The Fort Wayne Dance Collective would like to invite you to our Fiscal Year-end Annual Meeting, a celebration of our many activities from July 2009 to June 2010. From a Dances of Universal Peace weekend, to Eaten Alive: 7 Deadly Sins with a full 42 weeks of classes thrown in, we have been busy. Thanks to an Inspire grant from the Foellinger Foundation, we’ve tried lots of new things, and they’ve been hits! Dances of Universal Peace is steadily growing in popularity, and we have several choreographers who will be taking part in Dark Dance, Deadly Tongue, this year’s Halloween concert.
Please join us at the FWDC studios on Monday, June 21 at 6:00 PM for a simple celebration of these achievements, and a taste of the year to come. We’ll have light refreshments, and board members on hand to meet and socialize with. It won’t be more than an hour.
Although you’re welcome to just show up, we’d appreciate it if you’d send us an email and let us know to expect you.
Thank you — we hope to see to see you soon!
The King’s Curse
An original story-dance concert by
the Fort Wayne Dance Collective
WHEN: Friday, June 18, 7:00 pm
WHERE: Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St.
COST: $12 adults, $10 children 12 and under
Fort Wayne Dance Collective is proud to present “The King’s Curse,” an original story-dance concert, performed by local students, ranging in age from 3 years old to adult. The concert is happening Friday, June 18, 2010 at 7:00 pm at the Arts United Center, 303 E. Main St. Tickets are $12 for adults, and $10 for children 12 and under. For tickets, call (260) 424-6574 or email info@fwdc.org.
In the story, the King and the Queen hold a grand ball, and send out invitation by carrier pigeons. The pigeon heading to deliver one to Madam Thorndye, the local pharmacist and sorceress gets lost. The invitation is never delivered. Angry and vengeful, she puts a curse on the King.
The curse plagues the King with four demons: Guilt, Fear, Blame and Grudge. Over the hour-long concert, the King must learn to deal with these demons, and win back the friends and family he alienates.
“The King’s Curse” features local theatre stalwarts Reuben Albaugh and Gloria Minnich as the King and Queen, and local artist Cheryl Spieth-Gardiner as Madame Thorndye. A whole host of other dancers play parts in the story as well, including local belly dancers led by Jordana bint Zweena, and students in FWDC’s adult modern and ballet classes. The biggest hit of the concert is always the 3-year old Creative Movement students, who play the Teardrops. There will be a unique dance adapted from the ancient Chinese movement form T’ai Chi, created and choreographed by FWDC Artistic Director Liz Monnier, as well as a special appearance by the FWDC adult creative movement class at Bi-County Services, as they play the Council of the Wicked.
For photograph and video opportunities, FWDC will be holding dress rehearsals Saturday, June 5 from 8:45-11:30 AM at the FWDC studios, Saturday, June 12 from 8:30-11 AM at the FWDC studios, Wednesday, June 16 from 6-8:30 PM at the Arts United Center, and Thursday, June 17 from 6-8:30 PM at the Arts United Center. Please contact Andy Welfle to schedule a time to capture video and photos.
We’ve been hard at work over here at the Dance Collective, updating our website and making it easier and quicker to get around. Now, instead of an iWeb file, our site is built on the powerful WordPress content engine. We hope it can do a number of things for you better than the old site:
- Compatibility with all web browsers, even older stubborn versions of Internet Explorer.
- Easier, cleaner navigation
- Better social media integration (go ahead! Take a look at the icons at the top of the screen!)
- Integrated news and blog
- Better event management
- Easier to navigate class schedule
- Easier to interact with site and contact FWDC.
We are not done yet! Eventually we plan to use a bonified web developer and find some awesome functionality and fancy graphic interface, and be the best darn small arts nonprofit arts website out there. Keep in touch, and meanwhile, stay updated on what we’re doing. Click the little orange button in the top left corner to grab our RSS feed and get notified every time we update!
