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Choreographer,
Director, Teacher, Producer, Administrator |
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| Ms. Peggy
Sutton is the owner and director of
Mayfair Academy of Fine Arts. Mayfair
was founded in 1957 by renowned Tap
Master, Mr. Tommy Sutton with the
goal of developing dance as a cultural
and physical asset for the children
of our community. He passed on his
legacy to his daughter, Peggy Sutton
who successfully operated Mayfair
since 1978. Today Mayfair is one of
the largest privately owned schools
of its type with an enrollment of
over 900 students and two locations.
In addition to her administrative
and artistic duties at Mayfair she
also does choreography for many local
civic and charitable organizations
and oversees the Mayfair Performing
Company. Ms. Sutton is a graduate
of SIU with a degree in accounting.
Ms. Sutton has done special events
at venues, such as UIC Pavilion, Medinah
Temple, the Chicago Theater, the Skyline
Stage at Navy Pier, the Chicago Hilton
& Towers, the Museum of Science
& Industry, the DuSable Museum,
the Harold Washington Cultural Center,
the Harris Theater and the Arie Crown
Theater, entertaining audiences up
to 5000 while exposing her students
to the finest venues that Chicago
has to offer.
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Peggy's choreography reaches beyond
Mayfair Recitals and Productions and
includes the Chicago Links Cotillion,
The Dance Ministries of TUCC, The Chicago
Public Schools, The Chicago Park District,
Valparaiso University and numerous Dance
Competitions. Ms. Sutton has also written,
produced and directed many theatrical
productions such as "These Daze",
"Young Gifted & Black",
"Mayfair's Fame", "Ease
on Down the Road" and "The
Seven Days of Kwanzaa". Ms. Sutton
is also the recipient of the Chocolate
Chip Theater Co. "Smart Cookie"
award, the Alpha Kappa Alpha "Pearls
of Excellence" award, the ETA Gala
"Demonstrating the Faith"
award, the Chicago Defender's "Women
of Excellence" award, Zeta Phi
Beta's 2008 Women of the Year award
and the 2008 Ruth Page Award.
Ms. Sutton understands that her purpose
is to continue the legacy her Father
left before her, which is to educate,
expose, empower and employ our children
in the Fine Arts. It is Ms. Sutton's
hope that her legacy will be to show
by example the business of the arts
as a thriving African American and female
owned and operated business which has
been a positive fixture and cultural
institution in the same community for
the past 50 years. |
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