Enriching lives through dance
Happy National Dance Day!! Follow the beat and dance your heart out! 
💃🏻💃🏻 What better day to contribute to the arts … please consider making a donation to our 7-8-9 Fundraising Drive and keep our dancers on their feet.
Give now: http://gindance.org/GinDance/gdc-2017-7-8-9-campaign/ Thank YOU so much!!
Tonight’s Ballet Across America’s program was featured Sir Frederick Ashton’s ‘Les Patineurs‘ by The Sarasota Ballet, Edwaard Liang’s ‘Wunderland‘ by The Washington Ballet, and George Balanchine’s ‘The Four Temperaments‘ by Pennsylvania Ballet. All three companies performed incredibly. However, the real treat for me was seeing Ellen Overstreet’s, alumna of BalletNova Center for Dance, stunning performance with Sarasota Ballet. Ellen, thank you for your beautiful dancing and bringing the BalletNova family all together tonight.
GDC is pleased to have been invited to perform at The Angel Fund’s 2013 Remembrance Cabaret in honor of Reema Samaha at 7pm at Westfield High School on June 15. Reema was killed in the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. The event will help raise funds for The Angel Fund which is helping the community that takes action against bullying, addiction, depression and suicide through education, programs and advocacy (http://www.angelfundva.org/). This event will also help raise funds for the Reema J. Samaha Memorial Scholarship Fund which provides scholarships to graduating seniors from Westfield High School, Herndon High School, and female graduate students of Lebanese or Arab origin (http:reemasamaha.org/funds/funds1.htm). For more info: http://gindance.org/GinDance/events/
Photo by Ruth Judson
Photography by GDC’s very own dancer Lindsay Benson Garrett! … and check out her website to see more of her amazing pictures and graphic design works.
http://lindsaybensongarrett.com/83786/blog
We’re so touched by the letter we received from someone who attended our performance on Saturday evening…”I was able to see the Spring Concert this past Saturday night. “The Core,” was absolutely the highlight. What a brilliant, gripping piece!
Candy described it best: “mesmerizing.” I came away still thinking about the fluidity and energy of the piece and the moving and poignant way you explore relationships. From our own center we reach out to others, and indeed, are connected.
Thank you for a great gift. I have such admiration for all your work and look forward to seeing more.
Your company is splendid, and it was such a pleasure to see you dance. – Jim”
Thank you Jim, for the wonderful feedback.
Photo by Ruth Judson
