Zikr Dance Ensemble is a professional dance company founded in 2009 by David Taylor, featuring ballet-trained and contemporary dancers performing transcendent dance rituals from ancient world cultures, Gurdjieff Sacred Movements, and original contemporary works in the Denver metro area.
Zikr Dance Ensemble is a dance company based in Littleton, Colorado, founded in 2009 by David Taylor, who serves as Artistic Director. The company performs works drawn from ancient world cultures alongside original and contemporary dance theatre pieces. Its repertoire includes the Gurdjieff Sacred Movements, described as dances and esoteric movements gathered from closed communities, temples and monasteries in the Near and Middle East and Asia.
The company maintains a roster of ballet-trained and contemporary dancers and presents full Spring and Fall seasons in the Denver metro area. It tours throughout Colorado and New Mexico through its Rural Colorado Community Tour Program, which has received National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America grants for two consecutive seasons. The company also operates a Community Engagement Program supporting physical, social, emotional and artistic development for young people, and provides educational outreach performances in assisted living centers throughout the metro area and state.
Auditions for the company include ballet technique, pointe, contemporary repertoire and improvisation. The company plans to relocate to larger rehearsal studios in 2025.
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Zikr Dance Ensemble is a professional dance company founded in 2009 by David Taylor. The company features an international roster of world class ballet-trained and contemporary dancers who perform transcendent dance rituals from ancient world cultures throughout history, the Gurdjieff Sacred Movements, and original contemporary dance and theatre works. The company presents full Spring and Fall seasons in the Denver metro area and tours throughout Colorado and New Mexico through its Rural Colorado Community Tour Program. The company also provides educational outreach performance programs in assisted living centers and a Community Engagement Program developed to support physical, social, emotional, and artistic development for young people. The company has been recognized and funded by National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America grants.
The company is located at 8000 South Lincoln, Suite 8, Littleton, CO 80122. The company presents performances in the Denver metro area and tours throughout Colorado and New Mexico.
The company offers performances of works drawn from ancient world cultures, the Gurdjieff Sacred Movements, and original contemporary dance and theatre works. The company also provides educational outreach performance programs and a Community Engagement Program for young people.
The company accepts auditions from dancers with training in ballet technique, pointe, contemporary repertoire, and improvisation. The company also provides educational outreach programs and a Community Engagement Program for young people.
The company accepts auditions from dancers and has an Apprentice Program listed on its site. Audition requirements include ballet technique, pointe, contemporary repertoire, and improvisation. Applicants may audition live or submit online auditions with headshots, full body shots, CV with references, and reels of ballet class and performance work.
The company works in ballet technique, pointe, contemporary repertoire, and improvisation. Company class teachers are Francisco Estevez, Lizanne McAdams-Graham, Katie Thomas, and Anaka Weiss-Jones. The Gurdjieff Sacred Movements were created by George Gurdjieff as part of his teaching system, based on religious dances and rituals he saw while traveling throughout Asia.
The company presents full Spring and Fall seasons in the Denver metro area and tours throughout Colorado and New Mexico through its Rural Colorado Community Tour Program. The company also provides educational outreach performance programs in assisted living centers throughout the metro area and state.
Contact David Taylor, Artistic Director, at (303) 884-1910 or [email protected]. The address is 8000 South Lincoln, Suite 8, Littleton, CO 80122.
