By Steve Sucato In Maddie Hanson's brief time with the company during the 2021-2022 season, she left a lasting impression. None more so than on GroundWorks DanceTheater Founding Artistic Director David Shimotakahara. When he had the idea for a series of “Discovery Residencies” for young choreographers to work with the company on
By Steve Sucato A lot of time, nerves, and sweat equity went into GroundWorks DanceTheater’s It Takes Two! 2022 gala benefit this past May 26. The annual event that raised nearly $120,000 for GroundWorks’s education and outreach efforts in and around Northeast, Ohio. A huge part of
By Steve Sucato With partial funding by the Cavaliers Community Foundation, GroundWorks brought its Kinection for Learning program to Cleveland’s Willson School this past March - May. Home of the Tigers, Willson is a PreK-8 school whose mission is to offer a unique, individualized learning experience while striving
GroundWorks DanceTheater dancers, staff, board members and this year's It Takes Two! celebrity dancers got together for a meet and greet on Thursday, April 7 at Cleveland's Saucy Brew Works. The annual launch party was an opportunity for GroundWorks' dancers and
By Steve Sucato The proverb "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," can be applied to educational learning as well. At Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Warner Girls' Leadership Academy, students are embracing play to learn via GroundWorks’ Creative Play after school residency program. Built of interactive sessions where
As a member of that captivated audience, and a part of the video, Rumzis, in her first season with the company, said of her experience working on and seeing Transcendence: “It was exciting to start off our season as a company with an extremely collaborative process. We worked
By Steve Sucato As part of our ongoing Kinection for Learning residency program designed to support and enhance classroom learning through creative movement and kinesthetic learning, GroundWorks DanceTheater’s teaching artists have been in residence at Warrensville Heights’ Green Inspiration Academy and Cleveland’s Warner Girls’ Leadership Academy since the beginning
