Celebrating milestones and continuing two decades of creative collaboration, GroundWorks’ Spring Dance Series will feature farewell performances by founding company members Felise Bagley and Damien Highfield, as well as two world premiere works including Passenger by Executive Artistic Director David Shimotakahara. “This series is definitely a milestone for GroundWorks, with Felise and Damien’s decision to
Colorado-born, Oklahoma-raised dancer and choreographer James Gregg will debut his world premiere work during GroundWorks’ upcoming Spring Dance Series. Inspired by Italian poet Giambattista Basile’s version of the Sleeping Beauty story, Gregg combines his unique “fixed point” style of movement with while exploring themes including tenderness, love, dark beauty and tragedy. “My works are like a puzzle
Celebrating milestones and continuing two decades of creative collaboration, GroundWorks DanceTheater presents its 2018 Spring Program featuring farewell performances by veteran company members Felise Bagley and Damien Highfield, as well as two world premiere works by international choreographer James Gregg and GroundWorks Executive Artistic Director David Shimotakahara. “This series is definitely a milestone for the
Artistic Director David Shimotakahara’s new work for GroundWorks 2017 Fall Dance Series explores themes connected to the most primal of human concerns – love, joy, fear, loss, shame, separation, redemption. Using the American Gothic movement as a jumping off point for Salt to Sea, his 40th work for the company, Shimotakahara weaves together stories of
Founding company member Amy Miller returns to her roots during GroundWorks Fall 2017 Dance Series with the world premiere of her work, Vade Mecum. The piece, which explores the ideas of partnership, collaboration and inner wisdom, will be Amy’s 12th original work for the company. Past works include Way Leads to Way (2013), Current
GroundWorks DanceTheater returns to its roots during its 2017 Fall Dance Series featuring two world premiere works by Founding Artistic Director David Shimotakahara and founding company member Amy Miller, as well as the reprisal of an audience favorite paying homage to one of jazz’s greats. Featured Guest Artist Amy Miller, a founding member of GroundWorks,
We are honored to have been selected from hundreds of applicants for one of 18 Spotlight Showcase spots at the 2017 Arts Midwest Conference - the region's top performing arts conference. Over 1,000 performing arts professionals from across the country - artists, managers, agents and arts administrators - will come together August 28-31 in Columbus to
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 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
