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Tri-C® Creative Arts Center Welcomes GroundWorks as a Professional Company in Residence

CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) Creative Arts Center of Excellence welcomes GroundWorks DanceTheater as a professional company in residence at its Metropolitan Campus beginning January 10, 2024. The company will use the dance studios in the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts for its

Q & A With ‘Transcendence: the installation’ Creator Miriam Bennett

By Steve Sucato When Groundworks DanceTheater Executive Artistic Director David Shimotakahara had the idea to turn the company’s dance film and stage production of Transcendence into an art installation at Cleveland's 78th Street Studios he turned to Akron-based filmmaker, artist, and academic Miriam Bennett.  A professor of Media Arts and Filmmaking at

2022 IN REVIEW

By Steve Sucato Rebounding from the effects of the global pandemic,

Choreographer’s Creative Exploration with GroundWorks Dancers Sparks Revelations

By Steve Sucato Continuing GroundWorks’ artistic relationship with The National Center for Choreography - Akron (NCCAkron), the company’s dancers engaged in a 2-day creative exploration, October 17 & 20 at Cleveland State University's Department of Theatre and Dance, with Urbana, Illinois choreographer Alexandra Barbier as

GroundWorks Pays Tribute to Lighting Designer Dennis Dugan with Thank You Video & Reception

Photos from GroundWorks DanceTheater's reception paying tribute to its longtime retiring lighting designer Dennis Dugan on Friday, September 30, 2022 at Playhouse Square's Outcalt Theatre. A Thank you video was shown during intermission at all performances of GroundWorks' Fall Performance Series 2022. All photos by Steve Sucato.