[NEohioPAL] GroundWorks Announces New Works Fund

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GroundWorks DanceTheater Announces “New Works”  Fund 

Newly created Fund to provide major support of new work  commissions, 
central to GroundWorks’ artistic  mission 
GroundWorks  DanceTheater has announced the creation of a New Works  Fund 
which will provide major financial support for newly  commissioned works. 
At the heart of the Cleveland-based dance company’s  artistic mission is 
the generation of new work created in collaboration with its  artists and 
produced and supported here in  Northeast Ohio. Now in its  13th season, 
GroundWorks has commissioned 19 works by nationally and  internationally renowned 
choreographers including Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Dianne  McIntyre, David 
Parker, Gina Gibney, KT Niehoff and Jill Sigman, some of the  most creative voices 
in the field.   
Artistic Director David Shimotakahara notes, “The New  Works Fund will 
greatly expand the scope of GroundWorks’ new commissions and  collaborations and 
is fundamentally linked to our artistic future.  Every new work is to some 
extent an act  of faith.  We are extremely grateful  to Toby Devan Lewis  
and Chuck and Charlotte Fowler for their visionary support, for their  belief 
in and understanding of the value of supporting creative risk.  It is the 
only way to get to innovation,  which is what GroundWorks will continue to 
work for and invest in. It is my hope  that they will be joined by other 
like-minded  sponsors.” 
This summer, The New Works Fund will help support a  multi-media project by 
director and choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett in  collaboration with 
video design artist Adam Larsen, set to music by rock legend  Chrissie Hynde of 
the Pretenders.  Hindsight will receive its world  premiere July 15-17 in 
performances at Cain Park’s Alma Theatre in Cleveland  Heights.  This work has 
been  commissioned with major support from the Chuck and Charlotte  Fowler 
New Works Fund.    
In September 2011, renowned Philadelphia choreographer  Ronen  Koresh will 
begin working with GroundWorks on a new project  commissioned with major 
support from the Toby Devan Lewis New  Works Fund. The work is scheduled to 
premiere in February  2012.
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