Breaking Ground Donations 2024
$1,139.36
Raised
2
Donations
$5,000
Goal
Philadelphia Dance Theatre presents Breaking Ground, an annual performance featuring new works from classical to contemporary commissioned specifically for the individual talents of PDT's dance artists. The concert presents works choreographed by today's most talented dance-makers and highlights the broad range of styles that PDT's training provides.
Breaking Ground is one of PDT’s most impactful community outreach events of the year. We fulfill our mission of making concert dance performance accessible to our community and also giving our dancers performing experience. PDT is a non-profit and in order to fulfill our mission of changing lives through dance we endeavor to create opportunities not only for our dancers, but the community we serve. Over the years our performances have become one of our most important recruitment tools.
We open this one performance free of charge to PDT families, friends, and our local community to enjoy the art of dance on our wonderful outdoor stage on the beautiful campus of New Covenant Church. We absolutely love sharing this event with the community for free. Most people not affiliated with PDT, will only purchase a ticket to a performance they know, for example The Nutcracker or Cinderella. If you have already experienced our mixed repertory of new works, you know how much great dance our audience is missing because these individual pieces do not carry the kind of name recognition a traditional story ballet does. It is our goal to change this mindset and open our community to experiencing great concert dance from a variety of choreographers.