But even more so, we are explorers, examining the world with curiosity, enthusiasm and compassion. We are humanists and scientists. Through the art of movement, we share with our audiences intimate portraits of the human experience, energetic displays of the power of nature and vibrant images of the nuances of world cultures.
With repertory works featuring both emerging and established contemporary choreographers, each piece is unique and engaging, ensuring a performance that keeps audience members thinking long after the curtain comes down. Come explore with us.
With repertory works featuring both emerging and established contemporary choreographers, each piece is unique and engaging, ensuring a performance that keeps audience members thinking long after the curtain comes down. Come explore with us.
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WV Dance Company's mission is to enrich lives by creating professional dance and learning experiences throughout our region. Driven by this mission, WV Dance Company (WVDC) produces touring programs annually that make the arts more accessible to residents of Appalachia and improve the quality of arts education in our schools.
In 1977, West Virginia Dance Company was founded with the distinct purpose of enriching lives through dance. Today, the company continues to perform a unique repertory of modern works inspired by the diverse cultures and people of the world, including those of our home region of Appalachia.
Believing that movement is a universal language of communication that has the power to reach everyone, WV Dance Company offers approachable modern dance with educational, engaging and thought-provoking themes that appeal to audiences of any age or background.
Believing that movement is a universal language of communication that has the power to reach everyone, WV Dance Company offers approachable modern dance with educational, engaging and thought-provoking themes that appeal to audiences of any age or background.
WV Dance Company is a six member modern dance company based in Beckley, WV. The company was founded in 1977 with the distinct purpose of enriching lives through dance and with special emphasis on making dance more accessible to rural communities. The company's repertory is distinguished by its many unique works representing Appalachian culture, history and heritage.
Love of Power vs. Power of Love explores the choice between exerting power over others or acting out of love. The piece unmasks the divisiveness, isolation and intolerance that evolves from misuse of power, and reveals the power of love to heal, unite and remind us of our shared humanity.
Inspired by his experience as a gay man in WV, choreographer Donald Laney confronts LGBTQ discrimination and hate speech; while choreographer Toneta Akers-Toler examines women's history, (in)equality, and distributions of privilege and power in marginalized communities.Catching Light is inspired by the long history of glassmaking in Appalachia and the colorful work of well-known glass artist Ron Hinkle.
Inspired by his experience as a gay man in WV, choreographer Donald Laney confronts LGBTQ discrimination and hate speech; while choreographer Toneta Akers-Toler examines women's history, (in)equality, and distributions of privilege and power in marginalized communities.Catching Light is inspired by the long history of glassmaking in Appalachia and the colorful work of well-known glass artist Ron Hinkle.
In keeping with our mission to "enrich lives through dance, " WV Dance Company offers a wide variety of community engagement experiences. Each activity is approached from the perspective that movement is universal and has the power to reach anyone, regardless of age or background, with a meaningful experience.
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