DCDC’S 45th Anniversary SEASON - LIVING THE LEGACY
The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company presents one of it's largest seasons ever! In recognition of the 45th Anniversary (including a return for one show back to Dayton's own Victoria Theatre), the 2013-2014 season aim is to reach different audiences with different expectations. From classical music to soul to bran new dance work to urban outdoor dance, our Living the Legacy season has something for everyone. You won't want to miss a single performance.
“Spring Soulstice - A Night at the Apollo!”
Do you have your tickets yet for DCDC's Annual gala? This event is almost sold out!
Saturday, May 11, 2013 7pm - 11pm - Dayton Convention Center - 22 E. Fifth St, Dayton
The dance company presents a classic evening of entertainment, allure, and intimacy in cabaret and variety show style. Featured will be a variety of entertaining acts, great food and cocktails, raffle, dancing, music by Deron Bell and his ensemble, and performances by our world-renowned dancers! ALSO FEATURING our emcee for the evening - the comedic talent of nationally known Vince Morris! HOME SEASON TICKETS
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company is a service-oriented organization. The company provides dance art of the highest global caliber as well as top tier arts-integrated education services for schools throughout the Miami Valley. Both the company’s art and education services reach over 50K people annually, over 30K of whom is youth from pre-K through college. Proceeds from Soulstice help defray expenses for the company to do its work on behalf of the people of the Miami Valley, the state of Ohio, the nation, and even internationally while on tour.
At the event DCDC will preview its forthcoming 45th season: over four decades as Dayton’s ambassador to the world of the performing arts. It will also be an opportunity to acknowledge our generous supporters, audiences, and friends of the dance company.
The best thing – no tux or gown to wear – as we recommend “After Five Attire” – but wear your dancing shoes. click here to purchase tickets!
Season Subscriptions for all DCDC & DCDC2 Home Season performances , as well as individual tickets to Spring Soulstice "45th Anniversary Celebration" (sold separately) may be purchased: online through Ticket Center Stage or by calling 937-228-3630 or 888-228-3630 or by going to www.ticketcenterstage.com (available on-line after May 6,2013). Individual tickets are availabe after June 1, 2013 - but reserve your seat of preference by getting a season subscription today!
Click Here to purchase season sbuscriptions and tickets!!! (Season subscriptions now on sale. Individual tickets available after June 1, 2013)
For more information visit the DCDC offices located at 840 Germantown Dayton, Ohio 45402 or call 937-228-3232
Up Close and Personal August 16, 2013 11:30-1pm. DCDC Studios 840 Germantown St, Dayton, Ohio Here is your chance to visit our studios and witness one of the world’s leading choreographers, Donaldy Byrd, work with our dancers in creating a new piece for the company. This is a very special opportunity to see a master choreographer actively involved in a behind-the-scenes creative process. You will enjoy this rare opportunity. A LIGHT LUNCH WILL BE SERVED. Open House – Season Kick off August 16, 6pm –8pm DCDC Studios 840 Germantown St, Dayton, Ohio Come Celebrate the 45th Anniversary Season! This official kick-off to our 2013-2014 season is a rare opportunity to visit our studios and to have a personal look at the studios of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Featuring tours and light refreshments and a chance to meet the DCDC dancers, AND world-famous choreographer Donald Byrd. **************************************** EMERGENCE Saturday, October 5th at 7:30pm, and Sunday, October 6, at 3:00pm, 2013 The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company is a repertoire company, meaning that no one choreographer is the star but, instead, part of a family where young and established artists can flourish. The dance company has always been an incubator for new talent, both for dancers and choreographers. Emergence is just that, a showcase of the work of emerging choreographers from the Ohio region! Four works will be presented and one will be made a permanent member of the company’s repertoire, one of the world’s largest in contemporary dance. ****************************************************** IN THE SPIRIT OF…BEHOLD HIS HOLY NAME Saturday, December 14th at 7:30pm, and Sunday, December 15, at 3:00pm, 2013 - Dayton Convention Center, 22 East Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio This will be the seventh production of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s most beloved dance concert. This time around the production will be a festive holiday season extravaganza! The In the Spirit of… series taps into the deepest origins of the African-American community that gave birth to the dance company. The resulting blend of the art of globally-informed contemporary dance with the African-American Church, whose history and art have had global impact, will make for a dance-music concert experience not to be found anywhere else. Highlights include a community choir, a children’s choir, live instrumentalists, and plenty of holiday singing, dance, and joy! ***************************************************** REVISIONING 45: NEW WORKS UNVEILED Saturday, February 8 at 7:30pm, and Sunday, February 9, at 3:00pm, 2014 Victoria Theatre, 138 North Main Street, Dayton, Ohio This concert will present three world premieres of new work by the internationally renowned choreographers Donald Byrd, Ronen Koresh, and Ray Mercer. The creation of their new work is made possible by the dance company’s two-year project Revisioning 45, named in reference to the company’s 45th anniversary. The project will add ten new dance works to the company’s vast repertoire of work by African-American artists, perhaps the largest. ************************************************************ THE 2nd LEGACY LUNCHEON CELEBRATION* Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Sinclair Community College, Charity Earley Room, Building 12, 444 West 3rd Street, Room 172, Dayton Ohio * This event is not part of season subscriptions. Individual tickets may be purchased through DCDC at 937.228.3232 Anyone acquainted with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company behind the scenes and off the stage knows that it is a family-oriented organization. Not only a dynastic family company of two generations of Blundens—Jeraldyne Blunden, dancer, teacher, company founder, and mother, and Debbie Blunden-Diggs, daughter, established choreographer, former professional dancer, and current Artistic Director—but also a company where the corporate culture is professional yet more like a family defined by their sharing in one love: the art of dance. Likewise, other Dayton family enterprises have left their mark on the Miami Valley area. The 2nd Legacy Luncheon celebration is planned in their honor and on behalf of the entire Dayton community. GET UP AND DANCE! COMMUNITY MATINEE Saturday, March 22, 2014 Stivers School for the Arts, 1313 East Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio The Community Matinee has a special place in the mission statement of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, an excerpt of which reads committed to reaching the broadest audience through exceptional performance and arts-integrated education. This special concert, in which the company’s dancers will perform, is a special gift to the school students who participated in the company’s arts-integrated education programs. As much festival as fine arts experience, Get Up and Dance! Community Matinee features pre-concert age-appropriate games and entertainment as well. ******************************************** SYNCHRONICITY Saturday, April 5 at 7:30pm and Sunday, April 6 at 3:00pm Dayton Art Institute, NCR Renaissance Auditorium,456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton, Ohio In proud collaboration with its university partners, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company presents a fusion of dance and live instrumentalists and singers who are chosen among students attending University of Dayton, Central State University, and Wright State University. Parallel to these institutional partnerships wherein the dance company provides educational support for university initiatives, Synchronicity presents on stage the dynamism of their collaborative relationships. Synchronicity, then, is a confluence in time and endeavor, whether musical, choreographic, or institutional. The last and most crucial ingredient is you, the audience. ********************************************************* DCDC2 ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT: CHANGE Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 4:00pm University of Dayton, Boll Theatre, Dayton, Ohio The annual concert of dance work created and performed by members of one of the nation’s top preparatory pre-professional ensembles, DCDC2 stages Change, a subject so broad and general that only the human body through movement can give it new expression. Movement is change of the body’s position through time. Change and movement are constant, are time bound. Dance is the supreme art for this acute knowledge of time. *********************************************************** ELEVENTH ANNUAL SPRING SOULTICE: 45TH ANNIVERSARY GALA CELEBRATION Saturday, May 10th, 6:00pm to 11:00pm The Mandalay, 2700 East River Road, Dayton, Ohio As the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s annual fundraising gala, Soulstice has developed a reputation for being one of the most entertaining events in town! Come celebrate 45 years of one of the city of Dayton’s, the state of Ohio’s, and the nation’s top performance arts company. In tribute to the anniversary - this year will be a black tie affair. Elegance as only DCDC can do *********************************************** CELEBRATING DANCE AND SONG* Sunday, May 18, 2014 Seventh Day Adventist Church, 3939 Stonebridge Road, Dayton, Ohio * This event is promoted by DCDC but is not sold through Ticket Center Stage. Individual tickets may be purchased through the Bach Society of Dayton at 937.294.2224 The Dayton Contemporary Dance Company joins the Bach Society of Dayton in its presentation of a concert where live music and dance will weave an experience of movement and sound. Contemporary dance of the African-American experience will pair with select classical music of the European tradition. This uniquely American style of collaboration will captivate audiences of both groups with the cross-cultural richness that ignites when two very fine Dayton performing arts organizations come together. ***************************************************** STREET BEATS Saturday, June 7, 2014 Carillon Park, 1000 Carillon Blvd., Dayton, Ohio This is a welcome return to a kind of performing arts concert the community doesn’t nearly see enough of: dance performed in outdoor venues. Carillon Park will be the venue for the dance company’s venture into great dance art performed before a live audience out of doors. At a time of year when spring is headed toward summer, Street Beats will celebrate the community that is Dayton, and Carillon Park is the choice location for such a celebration. And why not celebrate what makes Dayton special? Remember, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company has the city in its name. Let’s get together outdoors and feel the beat in the heat. 
University of Dayton, Boll Theatre, Dayton, Ohio
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