Lake Tahoe Dance Collective Inc

IN 2021, WE WERE ABLE TO DEVISE NEW WAYS TO CONTINUE OUR REGULAR OPERATIONS DURING THE ONGOING PANDEMIC. MOST NOTABLY, WE WERE OFFERED AN ARTISTIC RESIDENCY IN SONOMA COUNTY IN FEBRUARY, A TIME WHEN WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO BE DANCING INDOORS IN OUR LOCATION IN PLACER COUNTY. 11 COMPANY DANCERS AND 4 CHOREOGRAPHERS QUARANTINED FOR TWO WEEKS BEFORE ARRIVING TO LIVE IN A BARN CONVERTED INTO A DORMITORY AND OUR PORTABLE STAGE SET UP IN A GRASSY FIELD. DURING THIS TIME, WE CREATED THE FULL-LENGTH WORK TO OLIVIER MESSAIENS QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME, WHICH WAS COMPOSED AND PREMIERED IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP IN WORLD WAR TWO.IN JUNE, WE PRESENTED THAT WORK OUTSIDE, WITH LIVE ACCOMPANIMENT FROM SOLI CHAMBER ENSEMBLE.IN KEEPING WITH THE MISSION THAT STATES THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROMOTE DANCE OF THE FINEST QUALITY THROUGH EDUCATION, BEGINNING IN 2021, THE ORGANIZATION ADDED REGULARLY SCHEDULED DANCE CLASSES IN ITS PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS. CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR AGES 3 AND UP IN BALLET, MODERN DANCE, CONTEMPORARY DANCE, IMPROVISATION, AND CONDITIONING FOR DANCERS. IN MARCH, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE CLASSES AT LIMITED CAPACITY IN OUR STUDIO, SO OUR YOUNGER DANCERS ALSO DID A SMALL SHOWCASE OF WHAT THEY HAD BEEN WORKING ON IN CLASS IN THAT OUTDOOR PERFORMANCE.JULY 2021 WAS OUR RETURN TO AN IN-PERSON LAKE TAHOE DANCE FESTIVAL, WITH DANCERS FROM BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY BALLET, NEW CHAMBER BALLET, MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE AND MORE. AUDIENCES WERE CAUTIOUS BUT ENTHUSIASTIC TO RETURN TO OUR OUTDOOR VENUE, AND THE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS, INCLUDING THE DANCERS PARTICIPATION IN OUR YOUNG DANCERS WORKSHOP.IN THE FALL, WE RETURNED TO THE STUDIO AT 100% CAPACITY WITH 99% OF OUR STUDENTS VACCINATED WHEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM.WE FINISHED OUR YEAR WITH OUR NUTCRACKER PRODUCTION, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL AND ENJOYED BY MANY.