Embark Dance Theatre (EDT)

Performing Art – Orange County

We are a modern dance company based in Brea, CA. Our movement is filled with contradictions. We feel it is the contradictions that make life and dance exciting to participate in and observe. We want risk. We want authentic story-telling. We want athleticism with fluidity, power in subtlety and we want emotion from movement. Our goal is to relate to our audience through movement by reaching out to common human experiences and reactions. Our dancers are artists in their own right, who invest themselves in discovery just as much as our choreographers do. We believe in the power of collaboration and the beauty of combined efforts and work to trust each other whole-heartedly. We have come to realize that trust is the component necessary for risk. Risk is what it takes to uncover new territory and push the boundaries of human expression. We are not looking to redefine dance. Instead, we want to discover, incorporate and polish movements that are inherent to each of our bodies in order to communicate a true emotion and feeling. A genuine environment allows dance and art to thrive. Dance (and art in general), has a way of holding a mirror up to each of us while at the same time helping us see our potential. We enjoy that duality and work to embody both. Both are completely necessary in order to change and grow.