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. 
LADV (Life After Domestic Violence)’s Gala and Fashion Show, “Phoenix Rising”
‘Simply Bach’ in Spring 2012
#ThrowbackThursday, this picture was taken at the tech rehearsal when Gin Dance Company guest performed ‘Simply Bach’ at BalletNova Center for Dance’s Spring Concert 2012. This Spring we will be returning to the show on May 2, 3, & 4!! This year, BalletNova’s Artistic Director Nancie Woods will be restating and directing the classical ballet,‘Paquita’ and her original work, ‘Tarantella’. Choreographer Constance Walsh will also premier her newest work, ‘Sígame’. It’s a fun, eclectic, and energized program. We are so very excited! Come join us!
Get Tickets: https://gindance.com/events/
Photo by Ruth Judson
LADV (Life After Domestic Violence) Gala & Fashion Show
We are thrilled to be invited to perform at the LADV (Life After Domestic Violence) Gala & Fashion Show at Trivision Studios at 6:30 pm on April 25! Shu-Chen will be doing a solo work. Come and join this wonderful event and help create awareness of the domestic abuse epidemic in society and help survivors of domestic abuse.
More info: http://ladvfoundation.org/events.html
Photo by Ruth Judson
Spring Gala at BalletNova Center for Dance
What a fun party at BalletNova Center for Dance this past Saturday, March 29! It’s BalletNova’s Annual Spring Gala… There were delicious food, live music, some fantastic items through the Silent Auction, and not to mention the incredible performances by BalletNova’s teacher Candy and Jim with their tap duet and students with 3 solo variations from Paquita and the pieces from Young Choreographers Competition. We had a wonderful time!
A Year Ago Today…
March 27, 2013, a year ago today, a beautiful sunny day just like today… We presented Gin Dance Company’s ‘Deep eMotion’ production at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and we also celebrated our beautiful dancer Lindsay Benson Garrett’s birthday. It was a true double happiness. What a very special day for all of us at GDC. Today as we celebrate Lindsay’s birthday, we remember the fond memories we all shared one year ago today.
Enjoy the blog: https://gindance.com/2013/04/01/gdcs-great-performance-at-the-kennedy-center/
Happy Spring!!
Happy 1st Day of Spring!! Time to come out from hibernation… Check out our spring calendar. We got some very exciting events planned!!
Go to: https://gindance.com/events/
Photo by Ruth Judson
‘An Afternoon with Gin’ INTERSECTS DC
March 8, 2014, a very special day for all of us at Gin Dance Company… We presented ‘An Afternoon With Gin’ at the 2014 Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center – Lang Theater. We performed a full program including ‘Unchain’, ‘Dear Mr. Cooper’, ‘The Core’, and our newest work ‘The Teller’. During the performance, we gave away two door prizes. Big congrats to our winners Jack Grant and Amanda Blythe.
The event was a great success! There are so many people to recognize & thank for their help in making it all possible… First, we’d like to express our great appreciation to the event Artistic Director Mary Hall and her team for making the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival such a wonderful experience for us and bringing together artists from around the Metro DC Area. We’d also like to send a big thank you to our beautiful dancers for their stunning performances, our GDC Board of Directors for their dedication and support, and mostly to our amazing Executive Director Gary Cuff. Of course, we never forget our awesome fans/audience… We truly are so thankful for those who came out and shared the afternoon with us!! You made us feel so special. Thank you!!! You’re why we do what we do!
Dance! Dance!! Dance!!!
Our tech rehearsal was done this past Tuesday… We started at 6 pm and finished at 10:00 pm. Just a few final touches and we are good. We are now back to the studio and continuously polishing our works. We are so excited and ready for our ‘An Afternoon with Gin’ production at the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. It’s Finally Here!! Join us this Saturday (March 8, 1pm)!!
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Gin Dance Moves
Wondering what Gin Dance moves I was teaching Fox 5 DC News’ Annie Yu? Come see our ‘An Afternoon with Gin’ performance at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival at Atlas Performing Arts Center at 1 pm on March 8 and you will find out!
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Interview with Fox 5 DC’s Annie Yu
February 25, 2014… This morning we arrived at the Atlas Performing Arts Center – Lang Theater at 7:15 am. We got such a warm welcome from both Mary Hall Surface, Artistic Director of the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival and Renée M. Littleton, Director of Marketing and Public Relations of the Atlas Performing Arts Center. We were treated to a grand tour of the theater and backstage from Renée. At 7:45 am, while we were warming up and getting ready in the dark in the audience, we watched Fox 5’s Annie Yu interviewing Furia Flamenca Dance Company on the stage. They did a fantastic job with their beautiful dancing and great interviewing. Around 8:00 am, we were anxious to get start for our segment with Annie. Annie came down to the audience and gave us a cheerful greeting… She chatted with us and we went over the agenda for our segment. At 8:20, we shot our first teaser for the audience. Jane, Michelle, and I showed a part from ‘The Core’. Then, we went and changed into ‘The Teller’ costumes for the 2nd teaser at 8:40 a.m. Therese and I did a short hand moves on the benches. Then, at 8:50, Annie called us to our places and put our music on stand by. She then started to count down from a minute to 30 seconds. Then our interview started… It was a great chat with Annie. She was so fun and upbeat and made the interview so comfortable. I even taught her some Gin Dance moves from ‘The Teller’. She is one fast learner! Really impressive! We finished up with a sneak peek of ‘The Teller’. It truly was such a special experience. Great thanks to Fox 5’s Annie Yu for spending the morning with us and Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival for your endless support. We were already so excited for our An Afternoon with Gin performance on March 8 … and now we are even more pump up for the show. We can’t wait!!Here is the link of our interview: http://www.myfoxdc.com/video?clipId=9880238&autostart=true#axzz2uMtovwHhWe hope you enjoyed the video and are feeling inspired. Please come join us at 1 pm on March 8 at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival at Atlas Performing Arts Center.
