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The Legacy Project comes to life

Be Moved
a film by award-winning filmmaker, Jane Pittman, tells the story of the Choreographers Collaboration Project (CCP), a modern dance company based in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, from its beginnings in 1999 to now.
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Watch BE MOVED


Virtual Showing
December 6 at 7:30 ET
Watch "Be Moved" and dance videos choreographed by Mary Jo Smet and Janet Stormes.
A Q&A session will follow immediately after.


Alexandria Film Festival
November 11 at 12 noon
"BE MOVED" debuts as part of "Nostalgia," a showing of five films
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Congratulations Jane Pittman for winning the Audience Award!

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Collaboration is the soul of CCP, always working together with others to create lasting partnerships. Come see "Be Moved", a film about how a small modern dance company can have a very large impact on an entire community.  Screening at the Alexandria Film Festival, Nov. 11.

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All of CCP’s costumes were hand made by Janet Stormes, who also performed and choreographed dances, while holding down a full time job.

2021-22
The Legacy Project
​This year we are embarking on a Legacy Project - creating a film that looks back at how we have impacted our community by serving as a lab for emerging choreographers, building collaborations with other artists, and expanding our audiences across communities and generations.

See CCP Dance on Video
Since March 2020, we have continued teaching, choreographing, and creating despite cancelling our in-person concerts and moving our in-person classes and rehearsals to the safety of the outdoors and the virtual world.
Watch what we've been doing!  (Links below)

May 2022
"WIND" - a celebration of open space
​by Janet Stormes

​Music: Tchaikovsky
Dancers: Silvia Burstein-Hendi, Janet Stormes, Melanie Tung
Videographers:
Pamela Albers, Ricardo Hendi, Marc Villa
Video Editor: Kara O'Kelly
Costumes: Janet Stormes

 December 2021
"FALL, CATCH, RISE, FALL"
​by Mary Jo Smet

Music: Luke Howard
Dancers: Silvia Burstein-Hendi, Paula Giammarco, Danielle Greene Madrid, Sara Lavan
Video: Becca Weiss
Costumes: Janet Stormes​

June 2021
"A YEAR OF PERSISTENCE"
​by Mary Jo Smet
Mary Jo has taken CCP's digital efforts further than we imagined when we started our digital dance series over a year ago.  She developed the dance concept, choreographed the dance phrases, edited the videos, and has created a dance that is truly reflective of the past year.
Watch "A Year of Persistence" here

December 2020
"ALIEN INVASION"
A dance restaged via Zoom
​by Leigh Arscott
In Spring 2020, CCP was poised to perform a five-part science fiction themed dance, but our rehearsals and performance had to be canceled for everyone's health and safety.  Months later, we wondered if one of the sci-fi vignettes, an alien invasion, could be re-staged on Zoom. Here are the results - we hope you enjoy!
Watch "Alien Invasion" here

​November 2020
"THE DAILY WEATHER"
A dance created via Zoom
​by Mary Jo Smet
A dance created this summer and edited in the fall, inspired by a snippet of daily life.
The Daily Weather

October 2020
Livestream Dance Performance
Sunday, October 18, 4PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us!
Because of internet connection problems, only a small portion of the performance was livestreamed.  
You can see the recording at the same link:
https://youtube.com/user/CCPDance

August 2020
"I AM HERE, WHERE ARE YOU?"
A dance created via Zoom
​by Janet Stormes

This summer, CCP company members sought to connect, collaborate, and choreograph from our homes.  Enjoy this dance created by Janet:
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​I AM HERE, WHERE ARE YOU?
Music by Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder

photos kevin d. dohmen