Episode 1: Vershawn Sanders Ward

In the spring of 2022, The Dance Center of Columbia College invited several artists to work with choreographer Bebe Miller to create new pieces for the stage. One of those artists is Vershawn Sanders-Ward.

Sanders-Ward is the Founding Artistic Director and CEO of Red Clay Dance Company. Sanders-Ward is a 2019 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Awardee, a 2019 Harvard Business School Club of Chicago Scholar, a 2017 Dance/USA Leadership Fellow, a 2013 3Arts awardee, and a 2009 Choreography Award from Harlem Stage NYC. In 2015, 2018 and 2020, NewCity Magazine selected Ward as one of the “Players 50, People Who Really Perform for Chicago.”