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What My Teacher Taught Me: South Chicago Dance Theatre’s Kia Smith On Her 3 Dance Mentors

Early Ballet Teacher: August Tye August Tye is the co-founder of Hyde Park School of Dance, formerly the Hyde Park School of Ballet. In the early 2000s, I had no money to train but really wanted to pursue dance and didn’t start taking traditional studio dance classes until I was in high school. Even after […]