GroundWorks 2018 Fall Series features the world premiere of a dynamic new project created in partnership with the Akron Art Museum and funded by a Knight Foundation Arts Challenge award. Artistic Director David Shimotakahara was given permission to work in response to an important piece from the Museum’s permanent collection, the magnificent Dzesi II by
Nicole Hennington can’t remember an existence without dance. “I know it may sound corny, but I feel like dance chose me,” she says. “I don’t ever remember ever not liking dance. It’s always been a part of me and who I am.” The Arizona native looks forward to making her GroundWorks debut during the company’s
By the time Annie Morgan auditioned for GroundWorks, she had logged more than 30 hours auditioning for various modern dance companies up and down the Eastern Seaboard. Though she had many different audition experiences, she knew right away that she wanted to dance for GroundWorks. “A former teacher, Sarah Cullen Fuller, told me about the
The day after Robert Rubama graduated from George Mason University, he bussed 375 miles from Fairfax, Virginia to Cleveland to join GroundWorks DanceTheater. The 21-year-old Virginia Beach, Virginia-native is diving right in to his new role as company artist and looks forward to making his debut during our Summer Series. Before joining GroundWorks, Robert had
What is at the heart of our ability to imagine and wonder in new and different ways? Audience members might ask themselves this question and more during Dawn of a Revolution, GroundWorks DanceTheater’s creative collaboration with ChamberFest Cleveland. The season finale event, taking place on Saturday, June 30 at 7:30pm at the Maltz Performing Arts
We are so thankful to everyone who made It Takes Two 2018 possible! This year's 10th annual event raised over $82,000 to support GroundWorks DanceTheater. This would not have been achievable if it weren’t for our celebrity dancers and their GroundWorks partners. The overall winner for most funds raised was Nancy Osgood. Richard Clark won
Karen Cooper says one should expect to have a blast when attending GroundWorks DanceTheater’s It Takes Two Benefit. “It’s the best party in town!” says Cooper, who will dance with GroundWorks artist Damien Highfield during the April 28 gala at the Cleveland Museum of Art. “I’ve been attending for several years and now I’ll
Jennifer Coleman has always appreciated what GroundWorks has contributed to Cleveland. Now she gets to give back to them during the 10th Annual It Takes Two Benefit on April 28th at the Cleveland Museum of Art. “I have been at quite a few GroundWorks benefits in the past,” says Coleman. “I’ve always harbored a
When Oren Baratz met GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara for the first time at Leadership Cleveland, they immediately hit it off. “I told David that I’d never danced in my life and that his success in the [Leadership Cleveland] program would be if he could get me to dance,” Baratz says. “Two weeks later
