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Forward Motion Dance Company’s 19th Annual  ARTS SENSATION Benefit Performance  is Friday, April 21, 2023 at 7:30 pm at Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts Main Stage, to benefit the Good Shepherd Center, a local non-profit organization. Along with Forward Motion Dance Company and works from local dancers and choreographers, Flamenco guitarist Ed Stephenson will bring his exciting Eduardo de Rosemarie Presents Noche Flamenca for an authentic Flamenco experience! A DANCE AUDITION for this performance will be held Sunday, March 26, 2023, 3:30 pm at The Dance Element, 7211 Ogden Business Lane, Wilmington, NC 28411 Interested dancers, choreographers of all genres (classical, jazz, hip hop, modern, tap, ballroom, cultural dance) are welcome. COMPLETED WORK, INCLUDING COSTUMES, IS REQUIRED 6 minutes maximum length. Piece must be “family friendly”. For information on the audition, click here, call (910) 232-8151, or visit www.forwardmotiondance.org

Forward Motion Dance is back at The Penthouse and the sunset views are spectacular!  We invite you back to enjoy an evening with us to help support our 2023 season at the Thalian Hall Main Stage, including the 19th annual ARTS SENSATION! music and dance event with Eduardo de Rosamaria and his Tablao Flamenco, and works from local choreographers and dancers.  Come on up to enjoy the best views of downtown Wilmington with your friends from Forward Motion Dance Company! Tickets can be purchased from any Forward Motion Dance board member, or email dance@forwardmotiondance.org — space is limited, so be sure to reserve yours today! Find out more about FMD and ARTS SENSATION! at our website: www.forwardmotiondance.org

Cameron Art Museum 3201 South 17th Street Wilmington, North Carolina 28412 Sunday, August 28, 2022, 2-3 PM CAM Members & students: $10; Not Yet Members: $12 Forward Motion Dance will bring a preview event of their new and recent choreography to CAM. Enjoy dance performances with live music and film as the artists interact with the audience through discussion and audience questions. Forward Motion Dance Company, Inc., is a Wilmington, NC, based non-profit 501(c)(3) dance organization whose mission is to provide local and regional communities with quality modern contemporary dance and education in the art of dance, as well as enhance the local arts community by providing performance opportunities for area dancers and performance artists.

For the 2022 annual performance of Forward Motion Dance Company’s Cape Fear Arts in Motion Modern, contemporary, jazz and classical dancers to participate in dance performances in collaboration with guest choreographer, film and live musical performers at Thalian Hall Main Stage. Performances on Sept. 23 and Sept. 24, 7:30 pm.   Saturday April 30, 2022 2:00 pm for teen dancers (ages 12-18) 3:00 pm for Company dancers and Adult guest dancers   The Dance Element of Wilmington LLC 7211 Ogden Business Lane, Suite 205 Wilmington, NC 28411   * Vaccinations required. Please come prepared to move. Any questions please call 910-793-6675 or visit www.forwardmotiondance.org.   Forward Motion Dance Company is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, volunteer organization. We wish to thank all who give their valuable time, efforts and funding so we may continue to bring quality performances to the Wilmington community. Please visit us at www.forwardmotiondance.org.

Forward Motion Dance Company joins local dancers and choreographers in this year’s Wilmington Dance Festival to be held at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium May 6-7, 2022.  Show time is 7:30. Mark your calendars now and stay turned for information about how to get tickets!

Forward Motion Dance Company returns to Dance-a-lorus this year with Interconnection, a new and exhilarating piece by choreographer Tracey Varga and film by Patrick Ogelvie that includes visuals from Sam Shores. Interconnectionexplores hunger, homelessness and pollution with a local and global viewpoint and expresses how we can combat and solve these problems. Music from Marvin Gaye, John Lennon and Louis Armstrong forms the soundtrack and dancers are from Forward Motion Dance Company. Dance-a-lorus is a crowd favorite during the Cucalorus film festival this weekend, and this year will be presented at Thalian Hall Main Stage on Sunday, November 14 at 4 pm. Click here for tickets and more information about Dance-a-lorus. This event fills up quick so make sure you get a seat for this long awaited return to the stage. Please note: Masks must be worn and vaccination status will be checked for all Cucalorus events so bring your card or a photo of it.

Only a few days left! Only a few dollars away from our goal!! Be the one who helps us reach our goal and support local artists while doing it. That way we all will feel like dancing! Forward Motion Dance is a 501(c)3 non-profit dance organization. Forward Motion Dance donates proceeds from their annual “Arts Sensation” performance to a local non-profit organization. Purchase Raffle Tickets anytime – we have extended our event thru March! Date to be announced for the drawing to WIN PRIZES & Support the Arts!… 1 Raffle Ticket for $5.00 and 5 Raffle Tickets for $20.00 Tickets can be purchased online: www.forwardmotiondance.org or from a FMD Board Member or by going straight to our Rally Up page! (Click Here!) Thanks to our Raffle Prize Donation Sponsors!

Sunday March 1, 2020  2:30 pm at The Dance Element 7211 Ogden Business Lane Wilmington, NC 28411 Audition for the 19th annual ARTS SENSATION performance Friday, April 17, 7:30 pm at the Community Arts Center, Wilmington, NC Arts Sensation is a benefit the Good Shepherd Center, a local non-profit organization. Interested dancers, choreographers of all genres (classical, jazz, hip hop, modern, tap, ballroom, cultural dance) welcome. Completed work, including costumes, required. 6 minutes maximum length. Piece must be “child friendly”. For more information please call 910-793-6675 www.forwardmotiondance.org

Whether it is wintertime and summertime, the sunset views from The Penthouse are spectacular! We invite you back to enjoy an evening with us at our now, it seems, bi-annual fundraising event.  Come on up to The Penthouse, and enjoy a fabulous sunset and the best views of downtown Wilmington with a Special Cocktail and your friends from Forward Motion Dance Company! We are hosting this event on Sunday, August 25 from 6 to 9 pm. Tickets are $25 per person, and includes 1 special cocktail, or a glass of wine or beer. Tickets can be purchased from any board member of Forward Motion Dance Company, or email dance@forwardmotiondance.org to reserve your spot today. Proceeds of this benefit go to Forward Motion Dance Company in support Cape Fear Arts in Motion: Kinetic, Energetic, Poetic, our annual performance at Thalian Hall Main Stage, coming up on September 13 & 14.