Our Work
In April of 2009, a Dogwood Dance Project duet, i found her behind me, was presented as a part of rva dance collective's full-length 'breakthrough' concert at Grace Street Theater in Richmond. The Richmond Times Dispatch's dance critic Julinda Lewis said, "Burger and Perkinson's shadow dance, 'i found her behind me', was an interesting study of a shadow that sometimes has a mind of it's own." Following that successful debut work, and with the addition of two company members and the full realization and founding of Dogwood, the new company expanded its repertory to include 4 works for its inaugural season.
Dogwood's movement style ranges with each company member and guest artist's choreography, but each dance is similar in that they all draw inspiration from basic human experience and emotion. Because the company's performance area is so wide and audiences so varied, Dogwood tries so make movement as accessible as possible. Dogwood is proud to have commissioned dance works for the company from choreographers around the state including Theresa Niermeyer, Kara Robertson, Ryan Davis, Kara Priddy, Victoria Fink, Brittany Judge, Denise Purvis, Shane O'Hara, danah bella, Rebecca Hodal, Faith Levine, Sarah Gosselin, Rebecca Ferrell, Catherine Faszewski, Sumi Komo, and Courtney Patterson White. |
Past Performances
*NOTE: All performances/workshops/master classes prior to January 2013 were presented under the company's former name, Terra Dance Project. The company underwent a name change in late 2012 due to trademark issues surrounding the name Terra. Performance titles and descriptions have been updated to reflect this change.
Annual Season Concert held at Dogtown Dance Theatre
2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Richmond Dance Festival
sharing Sarah Birgfield's choreography in 2017, Ilana Puglia's in 2018, Denise Purvis' in 2019. a COVID-response Dance Film with collaborative company choreography in 2020, Joanna Chocklett's Dance Film 'when you're looking, what do you see?' in 2021.
Richmond Dance Festival Next Generation
Youth Ensemble performances in 2022, 2019, 2018
Dogtown Dance Theatre Mardi Gras
First Fridays Richmond: Outdoor performances on Broad Street
VACLAA on Broad (Moore's Autobody Shop)
The Virginia Dance Festival
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Dogwood Dance Project Residency : Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts & Technology
Dogwood Dance Project at the Petersburg Home for Ladies
Dogwood Dance Project in Washington D.C. with Glade Dance Collective at the Jack Guidone Theater
Greene County Arts Festival William Monroe Middle & High School Performing Arts Center
Piedmont Council for the Arts: Arts Inspire Series
Alumni Dance Concert Earlynn J. Miller Dance Theatre at James Madison University
First Fridays Dance Series at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, VA
En Route! at W-3 Theatre at the Workhouse Arts Center, Dogtown Dance Theatre and the Baltimore Theatre Project with Next Reflex Dance
Spiral 9 2013 at Dogtown Dance Theatre
2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012
Richmond Dance Festival
sharing Sarah Birgfield's choreography in 2017, Ilana Puglia's in 2018, Denise Purvis' in 2019. a COVID-response Dance Film with collaborative company choreography in 2020, Joanna Chocklett's Dance Film 'when you're looking, what do you see?' in 2021.
Richmond Dance Festival Next Generation
Youth Ensemble performances in 2022, 2019, 2018
Dogtown Dance Theatre Mardi Gras
First Fridays Richmond: Outdoor performances on Broad Street
VACLAA on Broad (Moore's Autobody Shop)
The Virginia Dance Festival
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Dogwood Dance Project Residency : Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts & Technology
Dogwood Dance Project at the Petersburg Home for Ladies
Dogwood Dance Project in Washington D.C. with Glade Dance Collective at the Jack Guidone Theater
Greene County Arts Festival William Monroe Middle & High School Performing Arts Center
Piedmont Council for the Arts: Arts Inspire Series
Alumni Dance Concert Earlynn J. Miller Dance Theatre at James Madison University
First Fridays Dance Series at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, VA
En Route! at W-3 Theatre at the Workhouse Arts Center, Dogtown Dance Theatre and the Baltimore Theatre Project with Next Reflex Dance
Spiral 9 2013 at Dogtown Dance Theatre