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Happy National Dance Day from all of us at Dayton Dance Initiative! We’re reflecting on our eighth season with joy, awe, gratitude, and inspiration. We hope you find a moment to celebrate dance today. #nationaldanceday

Gorgeous footage captured by @joetscook from our season performance, The Light In Between. Video editing by @kclyphout

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As our eighth season comes to a close, we shine our light towards what comes next. Our dear friend and first commissioned choreographer, David Morse, said it best: “In fog, sometimes you need to lower the beam to see more clearly.”

This is not lights out. Just the opposite. We’ll see you in Season Nine.

Footage by @joetscook featuring choreography by @mfdanceco

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Flashback Friday! A look back at Season 8—moments of movement, light, and connection, beautifully captured by @joetscook

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We’re bringing the community together for StreetBeats! Come kick off the school year with FREE book bags, FREE food, games, a live DJ, mini performances, and plenty of good vibes. 💃🏾🕺🏾

Bring the whole family, bring a friend, and come ready to celebrate, connect, and catch a few beats along the way! 🥳

📍 DCDC Studios
📅 Saturday, August 8th, 2026
⏰ 2:00pm - 6:00pm

School starts soon… so let’s start it with a PARTY! 📚🎒 🎶✨

#StreetBeats #BackToSchool #CommunityStrong #DCDC #DaytonOhio

We do not own the rights to this music.

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I absolutely adore these dancers AND these gorgeous images of“Abat-Jour” captured by Joe Cook @joetscook . My 2nd season with @daytondanceinitiative brought a lot of laughter, play, heart and joy. Thank you @sean_fergie18 @celeste_kennington @frisb.y @jasmine_getz @tomasin.c3 and @patrick_lennon15 for your trust, collaboration, and willingness to create this work with me. Costumes courtesy of @daytonballet and lighting design by @everythingbutsound.

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Thank you to everyone who attended The Light in Between. Sharing this work with our Dayton community was a true privilege, and we are thankful you were part of it.

If you attended a performance, we’d be grateful if you could take a few minutes to complete our audience survey using the link in our bio. Your thoughts and reflections help us continue creating meaningful artistic experiences for our community.

Photography by Ron Valle.

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Until next time part 2
@daytoncontemporarydancecompany 💙
Thank you Debbie Blunden-Diggs for hiring me and giving me this opportunity, thank you Qarrianne Blayr for believing in me everyday and holding me up with care, thank you to all the heads and elders of this organization for providing endless inspiration and love. Most importantly thank you Jeraldyne Blunden for being the founder and visionary of this beautiful space and legacy of 57 years. I am forever grateful to have been a guest in this revolutionary space and work dedicated to sharing the African American experience through movement and storytelling. A place where Black dancers and choreographers flourish and transcend boundaries! A dance company is NOTHING without its dancers and it has been an honor to dance in solidarity with everyone and experience all of your lights💛🌟✨
#daytoncontemporarydancecompany #legacy #love #balance #care

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The future has to be rehearsed.

Last week, I gathered with Orlando and Ricarrdo Hunter-Valentine of Brother(hood) Dance, Khorii Tinson, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company artists Alex Peach Flewellen and Aaron Frisby, and Columbus artists Shaela Davis, Brianna Rhodes, and Chad Hunter for six days of listening, questioning, moving, and imagining together.

We weren’t trying to recreate history.

We were asking a question that refuses to leave me:

What kind of bodies will the next 250 years require?

Not bodies disciplined by race.
Not bodies organized by fear.
Not bodies rehearsing inherited hierarchies.

But bodies capable of remembering one another into freedom.

We left the studio with more questions than answers.

That feels exactly right.

Something is taking shape—not just a dance, but a proposition.

I’m grateful to every artist who brought their full humanity, rigor, generosity, and imagination into the room.

More soon. Video credit: @khoriiii

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Happy Juneteenth from DCDC and thank you to the ancestors.

For Dayton Contemporary Dance Company freedom is not a concept but a practice the body has carried since 1968. On Juneteenth, the company honors liberation through the work it has always done: movement that has always and continues to take up space, unapologetically.

The history is not behind this institution. It is underneath every step and lifts it to greater heights.

#Juneteenth #DaytonContemporaryDanceCompany #Blackjoy #FreedomDay #Black

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Until next time part 1 💙 @daytoncontemporarydancecompany
I am closing this chapter feeling proud and blessed. I am So grateful for my time with DCDC, grateful for all the friendships I made, grateful for all the choreographers I was fortunate to work with and grateful for all the beautiful and versatile rep that I got to perform alongside my beautiful, talented and brilliant dance family. Furthermore I am blessed to have experienced dancing in company that role models LEGACY! ✨✨
#maltiox #axé #daytoncontemporarydancecompany #untilnexttime #gratitude

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Come through Dayton Contemporary Dance Company and Dayton Ballet!! We love a great collab! 😍 Repost @frisb.y • This collaboration has been so much fun! Two legendary companies celebrating the birthplace of Funk Music–DAYTON, OH! One more show today! 🕺🏾🪩

Choreography: @brandonraglandofficial22

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Clips from “Pressed” choreographed by @i_floccinaucinihilipilificate
Beast of a piece!🔥 I especially brought aspects of my Maya energy for this one. KAWOQ Thunder, lightning, creation and transformation. 🌩️
Thank you Josh, for seeing my artistry and for seeing me. 🐢
#pressed #tabernacle #daytoncontemporarydancecompany

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