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Media Contact:
Jacob Montoya
President, Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theater
[email protected]
Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre (SCDT) presents its second concert, “Sign of Life”
to benefit the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
April 27, 2016 – Sacramento, CA – American Sign Language meets Contemporary dance as SCDT professionals pour their souls into new pieces meshing the beauty of sign language with the language of dance. “Sign of Life” is a beautiful artistic communication bringing awareness and benefitting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
SCDT’s concert will support “Camp Grizzly Leadership Camp for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Koda Youth”. Sign language interpreters will be provided for all three shows. This spectacular event will take place at the Jill Solberg Performing ArtsTheatre in Folsom on Friday, June 3rd at 7:30PM and Saturday, June 4th at 2:00 and 7:30PM.
SCDT’s inaugural debut performance "Resilience" was a tremendous success and demonstrated a celebration of life, as well as shined a light on the struggles and lives of those battling cancer. The event raised over $12, 000 as a charity fundraiser for UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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.
We ask that you join us and be a part of our latest project, “Sign of Life” and help us create this inspirational and thought-provoking work of movement and transformance!”
About SCDT:
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.
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 (SCDT) presents its second concert, “Sign of Life”
to benefit the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
April 27, 2016 – Sacramento, CA – American Sign Language meets Contemporary dance as SCDT professionals pour their souls into new pieces meshing the beauty of sign language with the language of dance. “Sign of Life” is a beautiful artistic communication bringing awareness and benefitting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.
SCDT’s concert will support “Camp Grizzly Leadership Camp for Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Koda Youth”. Sign language interpreters will be provided for all three shows. This spectacular event will take place at the Jill Solberg Performing ArtsTheatre in Folsom on Friday, June 3rd at 7:30PM and Saturday, June 4th at 2:00 and 7:30PM.
SCDT’s inaugural debut performance "Resilience" was a tremendous success and demonstrated a celebration of life, as well as shined a light on the struggles and lives of those battling cancer. The event raised over $12, 000 as a charity fundraiser for UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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.
We ask that you join us and be a part of our latest project, “Sign of Life” and help us create this inspirational and thought-provoking work of movement and transformance!”
About SCDT:
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.
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.
