By Steve Sucato GroundWorks DanceTheater's 5th Annual Contemporary Dance Winter Intensive proved once again why it is the dance intensive of choice for discerning dancers looking for an affordable, inviting, and superior-quality learning experience. The 3-day deep dive
By Steve Sucato Kicking off 2023 with a promise of great things to come, GroundWorks DanceTheater’s 4th Annual Winter Intensive welcomed 22 participants from 5 states, our largest turnout to date. The 3-day deep dive into GroundWorks' creative
By Steve Sucato When Groundworks DanceTheater Executive Artistic Director David Shimotakahara had the idea to turn the company’s dance film and stage production of Transcendence into an art installation at Cleveland's 78th Street Studios he turned to Akron-based filmmaker, artist, and academic Miriam Bennett. A professor of Media Arts and Filmmaking at
By Steve Sucato Rebounding from the effects of the global pandemic,
By Steve Sucato Continuing GroundWorks’ artistic relationship with The National Center for Choreography - Akron (NCCAkron), the company’s dancers engaged in a 2-day creative exploration, October 17 & 20 at Cleveland State University's Department of Theatre and Dance, with Urbana, Illinois choreographer Alexandra Barbier as
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
