Captivate Kenosha Dance Company is a newly formed group of young people whose goals are to educate and inspire through enticing performances for all the community to enjoy. Captivate strives to be a positive influence on today's youth. All company dancers are ages 19 through 26 and are professionally trained in dance with a strong emphasis in ballet and jazz dance. Captivate company members live in Wisconsin and the Illinois suburbs. All dance positions in company are received through an intense audition process. Captivate offers two positions within the company; first company dancers and apprentices. Youth apprentices are teenage Kenosha dancers primarily of Captivate’s related youth group, New Beginnings: A Performing Dance Company, who demonstrate excellent dedication in training and respect for this art form. Captivates goals for Winter 2007 are to host a benefit to raise awareness about the arts in Kenosha and to hold a dance concert in conjunction with New Beginnings: A Performing Dance Company and local musicians in the late Spring. In the Summer Captivate will participate in multiple outdoor performances to provide entertainment for the community. Check blogs for upcoming events! In the Fall of 2007, Captivates goal is to represent Kenosha, Wisconsin by performing in a month long concert series of dance in Illinois entitled, Dance Chicago 2007.
Music
Most everything with substance...
Alanis Morrissette, Ani Difranco, Aqualung, The Beatles, Big Migs!, Bjork, Bob Marley, Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band, Death Cab for Cutie, The Ditty Bops, Mike Doughty, Dispatch, The Eames Era, The Format, Frou Frou, Gavin DeGraw, Get Set Go, Inara George, Gorillaz, Hanson, Kevin Hammond, John Hardin, Imogen Heap, Corrie Jean, Jack Johnson, Lamb, Ben Lee, Jamie Lidell, Anya Marina, Maroon 5, Mates of State, Matisyahu, Merrick, Mum, Jim Noir, No Doubt, Matt Pond PA, Postal Service, Joe Purdy, Psapp, The Radio, Reel Big Fish, Rilo Kiley, Roisin Murphy, Smoke City, The Stills, Maria Taylor, Tegan & Sara, Tim Ipsen & Dustin Laurenzi, Sing-Sing, Tracy Chapman, Foy Vance, Weezer, Zoe Keating, and the list goes on...
Great composers of yesterday and today... D. Elfman, J.N. Howard, L. Bernstein, F. Chopin, C. Porter, J. Larson, G. Gershwin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, L. Beethoven, C. Gounod, I. Stravinsky, P. Tchaikovsky
Movies
The Royal Ballet School in Prokofiev's
'Peter & the Wolf', 'Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse', ABT's 'Le Corsaire' Featuring Julie Kent & Ethan Stiefel, Kirov Ballet in 'Essential Ballet, The Royal Ballet in 'Romeo & Juliet' Featuring Margot Fonteyn & Rudolf Nureyev, Paris Opera Ballet in 'Picasso & Dance',
The Royal Ballet in 'The Firebird & Les Noces', Nederlands Dans Theater in Jiri Kylian's 'Black & White Ballets', Tony Palmer's film about 'Margot (Fonteyn)', ABT's 'The Nutcracker' Featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gelsey Kirkland, ABT's 'Swan Lake' Featuring Angel Corella & Gillian Murphy, 'FAME', 'The Turning Point', 'RENT', 'West Side Story', 'Moulin Rouge', 'American Beauty'
Books
'How to Dance Forever' - Daniel Nagrin, '101 Stories of the Great Ballets' - George Balanchine & Francis Mason, 'WICKED : The Gimmerie' - David Cote, 'The Classic Ballet' - Lincoln Kirstein, 'Anthology of American Jazz Dance' - Gus Giordano
Heroes
Artists with good values! People using their craft to improve the world. Open-minded individuals... My family, supporters, dancers, and students, thank you.
About me: The eyes are the windows to the soul. Surrender to our demonstration of this
powerful art form by walking without resistance through our inviting windows. Be
engulfed and allow yourself to be mesmerized by the passion executed
through our movement. Let your soul follow our eyes on a journey that blends
the worlds of life and dreams through the medium, dance. Witness our visual
story and encourage yourself to give in…
submissively.
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"All Hallows Eve: A Haunted Halloween Dance Concert"
Featuring New Beginnings: A Performing Dance Company, local jazz musicians Dustin Laurenzi, Dan Pratt, & Eric Schoor, and guest professional dancers of CKDC. This clip is of the concert's opening number. The tormented dancer performs improvised movement as the audience settles into the haunted performance... MUAH AH AHHH!
Who I'd like to meet: You...if you are a positive and open-minded individual! Anyone interested in making a difference in this crazy world, no matter how big or small the difference may be. People who support the arts or help to raise awareness in their community.
