Thank you to everyone who attended our Grand Finale Performance; we couldn’t have asked for a better ending to the organization’s 25 years of artistic and educational service in dance to the communities we have served.💛
Thank you also to all those who have supported and cherished GroundWorks DanceTheater and whose lives we have touched and enriched and, in turn, have touched and enriched our lives. You are all a part of our legacy, and it lives on in you!!
If you want to leave a reflection on GroundWorks and what the company has meant to you, follow this link: https://buff.ly/3YL9xQp #GWDT Photo by Mark Horning.
TOMORROW NIGHT at 8:00pm join us for our grand finale performance!💛
Cain Park- Evans Amphitheater
FREE - General Seating
Photo: From “The Sixth” by @owivier
taken by photographer @dale.dong.photo
THIS WEEKEND IN AKRON✨
GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATER’S
GRAND FINALE PERFORMANCES
The Historic Conclusion to 25 Years of Moving Possibility!
After 25 years of groundbreaking contemporary dance performances in Northeast Ohio, nationally recognized and critically acclaimed GroundWorks DanceTheater
will present its grand finale performances. These very special performances will feature three premiere dance works by @owivier@djtonymonkey and Artistic Director David Shimotakahara. Celebrate for the final time what Cleveland’s Plain Dealer called the “Smoldering brilliance of one of Cleveland’s cultural gems.”
AUGUST 2 & 3 | 8:45 PM
Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival
Firestone Park | Akron, OH
FREE | groundworksdance.org/grandfinale
AUGUST 10 | 8 PM
Cain Park – Evans Amphitheater
FREE – General seating
GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATER’S
GRAND FINALE PERFORMANCES
The Historic Conclusion to 25 Years of Moving Possibility!
After 25 years of groundbreaking contemporary dance performances in Northeast Ohio, nationally recognized and critically acclaimed GroundWorks DanceTheater
will present its grand finale performances. These very special performances will feature three premiere dance works. Celebrate for the final time what Cleveland’s Plain Dealer called the “Smoldering brilliance of one of Cleveland’s cultural gems.”
AUGUST 2 & 3 | 8:45 PM
Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival
Firestone Park | Akron, OH
FREE | groundworksdance.org/grandfinale
AUGUST 10 | 8 PM
Cain Park – Evans Amphitheater
FREE – General seating
IN PROCESS with @owivier ✨
Experience Olivier Wevers’ new work as part of Groundworks’ Grand Finale Performances - The Historic Conclusion to 25 Years of Moving Possibility!
-AUGUST 2 & 3, 2024 | 8:45 PMHeinz Poll Summer Dance Festival Firestone Park1480 Girard Street Akron, OH 44301
FREE
-AUGUST 10, 2024Doors: 7 PM | Show: 8 PMCain Park, Evans Amphitheater 14591 Superior Road Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
**THIS PERFORMANCE IS FREE! No tickets are required and no assigned seating
INFO: groundworksdance.org/grandfinale
SUNDAY JUNE 23rd 1-3pm
Past–Present–Future: Dance Legacy Conversations
DANCE IN COMMUNITY
Learn about the impact of dance beyond the stage through an interactive panel discussion with leaders from 25-year-plus Northeast Ohio dance companies, Ballet Excel, Dancing Wheels Company, Inlet Dance Theatre, Ohio Contemporary Ballet, and host GroundWorks DanceTheater. Each company will share how original programs they have designed with partner organizations have supported and enriched the lives of Northeast Ohio community members. Partner organization representatives from Cleveland Clinic, LIFE: A Dementia Friendly Foundation, Fairmount Center for the Arts, The Estuary, and Reach Out And Dance® will also be a part of the discussion that will provide insight into each participating organization’s experiences regarding the importance of dance in their community outreach programming.
Facilitated by Joan Meggitt – Director of Education & Community Engagement, GroundWorks DanceTheater
-Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 1 – 3 PM
The University of Akron
Cummings Center for the History of Psychology 73 South College St., Akron OH FREE – Limited seating, tickets required Ticket Registration: groundworksdance.org/conversations
Groundworks DanceTheater’s Grand Finale💛
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS
-The event will be free and open to the public and will feature a program of New Work Premieres by Executive Artistic Director David Shimotakahara, Resident Artist Antonio Brown, and Guest Choreographer Olivier Wevers.
-August 10th 8:00pm
Cain Park Evan’s Amphitheater
14591 Superior Rd
Cleveland, OH 44118
United States
THIS SATURDAY, May 4th at 7:30pm GroundWorks joins area dance companies Dancing Wheels Company, Frtrss Dance Theatre, Inlet Dance Theatre, The Movement Project, and Ohio Contemporary Ballet in the inaugural Akron Concert Series hosted by The Movement Project. GroundWorks will perform an excerpt from Limit (Less), featuring choreography by GroundWorks’ dancers and original music by Akron composer Theron Brown.
Saturday, May 4, 2024 | 7:30 PM CDF | AKRON CONCERT SERIES 2024 Akron-Summit County Public Library - Main Auditorium
60 S High Street, Akron, Ohio 44326
FREE (must reserve a ticket)
Reserve free tickets here: /schedule-tickets
COLUMBUS!! This Saturday, April 27th, GroundWorks returns to Columbus and the OhioDance Festival from 7:30 pm-9:30 pm to take part in the festival’s Professional Theater Concert. The company will perform an excerpt from FLOCK: Florian Lockner and Alice Klock’s lasts a lifetime. Says Klock, the work “explores the lifelong relationship we all have with our demons and our angels.”
✨Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 7:30 PM OHIODANCE FESTIVAL
The Ohio State University Barnett Theatre at Sullivant Hall
1813 North High St. Columbus Ohio 43210
Tickets: $10-20 INFO/TICKETS: /festival/showcase/
**GROUNDWORKS DANCETHEATER’S IT TAKES TWO! 2024 BENEFIT GALA HAS SOLD OUT**🥳
Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket or table. We look forward to seeing you this Saturday, April 20, 2024, at The Cleveland Museum of Art. See you there✨
Meet our final round of 2024’s It Takes Two! Celebrity dancers and their partners!! Enjoy a behind the scenes look at their first rehearsals for GroundWorks Dance Theater’s 16th Annual It Takes Two! Gala Benefit.✨
Video 1: Mary Kate Loftus @marykateloftus , President, Impressia Bank, dancing with GroundWorks dancer Matthew Saggiomo @mattsaggio
Video 2: Evelyn Burnett @evburnett1030 , CEO, ThirdSpace Action Lab + Reading Room, dancing with GroundWorks dancer Teagan Reed @baryshnisocks
Video 3: Spotlight dancer Constance Hill-Johnson @conniehilljohnson , Owner, Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services, dancing with GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara
See the pairs dance at the Cleveland Museum of Art on Saturday April 20th while you revel in the ambiance or the museum’s glass atrium at night at the party like no other, celebrating GroundWorks’ 25th anniversary in style!
✨To purchase tables or tickets, visit /ittakestwo or call 216.751.0088✨
Available ticket and table packages offer a host of benefits, including exclusive access to a VIP cocktail party and open bar throughout the evening, a delectable sit-down dinner, and preferred seating for a Dancing with the Stars-style dance competition. After voting for your favorites, it’s your turn to dance the night away to the lively tunes of dance band Moss Stanley and Nitebridge.
