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Meet GroundWorks DanceTheater Company Dancer Teagan Reed
By Steve Sucato First season company dancer Teagan Reed (they/them) is a St. Petersburg, Florida native and started training and...
Making Magic With Rainey Institute Students
By Steve Sucato Continuing GroundWorks DanceTheater’s decade-long partnership with Rainey Institute , the company is wrapping up an...
Choreographer Ashwini Ramaswamy’s Creative Exploration Session with GroundWorks Bears Valued Fruit
By Steve Sucato As part of The National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron’s Ideas in Motion: 21st Century Dance...
GroundWorks Facilitates Warner Girls’ Leadership Academy Students’ Learning Through Creative P
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...
Creative Notes: Antonio Brown Uses Childhood Music and Dance Memories to Create a New Dance Journey
Cleveland-native Antonio Brown caught the dance bug early in his life. Like many kids of his generation, he stood in front of the TV...
Creative Notes: Choreographer Peter Chu brings a Background in Tai Chi, Qigong, and Jazz Dance to Tw
By Steve Sucato Choreographer Peter Chu finished a three-week Creative Residency with GroundWorks DanceTheater recently that included...
Meet Rebecca Burcher
Rebecca Burcher, GroundWorks DanceTheater’s new Education and Community Engagement Coordinator, has always had a passion for connecting...
Meet Alexis Britford
Columbus-native, Alexis Britford, has had dance running through her veins ever since she was a toddler. A graduate of the University of...
Summer Creative Notes – Banning Bouldin
Nashville-native Banning Bouldin joins forces with GroundWorks DanceTheater for the company’s upcoming Summer Series. The New Dialect...
Meet Annie Morgan
By the time Annie Morgan auditioned for GroundWorks, she had logged more than 30 hours auditioning for various modern dance companies up...
Meet Robert Rubama
The day after Robert Rubama graduated from George Mason University , he bussed 375 miles from Fairfax, Virginia to Cleveland to join...
GroundWorks DanceTheater Presents: Dawn of a Revolution
What is at the heart of our ability to imagine and wonder in new and different ways? Audience members might ask themselves this question...
GroundWorks – Rainey Institute Q&A
For over 100 years, the Rainey Institute has invested in Cleveland. Founded in 1904, it was originally a settlement house providing...
It Takes Two – Celebrity Dancer Karen Cooper
Karen Cooper says one should expect to have a blast when attending GroundWorks DanceTheater’s It Takes Two Benefit. “It’s the best...
It Takes Two – Celebrity Dancer Jennifer Coleman
Jennifer Coleman has always appreciated what GroundWorks has contributed to Cleveland. Now she gets to give back to them during the 10th...
It Takes Two – Celebrity Dancer Oren Baratz
When Oren Baratz met GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara for the first time at Leadership Cleveland, they immediately hit...
It Takes Two – Celebrity Dancer Richard Clark
On one Sunday afternoon, Richard Clark and his wife were invited by a friend to see a modern dance performance at the Akron Ice House....
It Takes Two – Celebrity Dancer Nancy Osgood
When it comes to dancing, GroundWorks DanceTheater’s 10th Annual It Takes Two Benefit will be Nancy Osgood ‘s debut performance. Unless...
Final Bow: Felise Bagley
Passionate. Powerful. Elegant. These are the words often used to describe Felise Bagley . There is arguably no one else like her and...
Final Bow: Damien Highfield
When you’ve been dancing for 25 years and 20 of those are with one company, you build a history together. You are family. “You become a...
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