Lineage Dance Company has partnered with nearly 200 nonprofit organizations to produce more than 500 performances and raised over $200,000 for these various charities across the country.  Please contact us if your organization is interested in an exciting and original collaborative fundraising opportunity.  Lineage is available for performances, fundraisers & residencies locally, nationally and internationally. We accept commissions to create dance pieces for site-specific work and for specific events. For information regarding fees and availability please contact lineagedance@gmail.com.

 

Lineage Dance is a contemporary dance company dedicated to raising support and awareness for nonprofit organizations, as well as to making the arts accessible to audiences of all demographic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Lineage is known throughout the community for artistic excellence as well as giving back through dance and strives to build community through the arts – reaching across barriers of age, ethnicity and ability.  One of the most important components of Lineage’s mission is to make the art of dance accessible to every age and stage of life and develop audiences that feel fully engaged in dance by offering opportunities to deepen understanding through education and participation.

 

Since its founding in 1999 by Hilary Thomas, the dance company has presented over 500 concerts and raised more than $100,000 for organizations such as the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance, the MD Anderson Cancer Center Young Survivors Program, the Hope and Light Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, the Constance G. Zahorik Breast Center at Huntington Hospital, Young & Healthy, Five Acres and many other important health, educational, arts and social service agencies. Lineage Dance’s repertoire is athletic, energetic and emotional, and many of the pieces tell compelling stories inspired by nonprofit partners and charitable causes. Dance works such as “Healing Blue” tells the story of seven women as they fight breast cancer and has raised funds for breast cancer-related causes nationwide, “Dancing Through the Ages” explores the power of dance at all ages and stages of life and has raised funds to provide free healthcare to uninsured children, and “The Brain in Motion” explores the human brain, and has raised funds for Alzheimer’s disease research. Lineage Dance currently presents See the Music Dance, a series of performance events providing live, original music from some of the LA area’s top musicians in collaboration with the contemporary choreography of Hilary Thomas.

 

In May of 2010 the company opened The Lineage Performing Arts Center oto build community through the arts and to further

the mission of Lineage Dance to make the arts accessible to all. Voted “Best Dance Studio” by Pasadena Weekly, LPAC provides the greater San Gabriel Valley/Pasadena area with a comprehensive arts resource and a community hub that hosts a variety of events including dance and music performances, theatre productions, art exhibitions, fundraising events, film screenings, private gatherings and more.  Free weekly classes are offered for those in our community living with Parkinson’s Disease, Cancer, Down Syndrome and Stroke Surviovors. Services also include private lessons and Personal Training. The Center hosts an array of local and regional companies including Parson’s Nose, 89Boom! and the Summer Concert Music Series. Lineage Dance presents benefit dance concerts and community events for all ages in partnership with area nonprofit organizations.

 

Dance for Joy:  transforming challenges into meaningful expression

 

Lineage Dance is dedicated to making the art of dance accessible to all regardless of age, ability or background. Through our community outreach programming at the Lineage Performing Arts Center (LPAC), we strive to provide joyous dance experiences to those that are not traditionally served by dance through performances, classes and workshops. One of the most important components of our outreach are the free weekly classes offered for those in our community living with Parkinson’s Disease, cancer, stroke recovery, and Down Syndrome.

 

Inspired Movement: Dance for Stroke Survivors

Inspired Movement is a specialized dance class designed to support stroke survivors and their care partners in improving strength, mobility and coordination. Through steady rhythmic beats, musical timing and improvisational movement, classes work to reverse the effects of neurological deficits after stroke. Participants are provided with a fun and supportive environment allowing them to creatively express themselves and rediscover the creative mind-body connection through movement and music.

Club 21: Dancing with Down Syndrome

Lineage Dance, in partnership with Club 21, offers a special movement and dance class for children with Down Syndrome. Through the creative experience of dance, this class is designed to improve motor skills, coordination, focus and listening skills.

Dancing Through Cancer

Lineage Dance in partnership with Elizabeth’s Canvas offers a restorative dance experience to cancer survivors and those undergoing treatment. A dance class for all ages and stages, this is a supportive group that allows you to grow, heal and flourish through movement. Nourish your body, mind and spirit through creative expression, gentle movement, and the joy of dance!

Dancing with Parkinson’s

Lineage Dance offers a specialized dance class for adults with Parkinson’s Disease designed to focus your mind and body to move with purpose, creativity, musicality & grace. Classes provide a joyous experience that enhances ones balance, while simultaneously developing control and freedom of the participant’s movement.

 

Current Grant Funding:

Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program

Los Angeles County Arts Commission

Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission, City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division

SPARC (Student Philanthropists Advancing Real Change)

Pasadena Tournament of Roses Foundation

Elizabeth’s Canvas