No drama (0:00), Cheryl on balancing home life, career, and creativity (3:00), Cheryl’s role at CalArts, working with graduating dancers, preparing them for the real world through performance, discipline, and professional tools (5:00), Cheryl on the balance between encouragement and allowing children to find their path (11:14), how everything Cheryl does is an outlet to another thing and is refreshing, keeps us grateful and happy (15:20). Mann began her professional career at the age of 17, dancing at Walt Disney World in Orlando, and received a BA in dance from Point Park College, in Pittsburgh. She performed with the Civic Light Opera in South Pacific as “Liat” under the direction of Robby Marshall in Pittsburgh. Upon moving to Chicago, she danced with River North Chicago Dance Company before joining Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a Hubbard Street dancer in May of 1997, Cheryl has been fortunate in her career to travel to and perform in 17 countries, as well as countless cities in the U.S. Cheryl danced with Hubbard Street for over a decade and retired in October 2007. She served as the Artistic Associate of Visceral Dance Chicago until she moved to LA to become the Executive Director of Ate9 Dance Company. She is the owner of Cheryl Mann Productions, where she has traveled the world setting dance works for world renown choreographers such as Ohad Naharin, Toru Shimazaki, Alejandro Cerrudo, and Danny Ezralow. She is also the official photographer for Joffrey Ballet Chicago and Los Angeles Ballet, and has shot for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Royal Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Ballet Hispanico, Chicago Dancing Festival, LA Dance Festival, Visceral Dance Chicago, Ate9, amongst many more. In LA, Cheryl was on the creative team for NBCUniversal’s Little Big Shots featuring Steve Harvey, and was the Associate Choreographer of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Live at the Hollywood Bowl. She also had the pleasure of casting and choreographing Moby’s latest music video “Motherless Child”. She is currently Assistant Dean of the Sharon Disney Lund School of Dance as well as special faculty teaching ballet technique at CalArts.