IMPACT Dance Company

IMPACT Dance Company is a contemporary dance theatre company and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by Judy Bejarano in 1995. The company creates immersive dance theatre performances and hand-crafted workshops using movement, voice, and projection. Its mission is to present performances and workshops that speak to issues in everyday life, using the arts as a bridge between societal and personal challenges. The company supports the well-being and self-image of all individuals, particularly women and youth, while celebrating artistic and cultural diversity. The repertoire addresses topics including discrimination, immigration, body image, identity, grief and loss, and finding home. The company is known for work with a strong sense of truth, intimacy, and connection.

The physical address is Canyon Concert Ballet, 1031 Conifer Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524. The mailing address is 1307 Silk Oak Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80525. Some programs are held at Colorado State University.

The company offers immersive dance theatre performances, hand-crafted workshops, and master classes in various styles available upon request. Programs include Beautiful Movers community class for intermediate-level dancers, Every Voice Matters outreach program using writing, visual art and movement, Moving Through Parkinson's program, and custom workshops for diverse populations including middle school girls through Fashion FUNdamentals. The company no longer offers regular company classes.

The company provides workshops for diverse populations including trained dancers and untrained movers. Programs serve people with some dance experience, adults seeking emotional and physical connection through dance, participants of all ages, people with early-onset Parkinson's disease, and middle school girls.

Beautiful Movers is for people with some experience and technical training at an intermediate level, and adults who want the emotional and physical connection of dancing. Every Voice Matters serves participants of all ages. Fashion FUNdamentals is open to girls entering 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. Moving Through Parkinson's serves people with early-onset Parkinson's disease.

Every Voice Matters workshops are customized to each program's curriculum and may use essays, poems, and memoirs as starting points for art and dance. Judy Bejarano teaches technique, repertory, choreography, and improvisation. Beautiful Movers is designed for intermediate-level movers.

The company presents project-based dance theatre performances in various venues including museums, storefronts, historic homes, airplane hangars, abandoned buildings, rivers, and traditional performance spaces. Past productions have included evening-length performances created in response to museum exhibits and thematic works addressing social issues.

Email: impactdance@comcast.net. Phone: 970.231.0844. Physical address: Canyon Concert Ballet, 1031 Conifer Street, Fort Collins, CO 80524. Mailing address: 1307 Silk Oak Dr., Fort Collins, CO 80525.