Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SR0015 Compare Versions

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1	1	Introduced Version
2	2	SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___
3	3	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
4	4	A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Suzann Siler
5	5	DeLay and the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (CIDE) on the
6	6	Ensemble's 25th anniversary.
7	7	YOUNG M
8	8	, read first time and referred to Committee on
9	9	2025 RR 3502/DI SM Introduced
10	10	First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
11	11	SENATE RESOLUTION ____
12	12	MR. PRESIDENT:
13	13	I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
14	14	1 A SENATE RESOLUTION congratulating Suzann Siler
15	15	2 DeLay and the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (CIDE) on the
16	16	3 Ensemble's 25th anniversary.
17	17	4 Whereas, In 1999, Suzann Siler DeLay founded the Central
18	18	5 Indiana Dance Ensemble (CIDE) in the Indianapolis
19	19	6 Metropolitan area to provide a culturally and educationally
20	20	7 enriching environment for aspiring young dancers to learn,
21	21	8 practice, and perform a variety of dance forms in a
22	22	9 pre-professional atmosphere;
23	23	10 Whereas, Beginning with only eight main company
24	24	11 members, CIDE has since grown to house a company of more
25	25	12 than 60 dancers between ages 8-18;
26	26	13 Whereas, CIDE's graduating alumni have included 35
27	27	14 dancers with professional contracts, 30 continuing their dance
28	28	15 education in colleges and universities around the globe, 15
29	29	16 pursuing dance education in professional training divisions
30	30	17 across the United States, and 20 more teaching, directing, or
31	31	18 working administrative jobs at dance schools within Indiana
32	32	19 and around the country;
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34	34	1 Whereas, Since its founding year, CIDE has performed a
35	35	2 full-length production of The Nutcracker each year, having
36	36	3 started with 35 dancers in its original production and
37	37	4 increasing to an annual cast of 135 dancers where CIDE has
38	38	5 added students from all over central Indiana to participate with
39	39	6 company members and has promoted the arts through various
40	40	7 outreach programs by offering performances to area Girl
41	41	8 Scouts and other children's organizations and complimentary
42	42	9 performances to children from inner-city schools;
43	43	10 Whereas, Outside of its annual performance of The
44	44	11 Nutcracker, CIDE showcases the vast talent of its dancers
45	45	12 through a repertory concert in mid-winter and a full-length
46	46	13 spring production, which has featured favorites like Cinderella,
47	47	14 Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Snow White, The Sleeping
48	48	15 Beauty, Coppelia, and this year will feature Beauty and the
49	49	16 Beast;
50	50	17 Whereas, CIDE is a member of the Ballet Alliance and the
51	51	18 Regional Dance America Association (RDAA), where the
52	52	19 Ensemble was elevated to the status of Honor Company in 2006
53	53	20 to recognize its consistent superior performance and is the
54	54	21 highest level of participation in RDAA;
55	55	22 Whereas, Through the program's history, CIDE has
56	56	23 remained under the instruction of Suzann Siler DeLay, who
57	57	24 received early dance training under the founders of the
58	58	25 Sacramento Ballet and went on to have a brief career with the
59	59	26 Pacific Northwest Ballet before teaching, choreographing, and
60	60	27 performing throughout the United States with a knowledge of
61	61	28 classical ballet and specialization in creative dance;
62	62	29 Whereas, Suzann has built the staff of CIDE from the
63	63	30 ground up, eventually bringing in her daughter, Ashley Jacobs,
64	64	31 as co-owner, director of preschool and primary divisions, and
65	65	32 co-artistic director, Michael Casey Clark as co-artistic director
66	66	33 and rehearsal director, Anna Davis as youth company director,
67	67	34 Megan Tillman Hustel as ballet mistress and communications
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69	69	1 coordinator, Paul Tillman as resident choreographer and guest
70	70	2 artist, and instructors Audrey Burdick, Mikaela Geller, Barclay
71	71	3 Gibbs, Shelby Lewis, Madeline Miller, Kimberlee Moody,
72	72	4 Rochelle Paquette, and Derek Reid; and
73	73	5 Whereas, CIDE will host an Anniversary Gala on January
74	74	6 25, 2025, to commemorate the Ensemble's 25th anniversary:
75	75	7 Therefore,
76	76	8 Be it resolved by the Senate of the
77	77	9 General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
78	78	10 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate congratulates Suzann
79	79	11 Siler DeLay and the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (CIDE)
80	80	12 on the Ensemble's 25th anniversary.
81	81	13 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
82	82	14 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Suzann Siler DeLay and
83	83	15 the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble.
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