OGD

Orange Grove Dance (OGD) continually redefines creative ingenuity through its interdisciplinary approach to dance and art-making. Known for innovative performances that blend movement, design, film, and technology, the company consistently expands the boundaries of contemporary dance. The imagistic gravity of the work compels audiences beyond the confines of traditional stage venues and reflects the extraordinary influence of dance in everyday life. Under the direction of Artistic Directors Colette Krogol and Matt Reeves, OGD’s acclaimed canon of works is recognized for its powerful imagery and choreography, which engages audiences in a world that is relevant, mysterious, and absorbing; a world constructed within time elusive performance landscapes in which mythopoetic tropes and reality collide. 

 

OGD enacts its mission (to bring dance, design, and film to all communities) through the artistic vehicle of its presentation, research, and educational programming. Beyond the companies films, performances, classes and workshops— a hallmark of this programming is the OGD Summer Intensive. The Intensive serves as a unique embodiment of the company's priorities and mission to embolden interdisciplinary artists and designers through an affordable week long incubation with the company. The OGD Intensive allows artists to get inside of OGD’s creative processes while continuing the development and exploration of their own artistic voice.

 

Over the past decade, Orange Grove Dances versatile and genre spiraling work has been produced and presented internationally in concert stages, museums, film festivals, underground tunnels, city streets, black box theaters, public parks, botanic gardens, and high-end hotels. OGD has been presented by The Voxel, The Kennedy Center, Dance Place, Maryland Theater for the Performing Arts, U.S. Botanic Garden, Museum of Zhang Zhidong, City of Alexandria’s Waterfront Park, CulturalDC, Dupont Underground, Joe’s Movement Emporium, and The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.