Get to know the Big Island Dance Council!

Our Mission:

The Big Island Dance Council is a non-profit organization whose mission is to develop, promote, foster and encourage the art of dance for the people of Hawaiʻi Island, and to assure the accessibility for all to experience dance in their lives.

 

Who is The Big Island Dance Council (BIDC)?

 A 501c3 non-profit founded in 1975 by Earnest T. Morgan who was the first state-wide Dance Coordinator for the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

 

What does BIDC do?

 Through its storied fifty-year history, BIDC famously promoted dance of many genres through its annual Dance Extravaganza, held from 1976 – 1991, the premiere community dance event on the Big Island during those years. The BIDC is dedicated to preserving and promoting the art and culture of dance and artistic expression through movement.

 

Committed to Youth Development

 BIDC’s Dance Education Program hired Dance specialists to teach dance in the schools to children in K-12 grades around the island from 1978-2020—for forty-two years! In its heyday, BIDC taught 4,000 students annually.  Over 50 years of continuously serving the dance aspirations of 4-year-olds to 74-year-olds.