Fort Wayne Dance Collective’s 2025-2026 Performance Season
Collective Expressions
Collective Expressions is an annual contemporary dance performance featuring original works by the compelling choreographic voices of FWDC’s professional Company and the Pineapple Dance Project, FWDC’s youth company. 2025’s Collective Expressions will be a collaboration with The Art & Awakening Center, opening July 5 in Fort Wayne. The show is a creative journey through the universe’s rhythms, where movement mirrors unseen forces: retrogrades that pull us backward, eclipses casting transformative shadows, and zodiacs weaving narratives of destiny. Through these celestial currents and expressive motion, we discover our shared connection in the universal dance.
When: August 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM & August 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Where: Ernest E. Williams Theatre on Purdue Fort Wayne’s campus
Halloween Show
The annual Halloween Show features original dance pieces designed to tell spooky stories, performed by FWDC’s professional artists, community members, and students studying movement arts in various FWDC programs.
When: October 17, 18 & 19, 2025
Where: Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab
Footloose
Presented by Fort Wayne Civic Theatre in Collaboration with Fort Wayne Dance Collective.
Every body cut loose! Based on the film of the same title, this bold new modern staging of Footloose celebrates the exhilaration of youth, the wisdom of listening to one another, and the power of forgiveness. This collaborative production has been reimagined to lend itself to an inclusive cast through staging, choreography and a completely universal design for audiences and performers of all abilities.
When: March 7 – March 22, 2026
Where: 303 E. Main Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
Choreographer’s Lab
FWDC’s annual Choreographer’s Lab is a workshop-style intensive that gives professional, creative, and technical support to local choreographers. Participating artists are provided with tools to aid them in the choreographic process including rehearsal space, dancers to work with, and the opportunity to work with professional technical designers.
When: April 30 at 7:00 PM, May 1 at 7:00 PM, May 2 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM, and May 3 at 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM, 2026
Where: Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 E. Berry St.
2026 June Family Concert
This annual, sensory-friendly performance showcases the technical and creative growth of students who participate in FWDC’s on-site classes. Original works are brought to life by multiple styles of movement arts including ballet, modern, tap, belly dance, Taiko, and more.
When: June 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Where: South Side High School, 3601 S. Calhoun St.
Performances by Fort Wayne Dance Collective’s professional company and Fort Wayne Taiko are available for private bookings. For more information about bookings, click here.