For
immediate release December 20, 2001
Contacts:
Deborah Reshotko, Artistic Director Esther Gross, Program Director
303-722-0902
BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH DANCE
Denver, Colorado – SPEAKING OF DANCE is pleased to announce that
we will hold the Winter 2002 Session of our community program in Capitol
Hill, "Building Community Through Dance." SOD has just completed
the Fall Session of the fourth year of this highly successful program
of free dance workshops in which neighborhood residents of all ages work
together to use the art of dancemaking as a vehicle to enhance community-building.
During the first three and a half years, over 470 children and adults
have attended workshops. Over 2,000 audience members have attended the
free final performances choreographed and danced by participants at the
end of the winter session each year. Participants report that their lives
change as a result of the programs. They develop trust in others, increase
their self-esteem, and create stunning, heart-felt, original choreography.
People of all ages create enduring intergenerational friendships, and
children increase their school attendance and improve academically.
The Winter 2002 Session of the workshops will run for nine weeks beginning
the week of January 21, 2002. No previous dance experience is necessary.
Workshop sites include Crofton Elementary School, Morey Middle School,
Dora Moore School, Wyman Elementary, Bryant Webster Elementary, the Center
for the People of Capitol Hill, and the First Unitarian Church. The workshops
teach dance and community building skills through the group process in
a safe environment, and participants use them to tell their own stories
in their own way. Our final performances of "What Makes a Family"
will take place on March 16 and 17, 2002, at the Temple Events Center
Uptown. For information about participation, please call 303-722-0902.
No previous dance experience is necessary.
SOD is a community-based dance organization with considerable experience
collaborating with neighborhood organizations to achieve common goals.
SOD Artistic Director and choreographer Deborah Reshotko and her dance
company work with Capitol Hill residents to use art to build bridges between
individuals and groups. SOD has received two National Endowment for the
Arts grants in recognition of our outstanding community arts work.
This community development project is funded in part by generous grants
from the Tony Grampsas Youth Services Program, the Scientific and Cultural
Facilities District, the Colorado Council on the Arts, the National Endowment
for the Arts, the City and County of Denver, the Denver Foundation, Capitol
Hill United Neighborhoods, Capitol Hill United Ministries, SAFECO Insurance,
Xcel Energy, Wells Fargo Bank, and Target Stores. Performance and rehearsal
space has been donated by the Temple Events Center Uptown, a non-profit
organization whose mission is to support arts and culture in the Metro
area. Rehearsal and workshop space has been donated by the First Unitarian
Church.
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