Enriching lives through dance
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)
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
We’re so thrilled to have been invited to perform at the Taiwan Night 2014 Concert. This very special event is hosted by the Taiwan Culture Center (TCC) of the Greater Washington, DC area. TCC is a non-profit organization that promotes international cultural exchange and cultural, educational, and charitable affairs involving Taiwanese Americans and others. GDC will be performing with many outstanding singers and musicians from around the nation. The event will also present the Taiwanese American Community Scholarship Award (TACSA) which is open to high school Seniors from all ethnic groups. Join us for this fun and cultural evening!
Date and Time
Saturday, May 24, 2014 7:00 pm
Location
Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center
Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
51 Mannakee St, Rockville, MD 20850
Admission
$20, call (301) 332-5908 for tickets
What a spectacular weekend! Thank you for having us, BalletNova Center for Dance!! This year, BalletNova’s Artistic Director Nancie Woods re-staged the classical ballet, ‘Paquita’ and her original work, ‘ Grande Tarantelle’. Choreographer Constance Walsh premiered her newest work, ‘Sígame’. At Gin Dance Company, we brought our original work excerpts from ‘The Teller’. It was such a fun, eclectic, and energized program. Big congrats to choreographer Constance Walsh, all dancers, and most importantly BalletNova’s Artistic Director Nancie Woods and Executive Director Caroline Warren for such a magnificent production! Bravo, everyone!!
BalletNova Center for Dance’s alumni Ellen Overstreet is on The New York Times!! What a great review for Sarasota Ballet’s Frederick Ashton Festival in Sarasota honors a legacy. Big congrats to Sarasota Ballet and Ellen. Amazing!!
Check out the review: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/02/arts/dance/frederick-ashton-festival-in-sarasota-honors-a-legacy.html?emc=edit_tnt_20140501&nlid=11195398&tntemail0=y&_r=0&referrer
What a beautiful event at the LADV (Life After Domestic Violence)’s Gala and Fashion Show, “Phoenix Rising” this past Friday, April 25! The event was held at TriVision Studio. The event setting was modern, trendy, and elegant. The Gala performance started at 7:40 pm with a welcome note from the emcee and then opened the show with my solo work ‘Unchain’. The program also included belly dancing by Um-Neeya Dance Company and hip hop by ONE UNIT. The energy was running high. The show closed with GDC’s ‘The Core’. After the performance, the fashion show started with Apoorva McIntosh’s latex collection – Phoenix Rising. Apoorva is a talented, accomplished and award winning Fashion Designer who is also the Founder of the LADV Foundation. Her designs were fun and chic. At the end, Apoorva shared her very personal experiences in sexual and domestic abuse and how she decided to form the organization so she can reach out to many and help create awareness of the domestic abuse epidemic in society and help survivors of domestic abuse. We are truly grateful for Apoorva McIntosh for having us. It was a privilege to be a part of it. Also, great thanks to Abla Doku with Eventstagers for organizing such a great party and TriVision Studio for the beautiful space. 
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