Ennerèssa LaNette, the founder and CEO of Praize Productions, Inc. (PPI), a Chicago-based dance firm and humanities group, is celebrating having reached a powerful milestone as her firm commemorates its twelfth anniversary season this 12 months. This summer time, PPI will take part within the inaugural Millennium Park Residency Program (MPRP), becoming a member of three different extremely revered cultural organizations.

This system, organized by the Division of Cultural Affairs and Particular Occasions (DCASE), presents sources and a platform for choose organizations to showcase their work throughout Millennium Park’s vibrant summer time season. On June 4th, PPI is scheduled to captivate a sold-out viewers with its distinctive fusion of dance and storytelling on the enduring Jay Pritzker Pavilion stage. Below the steering of an esteemed Black feminine management group, PPI is devoted to giving voice to the tales and experiences of Black artists via their work. By sustaining robust connections to the group and fostering social consciousness, PPI’s affect extends past the stage, inspiring future generations of artists and change-makers. The group has constantly offered high-quality performances that rival these of non-minority-led dance firms. The corporate’s dedication to its craft has resulted in excellent success and recognition, each on the native and nationwide ranges.

“We at PPI really feel extremely privileged to be a part of the first-ever Millennium Park Residency cohort. Being a Black-led group hailing from the South Facet of Chicago, we will’t assist however really feel that it is a really particular likelihood for our metropolis and the world to see the wonderful expertise that our group has to supply. Our hearts are deeply dedicated to working in direction of giving a voice, platform, and alternatives to skilled artists of coloration, and we couldn’t be extra enthusiastic about this journey,” says Ennerèssa.

Inaugural Millenium Park Residency recipient Praize Productions, Inc. led by its CEO/Founder Ennerèssa LaNette will produce a one-of-a-kind images set up entitled “The Rhythm Inside Our Blues” in tandem with this 12 months’s Blues Pageant. This distinctive inventive growth will incorporate life-size pictures that depict the historical past and genuine tradition of Blues music advised by way of the lens {of professional} photographers of coloration from Chicago’s South Facet. Photographers embody Amber Inexperienced, Seed Lynn, and Tony Smith.

Pageant goers will have the ability to be engrossed with this exhibit as they’re imaginatively transported to Bronzeville- Chicago’s Blues District whereas strolling via and experiencing massive pictures of historic landmarks, Blues artists, and far more. This new addition to the June 8-Eleventh Blues Pageant, the most important pageant in Chicago, provides to the inventive richness and deep appreciation of Blues music and its greats.