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Ground Zero Dance Company - Home
Description
Mission:
Ground Zero Dance Company was formed in the spring of 2000 by three choreographers and one dancer/administrator, with a goal of enriching and broadening the modern dance scene in Richmond and Central Virginia. Ground Zero's mission is to bring modern dance to a wider and more diverse audience by maintaining an ongoing dialogue between the company and the community, through the production of new work and regular public educational and participatory opportunities.
Beginnings:
GZDC had its beginnings in a dance group in Richmond, VA called Steve's House Dance Collective. Co-founded in 1992 by Rob Petres and Ray Schwartz, Steve's House was a loosely formed group of dancers and choreographers who collaborated with each other and took turns staging concerts. Steve's House became a well-known name in the Richmond performing arts community, even though it was not formally organized or incorporated. By 1999, through self-funding and donations, the group was staging up to two major performances per year.
After successful production of a concert of his own choreography entitled Transgressions, in the fall of 1999, co-founder Rob Petres determined to create a formally organized company with two choreographers who had also done work with Steve's House over several years, Pam England and Victoria Fink. These three, in collaboration with dancer and Executive Director Lea Marshall, incorporated Ground Zero Dance Company in August of 2000.
Contact
- GROUND ZERO DANCE COMPANY
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- RICHMOND VA
- United States 23220-2105
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- +1.8043539774
