Our team is excited to announce that we will be adding an integral role come this Fall. Please see the Job Opening posted below: GroundWorks DanceTheater | Director of Development (part-time) Position Description The Director of Development creates and oversees the implementation of a strategic approach to fundraising, which includes grant solicitation, major gifts, annual campaign,
Lisa Lansing, a Gyrotonics Specialized Master Trainer (impressively only one out of 50 in the entire world!) and a GroundWorks DanceTheater partner, supporter and advocate, has been working weekly with the GroundWorks’ company dancers through the Gyrotonic Expansion System to increase each dancers range of motion, build strength and sustain their fluidity. We recently sat
We're thrilled to announce that our own David Shimotakahara will play an integral role in the development of a new work for The Cleveland Playhouse, The Good Peaches. The new work will premiere as part of CPH's celebratory 100th season and will feature a powerhouse artistic staff of Shimotakahara, Director Laura Kepley (CPH Artistic Director),
GroundWorks DanceTheater is looking for a Wardrobe Coordinator to assist with costume management through the upcoming 2015-16 season, beginning immediately. Hourly rate paid commensurate with experience. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Costume washing/drying, ironing/pressing Minimum hand sewing for repairs Transportation of costumes Organizing the storage of costumes Must have own transportation. Must be available days or
In advance of tonight's performance at Cain Park, we sat down with Guest Artist Eric Handman to talk about how the final weeks of rehearsals have gone. "David [Shimotakahara] asked me earlier this week if the piece emerged as I imagined it. I think my response of 'I hope not!' caught us both by surprise,"
Experience the rise of modern dance in America in a showing of the documentary, Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter. The film tells the story of Martha Hill and her inspiring journey to make dance a legitimate art form in America. Born in East Palestine, Ohio, she rose to become the first director of dance at
As promised, we will continue to share notes on our creative process to give you a peak behind the curtain & right into the way we think about creativity at GroundWorks DanceTheater. This series of posts focuses on our new work – The House of Sparrows – due to debut as part of EJ Thomas
We recently visited Philip Metres class at John Carroll University & left feeling very grateful. This collaboration gets to the core of why we conduct Action/Reaction programs as part of the GroundWorks DanceTheater mission. The responses to our latest Allen Theatre performance, issued in the students' own poetry, were incredible. We were able to capture
On Friday, October 24th & Saturday, October 25th, we performed the works of three of dance world’s finest choreographers at PlayhouseSquare Allen Theatre. These performances comprised the world premiere of German choreographer Johannes Wieland’s wait. now. go now., CoDa by Philadelphia choreographer, Ronen Koresh and Always, an homage to the music of Patsy Cline, created
