By Steve Sucato GroundWorks DanceTheater in conjunction with Akron’s Summit Artspace presented the latest round of GroundWorks’ Action/Reaction this summer. The four-part program designed to connect with participants with little or no experience of contemporary dance, but who are interested in or involved with creative practices in
By Steve Sucato A native of Columbus Grove, Ohio, Morgan Ashley began her dance training in the second grade at a local Cheer Dance studio. By the sixth grade, Morgan began attending dance competitions and continued those through high school. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from Kent
By Steve Sucato A native of Scottsdale, Arizona, Ahna Bonnette began her dance training at Dance Connection Scottsdale. She later taught at and set solo competition dances for the studio. At 18, she attended SUNY Purchase for a year before leaving to explore a career in concert dance. In 2021, she traveled
By Steve Sucato A lot of time, nerves, and sweat equity went into GroundWorks DanceTheater’s It Takes Two! 2022 gala benefit this past May 26. The annual event that raised nearly $120,000 for GroundWorks’s education and outreach efforts in and around Northeast, Ohio. A huge part of
By Steve Sucato On June 14, 2022, Joan Meggitt was named Groundworks DanceTheater’s new Education Director. Meggitt follows in the dance steps of longtime Education & Community Engagement Director, Rebecca Burcher who made significant strides in GroundWorks’s education and community programming as well as helping to shape GroundWorks’s inclusion policies. Originally from
By Steve Sucato You could say Rena Butler has reached a tipping point in her career. The former dancer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Kyle Abraham/A.I.M, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, and most recently Gibney Dance, has reached a point in her freelance choreographic career where making dance works is now her
By Steve Sucato Since arriving at GroundWorks DanceTheater in 2018, Nicole Hennington has left an indelible mark on the company and its audiences. The versatile dancer has originated memorable roles in such works as GroundWorks Executive Artistic Director David Shimotakahara’s Sud Buster’s Dream and Jigsaw, James Gregg’s éveillé, Brian Brooks’ Unwritten and
By Steve Sucato First season company dancer Teagan Reed (they/them) is a St. Petersburg, Florida native and started training and competing in Scottish Highland dance at age 12. Tea then trained in ballet at the Patricia Ann Dance Studio, attended the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and The Hubbard Street Professional Program in
By Steve Sucato As part of The National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron’s Ideas in Motion: 21st Century Dance Practices capsule series and research residency, choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy worked with GroundWorks DanceTheater’s dancers in a creative exploration session on March 17 at Cleveland State University’s Department of Theatre &
