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Now in its fourth season, NoMi LaMad has made great strides. Kicking off the season with another fundraising benefit, the “NoMi LaMad Summer Blast” took “Flavorful in/Fusions” to the next level. Featuring the winning chef from the third season gala, silent auction items were bid upon while comedians kept the patrons laughing.

Yet another first was marked within the Dance Chicago festival, when NoMi LaMad was presented by the curator and given its own night. Performing “Origin/Outcome…Once Again,” NoMi LaMad took its hugely successful concert to the Stage 773 stage and brought this fantastic performance to a new audience. The company was further featured throughout the remainder of the festival and also traveled to Streator, IL and Batavia, IL as part of the “Best of Dance Chicago 2010” tour.

Carrying its workshop from students to adults, NoMi LaMad conducted its first city-based one-day workshop for pre-professional and professional dancers. These dancers experienced the work company members do in rehearsal week-by-week. While challenged, every dancer walked away with a sense of accomplishment and a deeper understanding of how the NoMi LaMad dancer works. And now, “Spring into Dance with NoMI LaMad” will bring the one-day workshop to students ages 11-18. Using the basis of the three-day workshop, this event will bring the experience to dancers in the city on a truncated timetable.

Now, the company is hard at work preparing for its next self-produced full-length concert, “Defying the Odds.” Another concept-based performance, this one takes on the topic of human resiliency. Each choreographer (all of whom are women) is delving into a different way people have to deal with hardship. A very poignant topic in this day—and-age, this concert is sure to touch audience members in many different ways – from the woman fighting a battle with disease, to small companies dealing with bankruptcy, to a community faced with tragedy.

With the Chicago dancescape saturated by strong contemporary companies, the mission of NoMi LaMad Dance, Inc. is to bring an eclectic mix of dance styles to its audiences. Exploring every option and all forms of dance through its performances, NoMi LaMad executes the beauty of contemporary ballet, the intensity of jazz, the athleticism of modern, and the passion of ballroom, providing audiences with an experience of each and every one. The company also utilizes outside elements and joins forces with like-minded artists, companies and choreographers to keep performances both refreshing and innovative. With all that said, NoMi LaMad Dance, Inc. is entertainment – straightforward and unadulterated.