2022 IN REVIEW
By Steve Sucato Rebounding from the effects of the global pandemic,
Creative Notes: Choreographer Rena Butler Talks about her Burgeoning Career and her World Premiere Work for GroundWorks
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
Creative Notes: Nicole Hennington on her First Mainstage Work For GroundWorks and her Career
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
GroundWorks Summer Season Preview | Arts Air
Read an excerpt from "New Work Pushes GroundWorks DanceTheater's Dancers as Athletes and Performers" By Steve Sucato, Arts Air July 12, 2017 Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. The old dog of sorts being Northeast, Ohio’s GroundWorks Dance Theater, now in its 17th season who, in its upcoming summer series programs at
GroundWorks Summer Season Preview | Plain Dealer
GroundWorks DanceTheater staging new work steeped in sports passion at Summer Series By Zachary Lewis, The Plain Dealer July 4, 2017 CLEVELAND, Ohio - A new work of dance is a terrible thing to waste. Especially when it's a good one. Hence the program GroundWorks DanceTheater has in store July 14-16 at Cain Park. Stocked
GroundWorks Summer 2017 Preview
Entering its 19th season this summer, GroundWorks DanceTheater continues to be celebrated for its commitment to new work in dance. That steady and devoted evolution has led to original programs, rewarding audiences with range of movement, music and ideas. The company’s 2017 Summer Series program continues to set all of that in motion. New York-based
Inside Look | GroundWorks Previews Guest Artist Adam Barruch’s New Piece
It was an intimate afternoon of dance and lively discussion on Friday as we presented an inside look into award-winning New York choreographer Adam Barruch’s new work, “Hex,” which will debut at GroundWorks’ 14th annual Summer Concert Series beginning on July 15 at the Alma Theater in Cain Park. Guests enjoyed an up-close showing of the dynamic
Summer Creative Notes | New Eric Handman Piece Premieres Tonight!
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,"