Knight Arts | Area dance artists praise creation of the National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron

Area dance artists praise creation of the National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron

By Roger DurbinKnight Arts

The Akron dance community just got a mega-boost. At a press conference held at The University of Akron on May 14, Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight

Knight Arts – “Ghost Opera” a GroundWorks DanceTheater Masterpiece

Knight Arts – “Ghost Opera” a GroundWorks DanceTheater Masterpiece

By Roger Durbin, Knight Arts

Reviews of GroundWorks DanceTheater (a Knight Arts grantee) over the years (my own included) have talked about how the company has created important contemporary dance pieces. Important doesn’t always mean serious, either, for artistic director David Shimotakahara and associate