Csárdás Dance Company is a nine-member youth company who has performed in many venues alongside the senior company. Csárdás, headed by Founder and Co-Artistic Director, Richard Graber, is ten years old. Graber utilizes ideas inspired by mentor Sándor Tímár (former Artistic Director of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble) while studying in Budapest. Most Csárdás youth ensemble members are second, third or later generation Hungarian, and some are not of Hungarian descent at all. Graber feels such a program helps foster the general appreciation of different cultures, which is both educational and fun for children. Csárdás Dance Company/Movement Arts Center is Ohio's and the region's only nonprofit professional dance organization presenting traditional and contemporary works stemming from Hungarian heritage.

Visit the Csárdás Dance Company on the web at www.csardasdance.com