Fort Wayne Dance Collective’s 2024-2025 Performance Season
Burlesque
TRMT and FWDC are collaborating once again to bring you an all-singing, all-dancing musical theatre-style cabaret extravaganza! Join us as we celebrate the art of burlesque with the most captivating songs of the stage and screen. This art form has a rich history and has been influenced by notable choreographers, like Bob Fosse, bringing stylized and edgy dance to the stage. Enjoy a vibrant blend of classic tradition and contemporary flair; embracing humor, dance, storytelling, and personal expression!
When: At 8 PM on: January 17, 18, 24, & 25, 2025; At 6 PM on: January 19 & 26, 2025
Where: Three Rivers Music Theatre, 416 W 4th Street
MOMIX (Guest Artist Residency)
FWDC is excited to finally bring MOMIX to the Embassy Theatre after a 5-year postponement. Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic, and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendleton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. Join this dazzling company on a mind-bending adventure, as Alice encounters time-honored characters including the undulating Caterpillar, a lobster quadrille, frenzied White Rabbits, a mad Queen of Hearts, and a variety of other surprises.
When: February 4, 2025 at 7:30pm
Where: Embassy Theatre, 125 W. Jefferson Blvd.
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: Saturday, March 22nd, 2025 at 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM and Sunday March 23rd, 2025 at 2:30 PM & 6:00 PM
Where: Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 E. Berry St.
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 14, 2025 (time TBD)
Where: South Side High School, 3601 S. Calhoun St.
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. This year, FWDC was joined by the Dancing Wheels Company. Considered one of the premier arts and disabilities organizations in the United States, Dancing Wheels unites the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities.
When: August 17 & August 18, 2024
Where: Ernest E. Williams Theatre on Purdue Fort Wayne’s campus
Fireside Frights (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. This year’s spin-chilling Halloween Show, “Fireside Frights,” gathered audience members around a campfire to whisper scary stories and urban legends under the light of the full moon.
When: October 18, 19 & 20, 2024
Where: Parkview Physicians Group ArtsLab
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.