Thank you to everyone that attended, supported and were a part of IT Takes Two! 2023! The 15th annual Dancing with the Stars-style competition and Gala Benefit, held May 13 at Tenk West Bank welcomed some 240 people who reveled in the party like no other! They, along with all those who voted online
GroundWorks DanceTheater dancers, staff, board members and this year's It Takes Two! celebrity dancers got together for a meet and greet on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Cleveland's Saucy Brew Works. The annual launch
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 On Thursday, December 8, 2022, a composition class of 25 upper grade-level high school students from Hawken School’s Performing Arts Department came to open rehearsal of GroundWorks Dancetheater at the Outcalt Rehearsal Hall at Cleveland State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance. The
By Steve Sucato Victoria Rumzis (she/her) is a Chicago native and began dancing at Dancenter North. She continued her studies at Point Park University where she received her BFA in dance, graduating magna cum laude. Additionally, “Tori” received training at Axis Connect, Movement Invention Project, ODC and Salt Contemporary Dance. She has
By Steve Sucato Madison Pineda (she/her) began her dance training in Sacramento, CA and in Keller, TX. In 2017, she received The Fields Ballet Scholarship Award. At age 16, she attended The Joffrey Ballet School’s New York City Jazz & Contemporary Program, and in 2021 she graduated with a BFA degree from
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
