Dina Denis Teaches Workshop at Peridance
Company member Dina Denis will teach SECTIONS FROM the repertory piece, "GO FER B'ROQUE", a celebration of dynamics, suspensions; a jubilant play with the classical and random everyday movement. Experience Joan Miller's zany sense of humor, slightly off-beat point of view and eclectic sense of dance.
Dina Denis Performs In Honor Of Joan Miller
Dina Denis performed “Dear Family” with narrator Imani Parker, choreographed by Joan Miller (2007). Restaged by Sheila Kaminsky and Dyane Harvey-Salaam. The performance took place at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York City. The American Dance Guild presented Joan Millers work and honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Award in February 2024.
Dina was a company member with Joan Miller’s Dance Players from 2002-2007.
Photos of the performance below by Julie Lemberger.
Joan Miller
Photos: Julie Lemberger
Dina Denis & Imani Parker
“This Moment Is Important Too”
“This Moment Is Important Too: practices for the wild mind was performed at Salvatore LaRussa Dance Theatre Festival June 2023.
Choreographed and Performed by Dina Denis
Music Composed and Performed by Karl Spicer
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Film Screening and Workshop with Dance Into Light
"As Time Grows By..." Screening and Workshop
Dance Into Light: As Time Goes By...
A Screening & Workshop was held at the Voelker Orth Museum, Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garnden
Saturday, September 18, 2-4:45pm.
Dina Denis’ Dance Into Light didn’t skip making a new dance in 2020 – they made a film version. Join us for a screening followed by a 2-part participatory workshop for non-dancers & dancers on movement and music. Get in touch with your creative side in a beautiful garden.
Appropriate for adults, teens & tweens. Admission $12/$10 for members
Celebrating Human Connection Through Dance
"As Time Grows By...the film"
premiered Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 2pm and 7pm.
As of January 2020 we were in studio working on our Celebrating Human Connection Through Dance: Nursing and Rehabilitation Performance Program.
Our new live performance work, "As Time Grows By," was set to premiere July and run through December 2020 in nursing and rehabilitation homes throughout Queens, NY. However, COVID-19 had forced us to change our plans as our senior communities were devastated by this virus.
The show must go on...still, our senior communities need us!
We have recreated our programing to include virtual dance classes, virtual yoga classes, a virtual Zoom performance in June 2020 and a dance film of "As Time Grows By" to
premiere Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 2pm and 7pm.
Artist and audience discussion to follow the film.
Zoom link TBA.
Celebrating Human Connection Through Dance: Nursing and Rehabilitation Performance Program and our film "As Time Grows By" is made possible in part by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
This project is also made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Queens Council on the Arts.
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Weekly Dance Classes with Dina Denis are broadcasted through the Virtual Senior Center Wednesdays at 10am.
Contact for more info: Danceintolight@gmail.com
AS Time Grows By...the film Photos: Spring36
Photo: Spring36
Senior Center Dance Classes
Like to dance? Are you 65 and over?
No experience necessary.
Weekly dance classes with Dina Denis
Wednesdays 10-11am
Past Performance June 2020
Recently Recapped
The SLDT - The Academy’s Free Sunday Performing Arts/ QUEENS OUTDOOR DANCE FESTIVAL presented Dina Denis' solo premiere of Reflections set to Clara Schumann's Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: III. Andante and Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7: II. Romanze Andante non troppo con grazia.
Photo: Melissa Maxwell
Honey Harvest Festival Highlights
Dance Into Light was invited to return to the Voelker Orth Museum Bird Sanctuary and Victorian Garden!
Thanks to those who joined us on August 23, 2017 for the Annual Honey Harvest Festival.
Dance Into Light Artists, Lisa and Jared led participants through a creative movement experience about the Museum's honey bees. The audience participated in a fun mini-creative movement workshop. Together we created and performed an original bee-inspired dance in the garden.
Highlights from Our Creative Movement Workshop
On July 19, 2017, Dina Denis conducted a creative movement workshop with dancers Lisa Craig, Yuki Fukui, Evelyn Hoelscher, Madison McGrath and Jared Stern. Using structured improvisation, Dina taught a honey bee inspired dance for a group of multigenerational participants to learn and perform together. The Dance Into Light Dancers completed the afternoon with a premiere performance in the garden of Dina's new work Peace Among the Restless set to music How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place by the Exultate Festival Chorus - Chamber Orchestra Masterworks of Worship Collection Brahms Requiem. The participants were then treated to a special tour of the Voelker Orth's honey bees by Urta, the museum's resident bee keeper.
July 19, 2017 The Voelker Orth
June 11, 2017 SLDT Show
