Greater Washington Dance Center

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greater washington dance center!
BALLET * MODERN * JAZZ * TAP * MUSICAL THEATRE * CLASSES FOR BOYS * CLASSES FOR ADULTS

GWDC is dedicated to helping each dancer realize their fullest potential in a caring and nurturing environment. GWDC dancers are trained in a uniquely American curriculum. They learn by combining the logic and precision of ballet and the dynamism of contemporary dance nurturing the individual's creative, social, intellectual & spiritual development.

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Join us for a fun and festive holiday tradition featuring a narrated performance of the Nutcracker ballet and a holiday boutique! It's a perfect way to ring in the holiday with family and friends!

Friday, December 17 Performance: 7:30 PM
Saturday, December 18 Performances: 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM
Lake Braddock Secondary School
9200 Burke Lake Rd, Burke, VA 22015
**This is a socially distanced production. Masks are required for all audience members**

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ABOUT FESTIVAL BALLET VIRGINIA
Festival Ballet Virginia is a nonprofit, high quality, pre-professional dance company dedicated to inspiring excellence and infusing passion in dancers and audience members. Festival Ballet Virginia provides the important performing experience necessary to complete our dancers' education. Membership in The Festival Ballet Virginia is by audition held each spring. Festival Ballet Virginia is in residence at the Greater Washington Dance Center and pulls from the GWDC student body to complete casting for shows.

announcements

ACCEPTED!
Congratulations to ProDivision Dancers William Price, Maelen Meyers, Emilia Morris, Caitlin Wiley and Cate Ashby! All of these dancers were accepted via audition to the Kennedy Center Masterclass Series! These dancers will be participating in masterclasses all year with premiere dance companies from around the world. We are so proud of these dancers and all of their hard work! BRAVO!

GWDC Studio Director featured in National Dance Publication!

Pointe Magazine recently interviewed Gretchen Vogelzang, GWDC Director, regarding how her degree in Kinesiology helps her to be a highly effective teacher and helps her dancers to become intelligent movers who know and understand how their muscles function.

"A lot of us just learn dance from copying others," she continues. "You can try as you want to make everything look good on the outside, but if those muscles aren't functioning properly from the inside, then the technique is never really going to be there."

Read the Article!

Want to join our adult ballet classes?
sign up via punchpass!

Whether you are ready to be IN STUDIO or not, you can still be a part of the GWDC studio! We are offering a comprehensive list of hybrid ballet classes - both online and in-studio so everyone may continue their dance training!

All students must sign up via Punchpass and sign up. Due to Covid restrictions our class sizes are limited. Prior sign up is required. Drop-ins are not allowed at this time. Thank you!