Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company has a long-standing commitment to community engagement through outreach and education, offering diverse programs tailored to various audiences. Our belief that "Dance is for Everybody" is evident in our wide range of offerings. Dancers, also trained as educators, use the current Company repertory to connect audiences to dance in a meaningful way. The dancers work with school classes, dance student groups, professionals, and seniors, using performances to illustrate key dance concepts. Our community engagement activities foster deep connections to dance, enhance audience experiences, and build awareness and support for our performances.

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Ririe-Woodbury dancers are dually trained as educators and bring their expertise together with the current Company repertory to connect audience members to dance in a memorable and meaningful way. The Company works with school classes, parent-child groups, dance student groups, dance professional groups, and adult and senior groups of all skill levels, and uses pieces of current Company repertory as tools to illustrate aspects of body, action, space, time and energy.

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Ririe-Woodbury community engagement activities result in enthusiastic audience members who find deep connections to dance as an art, and to the dance experienced at Company performances. Because the Company works closely with presenters and communities to tailor our residencies and performances to each presenter’s audience and community, our community engagement and education activities build performance audiences, increase community awareness of Company performances, and compliment and complete the artist-presenter partnership.

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Outreach and Education Offerings:

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PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATIONS

CREATIVE MOVEMENT FOR CHILDREN CLASSES

PARENT-CHILD WORKSHOPS

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Local Artist Collaborations

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Contemporary Dance Technique Classes
Composition Classes
Master Contemporary Technique Classes
Dance Improvisation Classes
Company Repertory Classes
Teacher In-Service Trainings

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Special Class Offerings

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Ballet for Beginners
Ballet for Modern Dancers
Jazz Funk/Hip-Hop or Jazz/Contemporary
Musical Theater
Latin Dance Rhythms
Gymnastics for Dancers
Theatre/Dance Backstage Technical
Basic Lighting
Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Yoga
Yoga for Special Populations
Creative Movement for Seniors
Special-Population Movement
Cultural Exchange
Physical Conditioning for Active Individuals