SCDT to Debut with "Resilience"
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Media Contact:
Jacob Montoya
President, Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theater
[email protected]
Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre to Debut “Resilience” concert
to benefit UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
November 25, 2015 – Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theater (SCDT) is a registered 501c3 organization featuring talented professional dancers inspired by award winning Artistic Director and Choreographer, Jacob Montoya. The Company’s goal is to share their grace and athleticism with meaningful intent throughout the greater Sacramento Community.
SCDT’s inaugural season concert, “Resilience” will debut on December 4th, 2015 as a benefit performance with proceeds donated to the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Tickets for the benefit performance as well as a VIP reception following are both available at http://www.scdtheatre.org.
Montoya has assembled some of the best professional artists in the region stating, “We love Sacramento and want to support local entities within our community by creating relevant work that will educate and open the eyes of new audiences to the power of dance when it is used collaboratively to make a change.”
SCDT’s inaugural debut performance "Resilience" is the realization of Montoya’s vision to demonstrate a celebration of life, as well as shine a light on life's struggles as we fight to overcome, rise up, and ultimately honor those that battle cancer.
Montoya explains, “"Resilience" will be an incredibly moving landmark performance to benefit UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Sacramento region as a whole. We ask that you join us and be a part of our new project, our new dance company, and help us create this inspirational and thought-provoking work of movement and transformance!”
About Jacob Montoya
Nationally recognized, award-winning choreographer, Jake Montoya, is a native of Sacramento, California where he continues to explore his gift for dance as a performer, teacher, and influencer in his community. Montoya is trained in jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary and hip hop and studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he performed at Missy Cochran Entertainment and danced for the Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theatre. His expertise includes mastering the Horton Modern Technique and certification in Erick Hawkins Modern Technique. Montoya is the Artistic Director of the Hawkins Contemporary Jazz Company at Hawkins School of Performing Arts and is currently a teacher at Sacramento Theatre Company and Rio Valley Charter school. He has also served on the Staff for the Sacramento Ballet, Northern California Dance Conservatory.
Media Contact:
Jacob Montoya
President, Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theater
[email protected]
Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre to Debut “Resilience” concert
to benefit UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
November 25, 2015 – Sacramento, CA – Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theater (SCDT) is a registered 501c3 organization featuring talented professional dancers inspired by award winning Artistic Director and Choreographer, Jacob Montoya. The Company’s goal is to share their grace and athleticism with meaningful intent throughout the greater Sacramento Community.
SCDT’s inaugural season concert, “Resilience” will debut on December 4th, 2015 as a benefit performance with proceeds donated to the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. Tickets for the benefit performance as well as a VIP reception following are both available at http://www.scdtheatre.org.
Montoya has assembled some of the best professional artists in the region stating, “We love Sacramento and want to support local entities within our community by creating relevant work that will educate and open the eyes of new audiences to the power of dance when it is used collaboratively to make a change.”
SCDT’s inaugural debut performance "Resilience" is the realization of Montoya’s vision to demonstrate a celebration of life, as well as shine a light on life's struggles as we fight to overcome, rise up, and ultimately honor those that battle cancer.
Montoya explains, “"Resilience" will be an incredibly moving landmark performance to benefit UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Sacramento region as a whole. We ask that you join us and be a part of our new project, our new dance company, and help us create this inspirational and thought-provoking work of movement and transformance!”
About Jacob Montoya
Nationally recognized, award-winning choreographer, Jake Montoya, is a native of Sacramento, California where he continues to explore his gift for dance as a performer, teacher, and influencer in his community. Montoya is trained in jazz, ballet, tap, contemporary and hip hop and studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he performed at Missy Cochran Entertainment and danced for the Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theatre. His expertise includes mastering the Horton Modern Technique and certification in Erick Hawkins Modern Technique. Montoya is the Artistic Director of the Hawkins Contemporary Jazz Company at Hawkins School of Performing Arts and is currently a teacher at Sacramento Theatre Company and Rio Valley Charter school. He has also served on the Staff for the Sacramento Ballet, Northern California Dance Conservatory.
