Enriching lives through dance
Rememember our lovely former dancer Rachael Cuff Hofford… Rachael and Stephen just had their 1st new born boy Gabriel Lloyd Hofford!!! He was born on July 19th at 7:50AM. 6LBs. 4 oz. and 20.5″ Long. We are so happy for them!! Big congrats! Sending our love…
Years ago, I was freshman in college and was studying dance in Miami. I went home to spend the summer with family in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. I went back to my high school, Tsoying High School and met Shari there. She was teaching and choreographing for the students. I was so fortunate to take her classes everyday for the month in Taiwan. I learned and loved her class so much that I wrote her a letter when I got back to the U.S. I was so inspired by her. She gave amazing classes and she was patience, energetic, and loving. We lost contact for years. I can’t believe when I saw her again at Arlington Center For Dance which is now BalletNova Center for Dance a few summers ago. It turns out Nancie, Artistic Director of BalletNova, was used to dance with Shari and her husband David in Dulles Ballet. Nancie brought both of them to the school as guest teachers for the Summer Intensive Ballet Workshop. I was so thrilled to see them!! Nancie brought them here again this year. This past Friday (July 11, 2014) was their last day in DC. Carmen who is the faculty of BalletNova was also danced together with Shari and David and invited all of us to her home for dinner. It was such a special evening! We had too much fun chatting away… family, kids, house, food, and of course, most of time we talked about Dance! We all enjoyed so much catching up. Thank you for the delicious dinner and sharing your warm and charming home with us, Carmen!!
What a special evening! Had too much fun chatting away… Thank you for sharing your warm and charming home with us, Ms. Perez!!
Years ago, you taught me great dance method in Taiwan… So grateful that years later we meet again in DC and had the opportunity to keep learning and being inspired by you.
Happy Birthday, Michelle!! Hope you have an amazingly happy and beautiful day!! :DD
Thank you, Michelle, for giving us an excuse to have some yummy Carmel cake!! :pppp
Triple Layer Carmel Cake
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!!! Wish you a day as Awesome as YOU!! :DD
Ummm… Triple Layers Chocolate Cake for the birthday girl! :pppp
We also did our job celebrating the National Chocolate Day!! :DD
Congratulations, Elizabeth and Jeremiah!!
Beautiful Ring!!
Big congrats to our beautiful dancer Elizabeth on her engagement with Jeremiah!!! Wish you both a lifetime of happiness. Love you both so much. <3 <3
Thank you so much for sharing Connor with us, Mrs. Walsh!!
Connor with GDC Dancers
We were so fortunate to have a master class with Houston Ballet Principal Dancer Connor Walsh at BalletNova Center for Dance !! Thank you for such an awesome class! Such a treat!! #toomuchfun
June 17, 2014, Tuesday, GDCs 2014 Sweet Tooth Social was finally here! We arrived at Nicecream Factory around 5:15 pm and immediately started to unload and set up. Hanging up Gin Dance Company posters, tying balloons, setting up our sweets table, our Sweet Tooth Social was under way. At 6:30 pm, our guests started to arrive… Dancers were helping people check in and the steam was blowing from the ice cream making. The ice cream flavors of the night were Dark Chocolate, Roasted Pistachio, Lemony Jenny, and Vanilla. Mmmmm!!! So creamy and delicious!!! … and the sweets didn’t end there, we also served amazing cupcakes from Red Velvet and home bake gourmet cookies. We also prepared a fabulous raffle prize including a GDC T-Shirt, GDC Tote Bag, GDC Performance DVD, 2 Tokens Good for Free Ice Cream at the Nicecream Factory, 2 Tickets for GDC’s Upcoming Performance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and a Bottle of Award Winning Gin. So many wonderful people, so much laughter, and so much fun!! Soon to be 9:00 pm, time to draw the lucky Winner for our 2014 Sweet Tooth Social raffle prize… and the Winner is… Jeanne Dagradi!!
What an amazing time we had!! Great Thanks to our awesome board directors and to all our guests who came out last night!! … and a Huge Thanks to GDC Board of Director Sandra who is also the owner of Nicecream Factory and the entire Nicecream Factory team for being such incredible hosts for our Sweet Tooth Social!!! Best ice cream EVER!!
We’re ready to check you in!
Raffle prize (GDC T-Shirt, GDC Tote Bag, GDC Performance DVD, 2 Tokens Good for Free Ice Cream at the Nicecream Factory, 2 Tickets for GDC’s Upcoming Performance at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and a Bottle of Award Winning Gin)
Our Lucky Raffle Winner!!
Who is our lucky Raffle Winner??
Huge Thanks to Sandra and the entire Nicecream Factory team for being such incredible hosts for our Sweet Tooth Social!!! Best ice cream EVER!!
Looks like people are getting Jane’s move?
Thank you for having us at The 2014 Remembrance Cabaret… It was such a fun and electric night! The Producers, The Dillard’s Sister Ashley and Phoebe, brought in so many talented artists and companies to participate this special event. I was thrilled to be part of it and performed the solo work ‘Unchain’. It’s good to see everyone!! Great job!!
Always a pleasure seeing The Samaha’s family!
The Lovely Mrs. Samaha
The Amazing and Beautiful Dillard Sisters, Ashely and Phoebe
My Student Samara
The Wonderful Posbic’s Family
The Energetic and Humorous Hosts
Final Bow
Enjoying Trey’s class
Trey’s Master Class at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Having Too Much Watching TMP!
Trey’s Master Class
Incredible Job, TMP!!! Bravo!
My sweet husband, Gary, who is also the Executive Director of Gin Dance Company, surprised me with Wolf Trap tickets (master class at 10:30 this morning & performance this evening) to see Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) … I’ve always enjoyed and inspired so much by Trey’s works and this is the last season of TMP. So glad I got to see them one last time. Weather not cooperating (it’s pouring and crazy thunders) … But we had covered seats and were having a good time. The thunders totally made a big impact and effect to the first piece “The Vinegar Works: Four Dances of Moral Instruction”. It was so perfect!! The 2nd act of the performance was the piece called “Half-Life” is a celebration of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, who died of AIDS at 45. Love the music and dance. So vivid and electric!! Bravo, TMP! Thank you for making my day so special and memorable, Gary! Love you so much!! Here is the great review from The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/trey-mcintyre-project-bids-farewell-with-final-local-dance-performance/2014/06/12/9d9efa08-f234-11e3-bf76-447a5df6411f_story.html?tid=hpModule_5fb4f58a-8a7a-11e2-98d9-3012c1cd8d1e
Have you heard about liquid nitrogen ice cream? Join us for our Sweet Tooth Social and try it first hand. It’s truly the best premium ice cream made fresh right before your eyes! We are so excited and thrilled to be hosting this fun event at the Nicecream Factory. They use fresh ingredients from local farms and a unique freezing agent, liquid nitrogen, to handcraft a gourmet cup of ice cream on the spot. Not only do you get to enjoy unlimited Nicecream Factory ice cream tastings during the Social, we’ll also have other yummy desserts for you to savor. While there, you’ll also get to meet the GDC dancers… What a great way to support the arts! Let’s have some fun!!
When: Tuesday, June 17 at 6:30 – 9:00 pm
Where: Nicecream Factory, 2831 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201
RSVP by Donating at https://gindance.com/support_gdc/ You’ll automatically be added to our VIP Guest list ($25 suggested donation per guest)
