The Dance Company is the home of the Indianapolis Children’s Dance League, an award winning, and highly respected performance company for students 10 years old through high school. Members are auditioned each June. These young dancers are exposed to high quality learning and performance experiences unparalleled in our area.

Diane Gudat, the Artistic Director, is considered a Master Teacher and has served on the faculty for the conventions, workshops and teacher’s training schools of several organizations including Dance Masters of America, Chicago National Assoc. of Dance Masters, The Dance Teacher’s Club of Boston and Florida Dance Masters. She is a popular adjudicator for several national dance and performing arts competitions in the United States and Canada. She has authored six dance education books. Her award winning choreography takes her to private studios all over the country as a guest artist.

As a non-profit performance company, the ICDL fundraises for things like competition fees, costuming, and trips to educational dance events around the country. The ICDL has performed at the Indy 500 Festival in Indianapolis, on Tomorrow Land stage in DisneyWorld, at the prestigious Jazz Dance World Congress, during the Prelude Awards ceremony in Indianapolis, and countless other local performances for friends, family and special guests.

The ICDL recently appeared with the IU Moving Company.  They performed two dances, "All That Jazz" and "This Joint Is Jumpin'".  The dancers will be performing at the Dance Educators of America competition and attending the DEA Convention in Indianapolis, March 3-4.  They will be competing at the American Dance Awards in Dayton, Ohio March 17-18.