IDI is dedicated to hiring diverse talent and teachers and ensuring that we treat everyone with respect and support within this organization. We embrace diversity and strive to create programs that provide everyone with an equal opportunity to thrive and enjoy dance on ice and the joy of flight and flow regardless of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, economic status and other diverse backgrounds. We aim to create a safe and inclusive space for all.
Established in 2014 as a non-profit organization and based in Kittery, Maine, IDI has built its local, US and global image through live and virtual performances and its educational programs. IDI exists to showcase and promote ice dancing as an internationally recognized performing art form. With a professional company and board of directors of figure skaters and choreographers including World, Olympic and National champions, IDI brings ice dance performances of the highest caliber to communities across the United States.
Outreach activities include panel discussions, performances at venues such as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Aspen Gay Ski Week, WGBH’s Open Studio, Rockefeller Center, and Fenway Park and the creation of two one-hour public television specials that aired prime time on PBS stations nationwide and were presented by American Public Television.
IDI's partnerships include Strawbery Banke Museum, Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center and Spruce Peak Resort Association.
IDI also works to further the development of skating as a performing art with its skating school ‘Skate 360’, and Artistry of Skating clinics, endorsed by US Figure Skating and the Professional Skaters Association.
IDI has been featured in The New York Times and Boston Globe critics picks, Dance Magazine, Dance Informa, Dance International and The Dance Enthusiast; and locally on NH Chronicle and 207 Maine.
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