GroundWorks DanceTheater’s board of directors announces the appointment of Cynthia H. Dunn as the organization’s third president. The board also welcomes four new members – Jack Alan Bialosky, Jr., Lisa Lansing, Brian Marita and Kay Shames. Other officers of the board include Jenna Snyder, Secretary and Jack Katzenmeyer, Treasurer. Dunn is the President & CEO
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
Introducing our newest company member at GroundWorks – Taylor Johnson. The 23-year-old Columbus native and recent Juilliard graduate can’t wait to make her debut during our 2017 Fall Dance Series at the Allen Theater at Playhouse Square and Akron Public Library. Taylor is versed in a wide range of styles of dance as well as
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
Our newest company member Gemma Freitas Bender made her debut with GroundWorks during our Summer Dance Series at Cain Park in July. The Buffalo, New York-native, 23, and 2014-15 recipient of the prestigious Princess Grace USA Award, is thrilled to call Cleveland her newfound artistic home. A graduate of the Juilliard School of Dance, Gemma
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
What is the function of dance and what is its place in the world? Monica Bill Barnes answers these questions and more in her work, exploring and celebrating individuality, humor and the innate theatricality of everyday life. Founder and artistic director of NYC-based Monica Bill Barnes & Company, and debuting a new world premiere work
We are thrilled to bring the critically-acclaimed work Inamorata back to the stage as part of our Summer Dance Series at Cain Park in Cleveland Heights and Heinz Poll in Akron. Choreographed by NYC-based artist Kate Weare, Founder & Director of Kate Weare Company and re-staged by Doug Gillespie, Dancer and Assistant Director of Kate
