CDA CYC/Cora Youth Company
Images from CDA CYC rehearsals and performances by Keely Massie, Jada Callender, and CDA staff. 2024-2025 CYC dancers include Faith, Haley, and Val under the Direction of Shannon Hummel and Ammara Shafqat.
CDA CYC/Cora Youth Company Programs provide Cora’s most dedicated and talented students an opportunity to study dance more seriously by learning and performing a wide range of works by professional choreographers.
CDA CYC dancers perform locally in Alleghany County at community events and will take their first tour to Appomattox Regional Governors School this spring!
CYC student and family engagement goes far beyond that of a typical youth performing ensemble, providing group mentorship and training specific to each dancer and family to support students in carving out their personal path of dance study. CYC is a significant commitment, challenging dancers to develop character, self-reliance, empathy, and leaderships skills as well as dance ability.
Touring Opportunities
CYC dancers travel! Sometimes just down the street, sometimes up and down the East Coast. In addition to annual performances in local events, festivals, and community celebrations, our 2023–2024 CDA & CDB CYC groups toured to James Madison University to open for the Virginia Repertory Dance Company annual concert for their mainstage debut.
Excerpt of CDA CYC & CDB Junior Apprentice dancers performing Sylvie by Shannon Hummel and CDB graduate Z'Yanah Gonzalez at JMU. (2023)
Images from CDA CYC rehearsals and performances by Keely Massie, Jada Callender, The Alleghany Journal, and CDA staff and families.