Gin Dance Company

Summer! Dance!!

August 18, 2014 By shuchen

I had an incredible time teaching the Adult Intensive Workshop at BalletNova Center for Dance!! The program including Ballet, Partnering, Modern Dance, Bollywood, Jazz, Ballet Variations, and stretch. Dancers got to dance from 10 am to 4 pm. A lot of hard work and sweat, but they all did so well. Thank you, dancers, for your participation and hard work and great thanks to Mrs.Constance Walsh and BalletNova Center for Dance for putting such a fun and amazing program together!!

We Did It!!

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Guest Teachers: Julie Mile, Christopher Brian Nachtrab, Shu-Chen Cuff, Constance Walsh, and Lori Yasmina

Happy Birthday, Therese!!

August 8, 2014 By shuchen

Happy Birthday to our amazing dancer Therese!! We wish her a super Happy day!!

Therese in ‘Dear Mr. Cooper’

Celebrating Therese’s Birthday with Oreo Cupcakes!! :pppp

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, birthday, contemporary ballet, cupcakes, Dance, Dear Mr. Cooper, Gin Dance Company, Modern Dance

Happy National Dance Day!

July 26, 2014 By shuchen

Happy National Dance Day!! Dance like no one is watching!
You can support the arts and help us #KeeptheCurtainUp.
Support us: https://gindance.com/gdcs-2014-7-8-9-campaign/

Photo by Ruth Judson

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: 7-8-9, Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, Benefits Event, contemporary ballet, Dance, Gin Dance Company, keepthecurtainup, Modern Dance, pointe

She Got a Boy!!

July 24, 2014 By shuchen

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…

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, contemporary ballet, Dance, Gin Dance, Gin Dance Company, Modern Dance, newborn

From Taiwan to the U.S. …

July 14, 2014 By shuchen

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.

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, contemporary ballet, Dance, dance buddies, Gin Dance Company, Modern Dance, Shu-Chen Cuff

Happy Birthday, Michelle!

July 10, 2014 By shuchen

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

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, birthday, contemporary ballet, Dance, Gin Dance Company, Modern Dance

Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!!

July 7, 2014 By shuchen

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

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: art, Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, contemporary ballet, Dance, GDC, Gin Dance Company, Happy Birthday, Modern Dance

She is Engaged!!!

June 24, 2014 By shuchen

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

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, contemporary ballet, Dance, engagement, Gin Dance Company, Modern Dance

Lucky Us!!

June 24, 2014 By shuchen

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

Filed Under: Gin Dance General Tagged With: Ballet, Ballet Contemporary, Connor Walsh, contemporary ballet, Dance, Gin Dance Company, Houston Ballet, master class

Amazing GDC’s 2014 Sweet Tooth Social

June 18, 2014 By shuchen

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)