“A seamless blend of classical and modern ideas that embrace artistic freshness.”
– The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND (June 27, 2013) – GroundWorks DanceTheater announces its 2013 summer and fall performance schedule, which features world premieres by guest choreographer Noa Zuk, GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara and GroundWorks Artistic Associate Amy Miller.
Tickets for fall performances go on sale September 2, 2013. For information about the company, visit GroundWorks’ new website at www.groundworksdance.org or call 216-751-0088.
Here are the 2013 summer and fall GroundWorks performances:
Heinz Poll Summer Dance Festival
Friday, August 2 at dusk (approximately 8:45 p.m.)
Saturday, August 3 at dusk (approximately 8:45 p.m.)
Glendale Cemetery
150 Glendale Avenue
Akron
FREE
The performances feature the Akron premiere of a new work by GroundWorks Artistic Associate Amy Miller, My Hummingbird at the High Line (2012) by Doug Elkins, and GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara’s Before With After (2003), a poetic response to J.S. Bach’s compositions for keyboard. CBS Cleveland describes Elkins’ Hummingbird as “a witty, classy and fresh exploration of music and dance from hip hop to Handel.”
Arts in August at Lincoln Park
Friday, August 9 at 8:30 p.m.
Starkweather Avenue & W. 11th St.
Cleveland
FREE
Performance program to be determined.
Summer Series at Cain Park’s Alma Theater
Friday, August 16 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 17 at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 18 at 2:00 p.m.
14591 Superior Road
Cleveland Heights
Tickets $20/$22 advance, $22/$24 day of the show. Visit www.cainpark.com or call 216-371-3000.
The performances feature the Cleveland premiere of a new work by GroundWorks Artistic Associate Amy Miller, My Hummingbird at the High Line (2012) by Doug Elkins, and GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara’s Before With After (2003), a poetic response to J.S. Bach’s compositions for keyboard. CBS Cleveland describes Elkins’ Hummingbird as “a witty, classy and fresh exploration of music and dance from hip hop to Handel.”
Allen Theatre at PlayhouseSquare
Friday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 26 at 8:00 p.m.
1501 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tickets $10 – $25. Visit www.playhousesquare.org or call 866-546-1353.
Presented by the Cleveland State University Department of Theater and Dance
The performances feature the Cleveland premieres of new works by guest choreographer Noa Zuk and GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara, and Inamorata (2013) by Kate Weare, who “has a gift for juxtaposing the playful and the ardent, the mechanical and the elegant.” (The Plain Dealer)
Akron-Summit County Public Library
Friday, November 22 at 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 23 at 8:00 p.m.
60 S. High Street
Akron, OH 44308
Tickets $10 – $25. Visit www.groundworksdance.org or call 216-751-0088.
The performances feature the Akron premieres of new works by guest choreographer Noa Zuk and GroundWorks Artistic Director David Shimotakahara, and Inamorata (2013) by Kate Weare, who “has a gift for juxtaposing the playful and the ardent, the mechanical and the elegant.” (The Plain Dealer)
GroundWorks guest choreographer Noa Zuk performed with the Batsheva Dance Company (BDC) in Israel from 2000 to 2009 and began creating her own work while there. In 2012 she was awarded The Schusterman Foundation Visiting Artist Scholarship and spent three months in residency at The Ohio State University. In 2012 Zuk was selected as one of 10 finalists to present her work in the 5th Copenhagen International Choreography Competition. Additionally, she is a teacher of Ohad Naharin’s Gaga movement language, which provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina and agility while heightening the senses and imagination.
Ohad Fishof, who is creating original music for Zuk’s new work, is an artist and musician working in sound, dance, video, performance and installation. A longtime contributor to Batsheva, he began his artistic career as a musician with the pioneering Israeli art-pop band Nosei Hamigbaat. Fishof, who is also a teacher of Naharin’s Gaga movement language, lives and works in Tel Aviv and teaches at Hamidrasha Art College and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.
Now in its 15th season, GroundWorks Dance Theater was founded by Shimotakahara in 1998 and is dedicated to the development and presentation of new choreography and collaborations. The five-member Company performs new works by Shimotakahara and Artistic Associate Amy Miller, as well as commissioned work by nationally and internationally acclaimed choreographers including Ronen Koresh, Dianne McIntyre, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Jill Sigman, Doug Elkins, David Parker and others.
GroundWorks DanceTheater’s annual programming is made possible with funding from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio Arts Council, Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, The Cleveland Foundation, The George Gund Foundation, The Murphy Foundation, The Kulas Foundation, The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation, Cleveland City Dance, Individual Contributors, and Members of the GroundWorks Board of Trustees. The Akron/Summit Co. Public Library concerts are generously supported by the GAR Foundation, Akron Community Foundation and the Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation, the Mary S. and David C. Corbin Foundation and the Knight Foundation.
GroundWorks Dance Theater, 13125 Shaker Square, Suite 102, Cleveland, OH 44120
www.groundworksdance.org