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The Deeply Rooted Dance Center is the first multi-purpose facility dedicated to Black Dance in the history of Chicago!

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CLOSE THE GAP!

Deeply Rooted has over $14 million in the pipeline to build the Deeply Rooted Dance Center with roughly $5 million to raise by December 2024 to cross the finish line!

Watch Kevin Iega Jeff, Nicole Clarke-Springer, and Makeda Crayton speak about the Deeply Rooted Dance Center below.

The Center will be a state-of-the-art home for Black dance. All people, especially young people, need to be affirmed. We need images, experiences, and narratives that honor who we are, where we come from, and what we’ve come through.
— Kevin Iega Jeff Co-Founder and Executive Artistic Director Emeritus, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater