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