The full-length, edited DVD’s of the 2011 “Nuts & Crackers” performance are finished and ready for purchase! If you have already ordered your copy of the December 18, 2011 performance held in the South Side High School Auditorium, you may stop by the Fort Wayne Dance Collective anytime Monday-Thursday from 9-5 p.m., or Friday 9-3 p.m. to pick up your DVD. If you wish to order a copy, please call 424-6574 or email info@fwdc.org. It was a beautiful performance and we sincerely thank each and everyone of you for making it such a success! We hope you enjoyed the show, and with this DVD you may it enjoy it for years to come.
FWDC presents the works of budding local and regional choreographers in an intimate setting that provides the audience the unique opportunity to give the choreographers feedback…anonymously. We also had many more proposals for the Choreographers Lab performance February 18 and 19 than usual.
This year we will see choreography excerpts from Motus Dance Theatre’s “IN” performance from Indianapolis about “in-clusion.” We’ll also see student dancers from Weisser Park School, IPFW, North Side High School and South Side High School. Please come and support emerging artists!
Performances will be February 18 at 7 pm and February 19 at 2 pm in the FWDC’s Elliot Studio. Tickets are just $8 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under.
Call 424-6574 or email info@fwdc.org for more information or to purchase tickets.
Fort Wayne Dance Collective is proud to present the “South Side High School Winter Dance Show.” The show will be held Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at the South Side High School Auditorium. The show begins at 7:00 p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $7, or $5 with a canned food item for the Community Harvest Food Bank. Please attend this show and show your support for the South Side High School Dance program!
“A marvel of speed, precision and invention”
-Dance Magazine“hip-hop mixed with ballet”
-Time Out Chicago
Every April since 1989, the Fort Wayne Dance Collective brings a guest artist to Fort Wayne. This year, we are proud and thrilled to present RUBBERBANDance Group from Montréal, Canada. They will be performing the piece, Gravity of Center. After years of exploring dance and theatre from urban, classical and contemporary angles, Victor Quijada, Artistic Director/Choreographer, formed Rubberbandance Group in 2002. Presenting choreographic works that examine human relationships, this extraordinary collection of world-class dancers articulates the perfect marriage between explosive hip-hop physicality and the subtle profoundness of contemporary story telling. A combination of the narrative, the spectacular, and freedom of break dancing with the abstraction, nuances, and technique of contemporary dance results in a true hybrid of dance forms. Anne Plamondon joined the group in 2002 as a dancer and contributed highly to the growth and development of the company. She has been co-artistic director of RBDG since September 2005.
This breath-taking fusion of contemporary ballet and break dancing is sure to excite and amaze. Please save the date April 14, 2012 for this performance at the Arts United Center.
- Lecture/Demonstration-Friday, April 13 at 4:00 p.m. at the Arts United Center. Tickets are $5
- Master Class-Friday, April 13 at 7:00 pm Location TBD. Cost is $25. Call FWDC for details.
- Performance-Saturday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m. at the Arts United Center. Advance tickets are $22 for adults, $20 for students, At-the-door: $27 adults, $25 students. Special discounted tickets $18 for groups of 10 or larger. Please call FWDC (260) 424-6574 or email info@fwdc.org for further details.
In this annual holiday-themed performance, students from FWDC’s School for Movement Studies and Creative Process showcase what they’ve learned in the Fall semester. This year the performance will be held at the South Side High School Auditorium, and instead of having multiple shows, we will only be performing Sunday, December 18. We hope you will join us in some alternative holiday fun!
Performance:
- Sunday, December 18 @ 2 p.m.
Tickets are $12 adults and $10 children
Tickets will be available for purchase November 28. Email info@fwdc.org or call 424-6574 for more information.
FWDC will be having a Bring a Friend Week, October 19-26. During this week if you bring a friend to the FWDC they get to take a class with you for FREE! In return, IF THEY SIGN UP for classes, you receive 10% off your next session of classes! What a deal! Limit for the amount of friends you may bring to class is one per student. This includes ALL of our classes: teen/adult, parent/child, and child. So please, bring a friend to Yoga, Pilates, Ballet, Belly, Modern, Creative Movement, etc. Lets introduce as many people as we can to the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, and the wonderful things we do here!
Fort Wayne Dance Collective is looking for a high-energy, hard-working intern who isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and get down to business. We are seeking lovers of the arts, dance, wellness and the wonderful work we do here at the FWDC. Some of the responsibilities for this position will include: event planning and management, marketing and public relations in the non-profit sector. This person will work closely with Liz Monnier, Artistic Director, Alison Gerardot, Outreach Director and Jarin Hart, Managing Director in continuously growing and developing this unique organization.
Our mission at the FWDC is to provide people of all ages and abilities a respectful environment to learn, collaborate and perform using movement, rhythm and language. If you share our passion, please apply at http://www.indianaintern.net/ today! You must apply at Indiana INTERNnet for this position. Applicants must be currently enrolled in college.
The internship will last October-May and will require 10 hours per week. This position will require daytime, some evening and weekend commitment. Oh, by the way, did we mention this internship is PAID? You will receive $10 per hour, while working in a fun, friendly, artsy environment and you can have all the FREE buttery, popcorn you can digest! (Fort Wayne Cinema Center is located in the same building). So what are you waiting for? The Deadline for applications is Sunday, October 2.
Fort Wayne Dance Collective presents the third annual Halloween performance, “Phantoms and Phobias.” This years’ theme will expose the deepest, darkest fears and inner phantoms that plague the demented minds of 9 choreographers. Matthew Farmer, guest choreographer from Hope College, will be presenting Acosticophobia. Brittney Tun’s piece will focus on Coulrophobia, and Kara Wilson will explore Agoraphobia just to name a few. These disturbing pieces will beg the question…what are YOU afraid of?
As part of the Downtown Improvement District’s Fright Night, this year’s Halloween show promises to be more demented than ever! The trolley will be stopping at FWDC to drop off victims…I mean patrons who dare to watch this twisted performance. The performances will be Friday, October 21 at 7 p.m., Saturday, October 22 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., as well as Sunday, October 23 at 2 p.m. Be sure to catch one of these bone-chilling performances…or else!
Email us for more information at info@fwdc.org, or call us for tickets at 424-6574. It promises to be a frighteningly good time!
What a blast! We had so much fun performing last Saturday! Fort Wayne Taiko delivered another stellar performance, and the Fort Wayne Dance Collective danced beautifully to live local musicians. Special thanks to choreographers: Liz Monnier, Alison Gerardot, Erlinda Wall, and Britney Tun as well as dancers: Kelly Holt, Kara Wilson, Erlinda Wall, Liz Monnier, Jordyn Rigler, and Miranda Bearman. We would also like to thank our musicians Mike Conley, Sunny Taylor Berry, Erik Möllberg and Bray Coughlin, and live artists Diane Gaby and Patricia Crawford for contributing their talents. FWDC loves doing collaborations and is so thrilled to have the opportunity to work with such amazing and talented people. We also want to thank the Downtown Improvement District for asking us to collaborate with them in doing a flash mob for Busker Square and thanks to End Times Spasm Band for providing such fun dance music! Thanks to everyone for your support and we hope to see you all September 7th as we kick off our Fall 2011 semester! Below are some photos of the Fort Wayne Taiko and FWDC performances as well as the flash mob during End Times Spasm Band’s energetic performance.
Just show up in front of the Arts United Center at 4:45 p.m. and we’ll fill you in on the experiment. It will be an improvisation at the end of FWDC’s scheduled performance at 5:00 p.m. on the Arts United Stage, “Circle of Art.”
Directions will be given to (for example) run and freeze, fast and slow, sharp and smooth, be invisible etc.
Wear something comfortable and colorful (no words on clothes please). Wear shoes as we are dancing on bricks.
We also need people to play simple percussion instruments, hand drums, egg shakers,bells etc.
We’ll perform at approximately 5:30. p.m.
Questions? call Liz 424-6574 or email liz@fwdc.org
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