SEVERAL DANCERS CORE
PO BOX 66008, HOUSTON, TX 772666008 coredance.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Core Dance, a contemporary dance organization, creates, performs, and produces compelling original dance that ignites the creative spirit and actively encourages participation and conversation by and with the community. Creating a context for dance that is relevant in both our home cities and around the globe, Core Dance uses dance to illuminate, educate and question. In essence, Core Dance is an artistic incubator and convener.

For the year ended June 30, 2020, Core Dance operated the following programs:(i) Community EngagementThe largest of Core Dances Community Engagement programs is Dynamic Exchange. Started in 1992, Dynamic Exchange brings movement-based art exploration to underserved and at-risk partner organizations serving the needs of elders, youth, recent arrivals to the United States and people fleeing domestic partner abuse and addiction. Through movement, participants focus on self-expression and communication, finding ways to discuss and interpret their own life experiences and transform them into tools for future growth.Core Dance also offers regular Teacher Training Institutes where movement-based Teaching Artists are invited to learn from leaders and innovators in arts and dance education. These intensive, multi day experiences strengthen the skills of Arts professionals as ambassadors and educators in their communities.New this season is Teens Activate. This program is designed to give voice to the concerns & fears, suggestions & ideas for the future of teens between the ages of 15 and 18.Integrating the art forms of spoken word and movement, teens activate their ideas, guided by spoken word artists from around the country in collaboration with Core Dance Teaching Artists. (ii)FieldworkFieldwork is offered in partnership with The Field in New York. It is an opportunity for artists, creators and makers to come together on a regular schedule to explore new work and to refine their practices. Designed on a peer feedback model, participants are accountable to one another in their exploration. The process is led by a facilitator who is also a creator and culminates in a public showcase of the work developed.(iii)Dance Artists of Core DanceCore Dance and its Dance Artists has been creating and performing contemporary dance since its inception in 1980. The company is known for its riveting, passionate and timely subject matter and is internationally acclaimed. Core Dance has toured in France, Israel, Mexico, Guatemala, Sweden, Germany, Croatia, the Republic of Georgia and Poland. Core Dance employs its Dance Artists full-time and provides access to healthcare and wellness programs and practices. The administrative staff at Core Dance comes from the artistic world as well, all of them are practicing artists and skilled administrators(iv)SalonCore Dance embraces the idea that art is a conversation. During the fall and spring sessions, Core Dance presents an evening Salon. Audiences enjoy light refreshments as they observe art in creation and offer feedback in a facilitated setting. (v)Lunchtime in the StudioLunchtime in the studio is an opportunity for the community to meet the dance artists of Core Dance for lunch, conversation and a sneak peek at work in process or coming up in the season. Participants are treated to free lunch and become part of our creative process.(vi)EnCORE Dance on FilmEnCore Dance on Film is a yearly dance film festival curated by dance film professionals. The evening event features work from artists all over the world and coincides with the opening of the Decatur Arts Festival in Georgia.

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