IDSA West District Student Merit Award Winner Charlie Hodges

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August 24, 2018

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July 2018

IDSA West District Student Merit Award winner Charlie Hodges, IDSA, came to industrial design circuitously, having dedicated his life to studying the art of ballet at the age of 10. Traveling across 30 nations and five continents in pursuit of professional dance, Hodges performed extensively with Twyla Tharp, im’ij-re and the Sacramento Ballet, earning the Best Male Dancer at the European Critics’ Choice Awards (2003), Best Male Dancer on Broadway (2010), and L.A. Weekly’s Person of the Year (2014).