S.P.I.R.I.T. Is Less Than One Week Away!
We are excited to present the work of guest choreographers Diana L. Ford, Richard F. Mosley II, Michael Groomes, and Sophia Zovich on August 19th! The concert will be presented at Center for Spiritual Living Greater Dayton, 4100 Benfield Drive, Kettering, OH 45429.
SPIRIT raises funds for the work of Guy Jones, and tickets are available online at spirit2017.brownpapertickets.com/ as well as at the door. #dateyourcity
S.P.I.R.I.T., a dance concert supporting the work of Guy W. Jones
Women and Dance is excited to present SPIRIT, a modern and contemporary dance concert featuring the work of local choreographers, to raise funds in support of the work of Guy W. Jones.
The concert will take place on August 19, 2017 at 8:00pm at Center for Spiritual Living Greater Dayton, 4100 Benfield Drive, Kettering, OH 45429.
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S.P.I.R.I.T. – soulful peace infinite rebirth inspiration truth
Guy W. Jones is a full-blood member of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. He is one of the founders of the Miami Valley Council for Native Americans in Dayton, Ohio, and has served as an advisor to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, the Minority Arts Task Force of the Ohio Arts Council, the Greater Dayton Christian Race Relations Task Force, and the Bias Review Council of the Ohio Department of Education.
Tickets are available at Brown Paper Tickets and at the door.
June 21, 2017 World Peace and Prayer Day ~ Dayton, Ohio
Join Guy Jones in lighting the flame of peace and prayer in Dayton, Ohio on June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day, sponsored by Five Rivers Chautauqua. Partners are Sierra Club, Temple Israel, and SunWatch Indian Village. Ash carried from the fire that burned at the Ocetin Sakowin camp will light the flame of peace and prayer, so that we the people can come to the fire in a common Bond of Humanity.
Performance and Time Arts Shows: November 4 & 5, 2016
Women and Dance is excited to be performing on November 4 and 5 as part of Contemporary Dance Theater’s first Performance and Time Arts Series performance of the 2016-2017 season. Tickets are available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/performance-time-arts-nov-4-5-… and at the door!
Women and Dance will be premiering a new work choreographed by Denise Miller, The Rejection. This piece is about two women who are rejected by their own society as a consequence of war. Without husbands, many women and children in the Middle East are lost, not knowing if they will be helped or killed by the extremists. Muslim women also experience rejection in Western society due to negative perceptions of their religion and culture.
Thank You, and We Hope Today Finds You Dancing
We would like to say THANK YOU to everyone who came out for Human Elements; to the amazing artists who presented work: Denise Miller, Shonna Hickman-Matlock, Michael Groomes, Kelly Dailey, Cortney Goodman, Tonika Heath, Taiesha Green and Richard F. Mosley II; to the wonderful performers who provide a medium with which we express our art; to our generous supporters, volunteers and friends who made production possible; again to YOU our audience; and also to all those who came before us and to those who have gone before us.
We have an incredible dance community here in Dayton, Ohio and we are so blessed to be a part of it. We hope that today finds you dancing!
Human Elements on This Saturday, June 18th
We are excited to present the work of Richard F. Mosley II, Shonna Hickman-Matlock, Michael Groomes, Taiesha Green, Kelly Dailey, and Denise Miller for Human Elements this Saturday the 18th at Rosewood Arts Centre! #dateyourcity #DaytonInspires
Tickets are available at http://humanelements.brownpapertickets.com/ and at door the evening of the show.
Human Elements
Women and Dance is excited to present Human Elements on Saturday, June 18th at Rosewood Arts Centre at 7:00pm featuring the work of inspiring choreographers!
Human Elements is a concert about the human experience both shared and individual, about how the experience of being human differs from person to person, and about the many forms that human expression takes in our world.
Tickets for Human Elements are available at Brown Paper Tickets.
Details regarding volunteer opportunities coming soon here and on Facebook!
SMAGMare meets Twisted Cabaret in Historic New Orleans’ Cities of the Dead
SMAGMare meets Twisted Cabaret in Cities of the Dead, a one night event, hosted by the one and only, Mahoganay Halsten Soule, who will transport you to historic New Orleans’ Cities of the Dead on October 3rd at 8:00pm at the Dayton Playhouse, 1301 E Siebenthaler Ave, Dayton, OH 45414. The evening of performance features dance, comedy and theater all staged among decorative ironwork and above ground tombs. The cabaret shows of the early twentieth century will be visited by THE Marie Laveau! Evelyn Tempest, The Doll, Blue Velvet, Queen of Pain and Demented Diva will join SMAGMare for an exciting night at the Twisted Cabaret that promises to be an experience you will never forget!
Reserve your seat today for this unique dance theatre production and witness the unfolding of an All Hallows Eve tale that is sure to delight. Tickets are available now at http://citiesofthedead.brownpapertickets.com!
This performance is a collaboration between Women and Dance and SMAG Dance Collective supporting both organizations in addition to Dayton Sickle Cell Affected Families Association who is doing amazing work in our community. Come out for a night of October fun and #dateyourcity!
Please feel free to contact Women and Dance with questions at womendanceDYT@gmail.com or visit http://twistedcabaretdayton.org/.
(Twisted Cabaret is an event for mature audiences.)
Many Thanks and We Hope to See You Soon!
We could not be more delighted and grateful for the wonderful audience who attended last Saturday’s performance of Twisted Cabaret Does the ’80s, our generous volunteers, Laurana and Travis for the performance space, our many supporters, our fabulous performers and Dayton’s own singular Mahoganay Halsten Soule for being once again, a phenomenal hostess beyond compare! Thank you also to our first time guest performers Kate Hunt-Young and Dave Hurley as well as returning guest performers from SMAG Dance Collective! We would also like to thank all of the local businesses who posted our flyers.
The support of our community and our fellow artists means the world, and we are intensely happy about being able to raise funds for Women and Dance’s upcoming winter concert, Human Elements, courtesy of the presence of each and every person who was in attendance! We look forward to seeing you all again on October 3rd for Twisted Cabaret’s dance theatre presentation, in collaboration with SMAG Dance Collective, of historic New Orleans’ Cities of the Dead which will also raise funds to support Dayton Sickle Cell, so please do bring friends, and #dateyourcity.
Tickets are available now for Cities of the Dead at Brown Paper Tickets, and we hope to see you at Women and Dance’s next concert, Human Elements, which showcases an amazing program of inspiring choreographers!