Decatur City Dance Presents: Spring 2021
Decatur City Dance is actively engaged in exciting and innovative dance projects. Our talented company directors and dancers are working to bring performance to fruition through new, creative virtual formats.
Let’s Tap! 2021: Together We Rise
Let’s Tap! 2021: Together We Rise
Decatur City Dance Presents: Spring 2021
Decatur City Dance is actively engaged in exciting and innovative dance projects. Our talented company directors and dancers are working to bring performance to fruition through new, creative virtual formats.
Decatur City Dance Presents: Everything Is Obvious
Everything Is Obvious: a virtual dance experience. Streaming online February 12–14, 2021. Choreography by Olivia Mitchell, Daphanie Scandrick, and Toya Willingham.
Show your love and support during this unprecedented time by making a gift to DCD.
Ballet Variations Showcase: Apprentice Ensemble
Ballet Variations showcase. Streaming online in spring 2021. Featuring the Apprentice Ensemble of Decatur City Dance. Choreography by Heather Yates.
Let’s Tap! 2021: Together We Rise
Let’s Tap! 2021: Together We Rise presented by Decatur City Dance. Streaming online March 26–28, 2021. Featuring the Rhythm Keepers, Junior Rhythm Keepers, and Rug Cutters. Directed and choreographed by Kyme Hersi-Sallid. Guest choreography by Birda Ringstad.
Decatur City Dance Presents: Spring 2021
Decatur City Dance is actively engaged in exciting and innovative dance projects. Our talented company directors and dancers are working to bring performance to fruition through new, creative virtual formats.
Decatur City Dance Presents: Everything Is Obvious
Everything Is Obvious: a virtual dance experience. Streaming online February 12–14, 2021. Choreography by Olivia Mitchell, Daphanie Scandrick, and Toya Willingham.
Show your love and support during this unprecedented time by making a gift to DCD.
ABOUT US
Decatur City Dance is the oldest performing dance group in DeKalb County, first established as a Junior Company of Atlanta Civic Ballet in 1952 by Hilda Gumm. It became an independent artistic entity in 1962 under the guidance of Hilda Gumm and Marie Roberts.
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Under the Decatur City Dance umbrella are six performing groups of accomplished adult and teen dancers: AboutFace (professional contemporary), Apprentice and Junior Ensembles (ballet, jazz, and modern), Rhythm Keepers (tap), and Junior Rhythm Keepers (tap) and BareGrounds (contemporary/modern).
During its five decades, Decatur City Dance has presented original choreography of varying styles appropriate for all ages, including the story ballets of Winnie the Pooh, The Little Princess, and A Day with Mother Goose. The companies have performed both on traditional theater stages around metro Atlanta as well as in spaces as diverse as the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, North Dekalb Mall, Cannon Chapel at Emory University, and Oakland Cemetery.
Decatur City Dance is a nonprofit corporation, based in Decatur, Georgia, financially supported by contributions, grant funds, membership dues, and ticket sales. Its members are talented dancers, many of whom started their dance training at Decatur School of Ballet. Open auditions are held annually. For eligibility requirements please contact Decatur City Dance.
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CONTACT US
Church Street Studio
102 Church St. Decatur, GA 30030
Sams Street Studio
141-C Sams St. Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 378-3388