[Chile]] alongside [[Hubbard Street Dance Chicago]], [[Cirque Eloize]], and
===In the Spirit of… (2009)===
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===Colôr- ógrăphy, n. the dances of Jacob Lawrence (2007)===
The company commissioned new dance works inspired by the powerful paintings of Jacob Lawrence from choreographers [[Donald Byrd]], [[Rennie Harris]], Kevin Ward, and Reggie Wilson. This became the
===Lyric Fire (2006)===
The company commissioned [[Dianne McIntyre]] to choreograph a piece celebrating the life and poetry of [[Paul Laurence Dunbar]].
=== The Clearing in the Woods===
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===The Flight Project (2003)===
In celebration of
===Children of the Passage (1999)===
DCDC premiered Children of the Passage by [[Donald McKayle]] and [[Ronald K. Brown]]. This work was commissioned by the [[National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center]] as part of a major project,
==Educational outreach==
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