The Artists of the SC McAC have in common a strong interest in community development and a keen awareness of the role of the arts in education.

 

 At the SC McAC, we measure success not only as the number of performances our artists produce and how much money they earn. Success to our members is not only winning dance competitions or performing at prestigious places. Success is a child lured to the arts, instead of the streets. Success is training a dancer who has studied for a long time and never really "put it all together" and getting her to do what she never thought was possible. Success is bringing students to a different, deeper level of awareness; Audiences feeling not only entertained, but enriched by a performance. Success is taking a company of diverse people, with mixed levels of dance experience and each with his/her own private life to tend to, and channelling their efforts and enthusiasm to create with them authentic works of art, technically and artistically excellent. 

We strongly believe that the arts should be a part of everyday life, as they are a vehicle of communication and community building, an invaluable tool in education, and a means to promote wellness and healing.