ABOUT

Our Statements

OUR ESSENCE

01.

Mission

Synapse Arts creates, performs, and educates to nurture individual identities and challenge social norms by engaging artists and audiences in the making of dance theater.

02.

Vision


Synapse Arts works towards a world where individuals are free to develop their unique talents and express their singular visions using their minds and whole bodies.

03.

Values

Synapse Arts knows that dance is for everyone, everywhere. We believe in the freedom to create and generate a culture of respect.

READ FULL MISSION, VISION, & VALUES STATEMENT

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Land Acknowledgement

Synapse Arts is based in a city that is called Chicago by many, on the traditional homelands of the Council of Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi) Nations.

Many other communities such as Dakhóta, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Kaskaskia, Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) Peoria, Myaamia (Miami), Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, and Illinois also resided here in the Upper Midwest. Before their lands were forcibly taken under the Treaty of Chicago in 1833, this region was long a center for these diverse peoples to gather, trade, and maintain their kinship and cultural ties.

Chicago today is home to one of the country’s largest urban communities of Indigenous Americans. We acknowledge this tragic history, and the many privileges we have gained at great cost, as we also celebrate the vibrancy that Native Americans continue to lead in this city and country.

FULL LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The International Symbol of Access is posted in a grassy area.

Access and Inclusion

If you have accessibility requests or questions, please contact us by emailing Lucas at info@synapsearts.com, or call or text our general access request line at 947-2CREATE (947-227-3283).

At Synapse Arts we believe that dance is for everyone, everywhere! Our events actively welcome individuals with diverse identities, including all genders, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, income levels, ages, parent/caregiver statuses, backgrounds, and household structures.

All bodies and minds are welcome at all classes and events, including people who work with service animals.

FULL ACCESSIBILITY OFFERINGS GUIDE

We've developed Wayfinding (Location and Access information documents) for each of our studios. We share them whenever we promote our events, and they're readily accessible here:

BERGER PARK, LINCOLN PARK and LOYOLA PARK.