as such. Now, this story becomes significant within how “Astro Boy” herself would always be left out, even during group huddles. Despite her reserved nature, the team always made sure to call her “Astro Boy!” and invite her to come and join them—leaving no one behind and eventually attaching itself to the org’s battle cry. In a sense, this origin story welcomes the idea of CADs as a place where no one would get left behind in the pursuit of art and excellence. It welcomes the organization as an environment for a strong sense of community which eventually fosters selfactualization by repurposing their passions into art. “Company?” Community! Despite the organization’s name being the “Company” of Ateneo Dancers, CADs goes beyond its label. More than that, CADs is a community—a tight-knit circle, a closely bonded pack with a kinship between individuals who not only find a home within the organization itself, but within each other. Through its member diversity, CADs is able to cultivate a robust and harmonious sense of community that empowers its members to initiate, collaborate, lead, and inspire through dance and production. But the big question is: how? How is CADs able to create an environment entirely for and by the members? The answer lies in the nature of the org’s composition of members, its structure of people—every unit, every hand, and every heart it welcomes per year. Coming directly from the members themselves, CADs “is a melting pot of different types of people,” ranging from different backgrounds, skills, and talents; a culmination of different crossroads, each with their own unique gift to offer. This sense of diversity is explicitly seen through the group’s very organizational structure being split into the previously aforementioned major divisions, which are further divided to
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