| 1 | 1 | | *HR1548* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Pierce K |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION recognizing Anderson Young |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 Ballet Theatre on its 50th anniversary. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 Whereas, As a preprofessional ballet company dedicated to |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 nurturing young talent, Anderson Young Ballet Theatre, Inc., |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization committed to bringing |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 the art of dance to the community; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 Whereas, Anderson Young Ballet Theatre, Inc., (AYBT) is an |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 honor company and a semiprofessional dance company |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 founded by Lou Ann Young in 1974; |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 Whereas, AYBT has featured Anderson's dancing youth in |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 such productions as: "The Nutcracker", "Sleeping Beauty", |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 "Coppelia", "Romeo & Juliet", "Cinderella", "Giselle", "The |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 Red Shoes", "Swan Lake", and several ballet excerpts; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20242320 |
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| 21 | 21 | | HR 1548/DI 140 2024 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 Whereas, AYBT is also one of the forerunners in dance for |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2 modern and musical theater. Each season, in addition to "The |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 Nutcracker", AYBT performs two additional full-length |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 productions. Dancers are trained first in the Cecchetti Syllabus |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5 and then Vaganova forms of ballet. Their jazz technique is |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6 based in the Luigi method; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7 Whereas, AYBT dancers have won such awards as Butler |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 University's Margaret Sear Rosenblith Award, Arts & Letters, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 and the Carey Rose Winski Memorial Scholarship; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10 Whereas, AYBT dancers have been accepted to the National |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11 Ballet School, School of American Ballet, Interlochen Arts |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 Academy, and the Joffrey Ballet School; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13 Whereas, Professionally, AYBT dancers have danced with |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 the Indianapolis Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Lexington Ballet, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15 Colorado Ballet, Walt Disney Productions, Dance |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16 Kaleidoscope, Kings Productions, and Beef & Boards; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 Whereas, In celebration of its 50th anniversary season, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18 Anderson Young Ballet Theatre presents "12 Dancing |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19 Princesses" on March 2, 2024, at Reardon Auditorium, located |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20 on the Anderson University campus: Therefore, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 22 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 23 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 45 | 45 | | 24 recognizes the Anderson Young Ballet Theatre on its 50th |
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| 46 | 46 | | 25 anniversary. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 26 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 48 | 48 | | 27 Representatives shall transmit a copy of this resolution to State |
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| 49 | 49 | | 28 Representative Kyle Pierce for distribution. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20242320 |
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| 51 | 51 | | HR 1548/DI 140 2024 |
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