Summary
Organization name
DancExpress dba Denton City Contemporary Ballet
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Address
4103 Mesa Drive, TX 76207
Denton City Contemporary Ballet (DCCB) was founded in 1989 by its Artistic Director, Lisa Racina. The company consists of 20 dancers (male and female) as well as its youth company, DCCB 2, which consists of 30 dancers between the ages of 11 and 15. This year marks the company's 20th production of its annual holiday show, "A Gift for Emma". Bringing together professionals and young dancers on the same stage, this production provides a wonderful vehicle for training dancers, as well as entertaining the whole family with worthwhile themes of aspiring to become the best at something, working hard to achieve that goal, and finally, giving back to others the gifts that have been given.
In addition to the Collage Denton Dance Festival and "A Gift for Emma," the Denton City Contemporary Ballet also sponsors the Denton City Contemporary Ballet Summer Study Scholarship given out annually through the Dance Council of North Texas in February.
DCCB also sponsors the Community Master Class Series, an open-to-the-community event, in which world reknown dancers instructors teach specialty classes in their area of expertise to Denton dancers and beyond! Such respectable master teachers as James Clouser, Thom Clower, Comfort Fedoke, Elizabeth Gillaspy, Janice LaPointe Krump, Stephanie Rand, Lesley Snelson-Figueroa, Arlene Sugano, Nathan Trice, and more have honored the Conservatory's studios through the Master Class Series!
DCCB's most recent project is our Educational Touring Program. In the summers of 2011 and 2014, the company was chosen to perform as part of the Young Tanszommer Dance Festival in Austria. In the summer of 2017, the company went to New York City for a week to take classes at world renown dance institutions, attend backstage tours of broadway shows, sight-see and much more!
Our 29 year old company is in desperate need of a storage building for costumes and props. We also have a wish list for the following:
-new Arabian & Toy Soldier costumes for our holiday production, "A Gift for Emma"
-website overhall, update, redo
-computer/lap top
The goals of DCCB are community enrichment, youth outreach, and professional development. It is with these goals in mind that the company sponsors the Annual Collage Dance Festival held each spring in downtown Denton's historic district at the Campus Theatre bringing together guest choreographers, companies, and artists to the stage along with the dancers in DCCB.
Organization name
DancExpress dba Denton City Contemporary Ballet
Operating Budget
Less than $100,000
Address
4103 Mesa Drive