Enriching lives through dance
We are so excited to be collaborating with incredibly talented visual arts artist, Teri Ann LaBuwi on our newest work ‘Lost and Found’ on October 21!! Join us and see how these two different disciplines come together to unfold and tell a story! Get Tickets: http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?organ_val=31908&pid=8084701
Check out some of her amazing work: http://phishwrapper.blogspot.com
We had such a great time performing at the Autumn Remembrance Day at the Sweet Virginia Bee Farm yesterday, September 21. It was a pure blue sky, air was so fresh, flowers were everywhere, and we got to share the stage with some wonderful dancers and musicians at this picturesque civil war era farmhouse situated on a 1000 acre lake! We performed ‘Motion in String’ – 2nd section ‘Unceasing.’ Here are some beautiful photos from the event:
Post performance bee tour… Getting awful close to the beehive…. Beeeeee careful Dancers (Lindsay and Julia)!!!
Warming up
Warming up
With May from May Flowers
Thank you Sue for including us at the wonderful event
“Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” – Winston Churchill
‘Motion in String’ Photo by Ruth Judson
With Sculptor Patick Dougherty 4/20/2015
Gin Dance Company (GDC) is humbled and thrilled to be will be a featured performer at the 2015 Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival presenting our new work, Six Degrees, in response to extraordinary artist Patrick Dougherty’s amazing sculpture which will be installed at the Reston Town Square Park. Just as the Dougherty sculpture is comprised of individual saplings intertwining with each other to give shape and form to an overall structure bringing a level of meaning and purpose that any one sapling could never have done on it’s own. I explores through my choreography of Six Degrees how we, as individuals, intertwine our lives with those around us, and they with those around them, and so on until we form a network that gives meaning, structure and purpose that any one individual could never have accomplished on their own. I will bring in Gin Dance Company Dancers along with an extended cast that will transform Reston Town Square Park into a living theatrical experience not to be missed. The performances will be on May 16, at 1:00 p.m. and on May 17, at 11:00 a.m.
The much anticipated annual Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE)’s Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival is a nationally top-ranked fine art and craft festival that typically attracts 30,000+ patrons. This Festival is made possible by the fantastic community sponsors, Reston Town Center Association and the Reston Community Center and it allows GRACE — the area’s largest non-profit dedicated exclusively to enhancing community life through excellence in and the promotion of the visual arts — to offer its free-to-the-public exhibitions at its Town Center Gallery and art education programs across all ages (GRACE Art is currently in over 40 schools regionally impacting over 20,000 children). The Festival is open to the public Saturday, May 16, 10am – 6pm and Sunday, May 17, from 10am – 5pm. It’s such a special opportunity, come and experience Arts differently. https://gindance.com/events/
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
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
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)
May 24, 2014, Saturday, we arrived at the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center at 4 pm and were anxious to get on the stage to start our tech rehearsal. We hung the Chinese lantern, set up the benches and other got the other props into position. We worked with technicians to get the projector video set while the dancers were in the dressing room getting into costumes and warming up. We got things rolling quickly! We proceeded to set all the lighting cues and complete the sound checks. Then moved straight into a dress rehearsal. By 6 pm we had finished tech and the dress rehearsal and were ready! Other performers were starting to arrive and began taking turns to get on stage for their rehearsals & sound checks. We headed back to the dressing room where there were sushi dinner boxes waiting for us. What a treat!
At 6:30 pm the House opened… and it’s a Full House!! Soon, it was curtain time (7 pm)! We were the opening act for the evening. Before the curtain opened, the Chairman/President of Taiwan Culture Center of Greater Washington (TCC), Tai L Huang made his opening remarks. He thanked the event sponsors and gave a warm welcome to all the guests. Then the curtain opened and it was show time!! GDC performed ‘The Teller’, it was well received by an enthusiastic audience. Following ‘The Teller’ (Act I), there was a 15 minute intermission. Before the 2nd Act started, TCC presented the Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Awards (TACSA) to 11 award recipients (note, these awards are open to high school Seniors from all ethnic groups). Big congrats to all the winners!! Then the curtain opened for Act II. The 2nd Act was filled with incredibly talented musicians including world renowned leading violist Hsin-Yun Huang, violinist Shu-Ting Yao, Soprano solo Lucy Lu-Hsuan Chen, pianist Yi-Fang Huang, and The Greater Washington Taiwanese American Chorus. It was an exquisite musical performance, one after the other.
After the show, we joined many of the performers for a post performance snack at Clyde’s Tower Oaks Lodge (Hot Fudge Brownie Sundae for me!). We celebrated the success of this special evening and shared our life long journey of pursuing our dreams as artists. We talked about our busy lives, we even talked about some of our funny performance experiences. We chatted the remainder of the evening away! Well after midnight, the party finally came to an end. What a memorable evening! Gary and I truly cherished this moment and are so grateful for Tai, Huai-En, and everyone at TCC for brining us together. Big congrats to TCC and all the performers for this spectacular performance and a great success! Bravo!!
Taiwan Night 2014 Concert Program
Shu-Chen Working with Lighting Designer for The Teller
Sushi for Dinner
GDC Dancers Getter Ready
Tai Huang, Chairman/President of Taiwan Culture Center of Greater Washington
The 2014 Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Award Recipients
Violist Hsin-Yun Huang
Violist Hsin-Yun Huang and Pianist Yi-Fang Huang
Violist Hsin-Yun Huang and Violinist Shu-Ting Yao
Performers with Composer Sarana Chou on the far left
Post Performance Celebration at Clyde’s Tower Oaks Lodge
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