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Giving Thanks to You!

It is with a grateful heart that we give thanks to you for your support of our work. Your generous contributions have sustained us through a difficult year and are greatly helping us keep creativity, dancing, and community engagement happening into the year ahead. We look toward the new year with hope and inspiration. We’ve

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Post-It Dance Experiment #6

Check out the sixth and last post-it experiment! These experiments were made during our creative process leading to the virtual re-creation of our postponed performances of REIMAGINE: 30 YEARS | REIMAGINED from March through May during shelter-in-place. Music by Graham Reynolds – Modal Cycle: V. Mixolydian Performed by AADT dancers Whitney O’Baugh, Luis Ordaz Gutiérrez, Ceci

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Giving Tuesday, December 1st!

Giving Tuesday is worldwide celebration of generosity and a good reminder that every day is a good day to be generous. We are grateful for your generosity that supports our work and our ability to be generous to the community. It’s all connected. Please join me in raising funds to support Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre’s

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Post-it Dance Experiment #5

Here’s experiment #5 created during our development process leading to the virtual re-creation of our postponed performances of REIMAGINE: 30 YEARS | REIMAGINED in May 2020 at the Long Center in Austin, TX. You can view REIMAGINE anytime on our Vimeo Showcase at: https://vimeo.com/455525774 It is also still available on the Long Centers Facebook page at:  https://www.facebook.com/longcenter/videos/612358446139065 FREE. Donations welcomed

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Post-it Dance Experiment #4

This is the fourth experiment during our creative process leading to the virtual re-creation of REIMAGINE: 30 YEARS | REIMAGINED that premiered on September 12th at 8:00pm as a Long Center Create Virtual Event. You can still watch it on the Long Center’s Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/longcenter/videos/612358446139065 A future release of the film is coming

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Surprise Celebration Toast

Our show REIMAGINE would have opened on April 30, 2020 featuring music composed and performed by Graham Reynolds with Alexis Buffum on Violin and Nora Karakousoglou on Cello. On this day the dancers asked past and current collaborators to ZOOM-BOMB our company’s virtual rehearsal for a toast celebrating our 30 years. Many thanks to Colin Lowry for putting

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Post-it Dance Experiment #3

Here’s the third experiment we created during stay-at-home, performed and recorded live on zoom. It features music by Graham Reynolds and the talents of AADT dancers Whitney O’Baugh, Luis Ordaz, Ceci Proeger, Rebecca McLindon, Kevin Armstrong, and Sandie Donzica.  The experiment is based on an improvisational ensemble building game we use to develop material and

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Post-it Dance Experiment #2

Created and recorded on Zoom on May 30, 2020 featuring the talents of AADT dancers Whitney O’Baugh, Luis Ordaz, Ceci Proeger, Rebecca McLindon, Kevin Armstrong, and Sandie Donzica. The experiment is based on an improvisational ensemble building game we use to develop material and connections between the dancers. If we were in the studio we

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Creative Experiment #1

We are now holding our company class and rehearsals on Zoom, and together experimenting and discovering new ways to create together in the virtual format. Here is one of our first creative experiments dancing together through Zoom. It’s called Post-it Dance Experiment #1. It’s based on an ensemble building, improvisational game. If we were in the

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Donate for #GivingTuesdayNOW May 5th!

Please consider supporting AADT on this day of giving and help us keep creativity, dancing and community engagement happening in NEW WAYS by donating to us at AmplifyATX.org.  GIVE HERE NOW. #GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of giving and unity that will take place on May 5, 2020 as an emergency response to the unprecedented need

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