Sheep’s Gothic
Premiere
July 15, 2022
Cain Park‘s Evans Amphitheater
Choreographer
Rena Butler
Music Credits
Darryl J. Hoffman, composer
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Ahna Bonnette, Madison Pineda, Teagan Reed, Victoria Rumzis, Matthew Saggiomo
Choreographer’s
U/04
Credits
Premiere
November 5, 2021
Choreography
James Gregg
Music
The Caretaker, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Rhye, Moderate, Eartheater, Andy Scott, Porn Sword Tobacco, Arcade Fire, and Owen Pallet
Lighting Designer
Dennis Dugan
Costume Designer
Janet Bolick with Margaret Ruble
Dancers
Rachel Ferring, Nicole Hennington,
Transcendence (Dance Film)
Credits
Premiere
February 27, 2022
Choreographer, Director
David Shimotakahara
Music
Olivier Messiaen “Quartet for the End of Time” performed by CityMusic Cleveland Chamber Orchestra
Cinematographer, Editor
Kuo-Heng Huang
Lighting Designer
Dennis Dugan
Costume Designer
Janet Bolick
Installation
Pony (Dance Film)
Credits
Virtual Premiere
April 24, 2021
Choreography, Direction, Writing
Hannah Garner
Contributing Writer
Runako Campbell
Music
The Boswell Sisters, Sean McVerry, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi & Vladimir Martynov
Post Sound Mixer
Kevin Etherson
Director of Photography
Darby Irrgang
Credits
Premiere
April 9, 2022
Choreography
Peter Chu
Choreographer Assistant
Roger Van der Poel
Music
Église by Chicane and Maggot Brain (Alternate Mix) by Funkadelic
Sound Installation
Jim Swonger
Lighting Designer
Dennis Dugan
Costume Designer
Janet Bolick with Peter Chu
Dancers
Maddie
Mixtape 2.2
Credits
Premiere
April 9, 2022
Choreography
Antonio Brown
Music
Mixed & Arranged by Antonio Brown with songs by Jib Kidder, Black Violin & Ben Frost
Lighting Designer
Dennis Dugan
Costume Designer
Janet Bolick
Dancers
Maddie Hanson, Nicole Hennington, Madison Pineda, Teagan
Axis (Dance Film)
Dance Film Credits
Premiere
June 5, 2021
Virtual Premiere
Direction & Choreography
Adam Barruch in collaboration with dancers
Director of Photography/Cinematography
Alice Chacon
Editor
Alice Chacon
Composer/Sound Designer
Roarke Menzies
Lighting Designer
Dennis Dugan
Costume Designer
Janet Bolick
Dancers
Runako Campbell, Nicole Hennington, Annie
Sud Buster’s Dream
Premiere
July 19, 2019
Cain Park‘s Alma Theater
Choreographer
David Shimotakahara in collaboration with Original Cast
Music Credits
Various American Jazz Recorded Artists
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Charlene Gross
Set Design
Aaron Benson
Original Cast
Michael Arellano, Alexis Britford,
INSIDE
Film Premiere
October 31, 2020
Dunham Tavern Museum
Choreography
Antonio Brown in Collaboration with the Dancers
Videography & Photography
Kuo-Heng Huang
Music
DJ Tonymonkey, Woodkid, John Talabot, Raime
Mixed and arranged by Antonio Brown
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Cast
Kirsten Kelley Coco, Nicole Hennington,
Premiere
August 15, 2020
The Agora Theater Back Parking Lot
Choreographer
David Shimotakahara
Music
Electric Counterpoint, parts 1, 2, and 3 – Steve Reich, Mats Berstrom
Lighting & Tech Support
Chuck Karnak
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Nicole Hennington, Annie Morgan
Premiere
July 19, 2019
Cain Park’s Alma Theater
Choreographer
Robyn Mineko Williams
Music
Timber Timbre – Woman, Lonesome Hunter, No Bold Villain, Run From Me
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Alexis Britford, Nicole Hennington, Annie Morgan, Michael Arellano, Spencer Dennis
Premiere
March 20, 2019
Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art
Choreography
Dianne McIntyre
Music
“Romance” by Rene Bartoli, performed by David Jacques
“Raining Slowly” by Lance Allen
“Bassoon Sonata in G Major, Op. 168: I. Allegratto Moderato” by Camille Saint-Saens, performed by Pierre-Ricard Aubin and Michel Bettez
“Introit Benedictus Sit” by
About the Work
“Shape of Distance,” choreographed by David Shimotakahara, is a dynamic project created in partnership with the Akron Art Museum and funded by a Knight Foundation Arts Challenge award. The Knight Arts Challenge supports artistic innovation in audience engagement. David Shimotakahara was given permission to work in response to an
Hindsight
Premiere
July 15, 2011
Cain Park’s Alma Theater
Choreography
Lynne Taylor-Corbett
Music
Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders
Video Design
Adam Larsen
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Victoria Mearini
Set Design
Ian Petroni
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Sarah Perrett, Kathryn Taylor, Damien Highfield, Gary Lenington
éveillé
Premiere
March 3, 2018
EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall
at The University of Akron
Choreography
James Gregg
Music Artists
Ben Frost, Rachel’s, Apparat, Johann Sebastian Bach, Kjartan Sveinson
Sound Design
James Gregg
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Gemma Freitas Bender, Taylor Johnson,
Passenger
Premiere
March 3, 2018
E.J. Thomas Hall
at the University of Akron
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Music
John Adams, from John’s Book of Alleged Dances, recorded by Attacca Quartet
Dustin O’Halloran, Quartet #2
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Felise Bagley,
Far and Near
Premiere
October 16, 2015
Allen Theater in Playhouse Square
Choreography
Kate Weare
Assistant to the Choreographer
Douglas Gillespie
Music
“Partita for 8 Voices” by Caroline Shaw, Recoreded by Roomful of Teeth
Partita: 1. Allemade
Partita: 2. Sarabande
“Timber: Part III” by Michael Gordon, recorded by Slagwerk Den Haag
Lighting Design
Dennis
BRUBECK
Premiere
August 10, 2012
Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Music
Dave Brubeck
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costumes Design
Kristine Davies
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Noelle Cotler, Kathryn Wells Taylor Damien Highfield, Gary Lenington
BRUBECK pays tribute to the music of
Against Night
Premiere
March 17, 2017
Breen Center for the Performing Arts
St. Ignatius High School
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Music
David Lang, Jennifer Higdon, Nico Muhly, Steve Reich
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Lauren Garson, Annika Sheaff Damien Highfield, Michael
Chromatic
Premiere
October 14, 2016
Allen Theater at Playhouse Square
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Music
Joanna Macgregor Piano Works by Conlon Nancarrow, Sound Circus Studies for Player Piano #6 , #11,
Nancarrow, Pieces for Small Orchestra/Tango?/String Quartet #1 Joel Sachs Prelude and Blues
Conlon Nancarrow , Studies for Player Piano, 2008 Other Minds
About the Work
Beth Corning has always been interested in exploring new territory with her dances, incorporating diverse theatrical forms seamlessly blended into her choreographic vocabulary. At Once There Was a House was created with the company in 2004 and demands of the dancers to develop characters through spoken text, in addition to very specific physicalities. The
Carmina Burana
Premiere
May 7, 2016
E.J. Thomas Hall at the University of Akron
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Conductor
Christopher Wilkins
Music
Carl Orff
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costumes Design
Janet Bolick
Set Design
Ian Petroni
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Lucie Baker, Andre
About the Work Choreographer Loni Landon describes this piece as being about tension, connection/disconnection and how we relate to one another. The initial inspiration came from a recurring image Landon had after several chaotic dreams following Hurricane Sandy. Her hope for this piece is to have it feel like “…a continuous stream of consciousness –
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To view all videos, use password groundworksview About the Work With House of Sparrows, I have imagined a kind of dream, a journey through which we are transported back in time into the experience of individuals who lived and died during the epic
Video
To view the video, use password groundworksview About the Work Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera, with its abundant energy, high contrasts and rhythms – has wonderful elements for dance. It is also incredibly theatrical, and very much a performance piece for the musicians. Tan Dun asks the musicians to move around the
Remora
Premiere
July 17, 2015
Cain Park’s Alma Theater
Choreography
Eric Michael Handman
Music
Michael Wall
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Lauren Garson, Annika Sheaff, Damien Highfield and Michael Marquez
Eric Handman’s work is rooted in its physicality,
The Rub
Premiere
March 5, 2015
E J Thomas Hall, Akron OH
Choreography
Robert Moses
Music
Robert Moses
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Kristine Davies
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Noelle Cotler, Annika Sheaff, Damien Highfield
“The Rub” is an abstract work, but it hints at a
Shadowbox
Premiere
October 16, 2015
Allen Theater in Playhouse Square
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Music
Oded Zehavi, performed live by Mirabai Weismehl Rosenfeld
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costumes Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Lauren Garson, Annika Sheaff, Damien Highfield, Michael Marquez
In rehearsal we began playing
LUNA
Premiere
February 15, 2013
Breen Center for Performing Arts, Cleveland, OH
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Music
Composed by Peter Swendsen
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Kristine Davies
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Noelle Cotler, Annika Sheaff, Damien Highfield, and Gary Lenington
About the Work This work – a duet performed with live solo violin, played by Nicholas Tavani of Aeolus Quartet – explores the dramatic interplay between the formal structures of Baroque composer Biber’s Passacaglia violin solo & the emotional undercurrent found in response to the music’s themes & cadences. Current Frame premiered in August 2012
After Chorus
Premiere
October 26, 2013
Allen Theater at Playhouse Square
Choreography
Noa Zuk
Music Composed and Recorded
Ohad Fishof
Additional music “Comes Unbidden” by Nate Young
Dramaturgy
Ohad Fishof
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Noelle Cotler, Gary Lenington, Annika Sheaff, Chuck Wilt
“After
wait. now. go. now.
Premiere
October 24, 2014
Allen Theater at Playhouse Square
Choreography
Johannes Wieland
Music
Compilation recording by Johannes Wieland
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costumes Design
Janet Bolick
Set Pieces
Ian Petroni
Sound Design
Chuck Karnak
Original Cast
Noelle Cotler, Troy Macklin, Damien Highfield, Felise Bagley, Annika Sheaff
About the Work Music: “For the First Time” by Howard Hanson
Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist, regarded as one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century. Throughout her life, Woolf was plagued with recurring mental illness thought to have been the result of what is now termed bipolar disorder. Despite this
Boom Boom
Premiere
June 25, 2009
Alma Theater at Cain Park
Choreography
David Shimotakahara
Music
Various recorded Blues artists
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Set Design and Construction
Michael Roesch
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Sarah Perrett, Amy Miller, Kelly Brunk, Damien Highfield, David Shimotakahara
Originally created
About the Work House Broken, by Miami-based choreographer and 2013 Princess Grace Award winner Rosie Herrera, sits at the crossroads of theater and dance and is inhabited by iconic misfits whose lifestyles and rituals have gone slightly askew but who still are hoping for a place in the sun. The piece premiered in February of 2014
Drafting Foresight
Premiere
March 17, 2017
Breen Center for the Performing Arts
St. Ignatius High School
Choreography
Gina Gibney
Music
Ezekiel Honig
Video Design
Joshue Ott
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costumes Design
Felicity Sargent
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Lauren Garson, Damien Highfield, Michael Marquez
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To view the video, use password groundworksview About the Work Inamorata is defined as “a woman who is loved or in love.” In working with the company Kate Weare talked also about love as it provokes questions about faith and devotion and our need to belong, Her work taps into our
About the Work Gina’s choreography weaves into and around the music of Patsy Cline’s late recordings sometimes in response to lyrics of the songs, hinting at their stories and relationships, sometimes capturing the mood or essence of the music, its underlying pulse or rhythms. Patsy Cline one of the great voices in country music, had
CoDa
Premiere
February 3, 2012
Breen Center for the Performing Arts
St. Ignatius High School
Choreography
Ronen Koresh
Music
René Aubry
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Ronen Koresh
Original Cast
Felice Bagley, Sarah Perrett, Kathryn Taylor, Damien Highfield, Gary Lenington
GroundWorks first encountered Roni Koresh’s work at the Spring
Hex
Premiere
July 15, 2016
Alma Theater at Cain Park
Choreography
Adam Barruch
Sound Design
Adam Barruch with selections from Morton Feldman, Goldmund, and Stars of Lid
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Set pieces
Ian Petroni
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Lauren Garson, Damien Highfield, Michael Marquez, Stephanie Terasaki
Part Way
Premiere
October 14, 2016
Allen Theater at Playhouse Square
Choreography
Robyn Mineko Williams
Music
Serge Rachmaniov, Trio Elegiaque No 1 in G Minor for Piano, Violin and Cello
Recorded by Lang Lang, Mischa Maisky, Vadim Repin
Lighting Design
Dennis Dugan
Costume Design
Janet Bolick
Original Cast
Felise Bagley, Lauren Garson,
