- National Dance Insititute (NDI) is founded by Jacques d'Amboise as a single class of boys in New York City.
- Chicago Dance Institute is Founded by Nicole Kawell
- Artistic team travels to New York to train with National Dance Institute
- Inaugural program at St. Mary of the Angels as a 2-week residency
- Inaugural program at Burr Elementary School as a 2-week residency
- Inaugural "Bring the Movement 5K"
- Inaugural program at Harold Washington Elementary School as a 2-week residency
- St. Mary of the Angels 2-week residency
- Burr Elementary School 2-week residency
- Harold Washington Elementary School 2-week residency
- St. Mary of the Angels 2-week residency
- Burr Elementary School 2-week residency
- Harold Washington Elementary School 2-week residency
- St. Mary of the Angels expands to a 15-week program
- Burr Elementary School 2-week residency
- Rachel Jantke, PhD Candidate at National Louis University conducts study of CDI
- Harold Washington Elementary School 2-week residency
- St. Mary of the Angels 15-week program
- Burr Elementary School 2-week residency
- Rachel Jantke, PhD Candidate dissertation study published detailing the positive effects of CDI
- New partnership added as a 2-week residency at Randolph Elementary School in Englewood
- Burr Elementary School expands from 2-weeks to a 15-week program
- Partnership with Big Shoulders Fund brings a new partnership with St. Margaret of Scotland for 15-weeks
- CDI Team travels to Haiti to launch first international residency in partnership with Worldwide Orphans Foundation
- Partnership at Randolph Elementary School in Englewood expands from 2-weeks to 15-weeks
- Burr Elementary School celebrates 7 years of partnership
- Continued partnership with Big Shoulders Fund allows partnership at St. Margaret of Scotland to thrive during 15-week program
- CDI Teaching Artists travel to New York for professional development to attend Teacher Training at National Dance Institute
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