By Steve Sucato Morgan Walker’s burgeoning choreographic career got another boost recently when she became the second dancemaker to receive an invitation to participate in GroundWorks DanceTheater's new Discovery Residency program for up-and-coming choreographers. Walker, a dancer and rehearsal director for Cleveland’s Dancing Wheels Company, has a BFA in Dance Performance and
CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®) Creative Arts Center of Excellence welcomes GroundWorks DanceTheater as a professional company in residence at its Metropolitan Campus beginning January 10, 2024. The company will use the dance studios in the Gill and Tommy LiPuma Center for Creative Arts for its
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 GroundWorks welcomes its newest company member Emma Janus. The native of Lexington, South Carolina, received her early dance training at the Columbia City Jazz Conservatory in Lexington. In 2022, she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in dance from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College. While
GroundWorks DanceTheater Founding Artistic Director David Shimotakahara has been recognized with Summit Artspace’s titular Arts Alive Award for 2023. The Arts Alive Award is given to an individual or individuals who give selflessly to the cause of advancing arts and culture in the community. Whether an artist, arts administrator, volunteer
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 Matthew Saggiomo (he/they) grew up in the small town of Sayre, Pennsylvania where he began his dance training at age 6 in several styles. At 18, he continued his dance training at Elite Danceworx in Ontario, Canada under Dawn Rappitt. Matthew then attended Point Park University where he earned
By Steve Sucato A native of Columbus Grove, Ohio, Morgan Ashley began her dance training in the second grade at a local Cheer Dance studio. By the sixth grade, Morgan began attending dance competitions and continued those through high school. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from Kent
