R DANCE COMPANY is a modern dance ensemble founded in 1987 by Artistic Directors Roberta Wolin (Wolin-Tupas, Wolin-Manker) and Robert Whidbee. Together and individually, Wolin and Whidbee created a large body of original choreography. Themes include relationships, apartheid, homelessness, mental illness, Native American spirituality, roles of women, riots in Los Angeles, the impact of Hurricane Katrina. R Dance Company invited numerous choreographers to contribute works: Marion Scott; Craig Ng,, Ronald Brown, Angela Leung, Meri Bender, Mary Lee Sanders, Peggy Cicerska, Ola Hudson, Marianne Mirkin, Carmela Hermann, Leslie Lindon, Esperanza Guerrero, Raul Butron, Michael Skelton, Marianne Kirk, Cecilia Medellin, Rene Gubernick.. Soul of Brazil (Directors: Amen Santo, Linda Yudin), Los Angeles Mexican Dance Company (Director: Carola de la Rocha), Child at Heart (Director: Mary Lee Sanders), and Brockus Projedt Dance Company (Director: Debortah Brockus) have also been special guests.
R Dance Company produced numerous concerts in the Los Angeles area including: Moments in Time (2011), the Wolf Benefit (2010), Freedom Dances 1 (2006) & Freedom Dances 2 (2010), the Brand Library Modern Dance Series (1991), the Los Angeles Open Festival (1990), the Wilshire Ebell (1987 & 1989), the Los Angeles Fringe Festival (1987).
LIST OF R DANCE COMPANY CONCERTS
From Inside Out, Barnsdall Art Park, Gallery Theater; April 24-25, 1987
Perspectives, Academy West; June 20-21, 1987
Changing Faces, Facing Changes, Academy West, Fringe Festival; September 19-20, 1987
R Dance Company in Concert, Wilshire Ebell; November 13, 1987
R Dance Company in Concert, Academy West; April 9-10, 1988
Reflections, Academy West, August 13-14, 1988
R Dance Company in Concert, Wilshire Ebell; January 20, 1989
From Within, Academy West; October 7-8, 1989
Culture Exchange, Glendale High School Auditorium, L. A. Open Festival; September 16. 1990
R Dance Company in Concert, Barnsdall Art Park, Gallery Theater; January 12-13,1991
Brand Library Modern Dance Series; Brand Library; May 19, 1991
R Dance Company in Concert, Westside Academy of Dance; October 26-27, 1992
Dance Sampler, Center Stage Theater, Santa Barbara; January 31, 1992
Choreographer’s Showcase, Barnsdall Art Park, Gallery Theater; April 17-18, 1992
Kumbhamela, Wright Ranch; September 4, 1992
R Dance Company in Concert, Barnsdall Art Park, Gallery Theater; May 14-15, 1993
A Choreographer’s Showcase, Barnsdall Art Park, Gallery Theater; December 17, 1993
Voices in Motion, Ivar Theater; March 18-19, 1994
R Dance Company in Concert, Barnsdall Art Park, Gallery Theater; November 5-6, 1994
Freedom Dances 1, Highways Performance Space; April 28-30, 2006
R Dance Company in Concert, R&R Arts Complex, July 13, 2008
Studio Concert, R&R Arts Complex, August 16, 2008
Autism Movement Therapy Fundraiser, R&R Arts Complex; October 24, 2009
Freedom Dances 2, R&R Arts Complex; July 31, 2010
Wolf Benefit, R&R Arts Complex; May 1, 2010
Freedom Dances 2, R&R Arts Complex; July 31, 2010
Moments in Time, R&R Arts Complex; June 12, 2011
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