United By The Arts Concert

Flux Dance Company, will be presenting “United by the Arts”, a concert at the Jensen

Performing Arts Center at 117 Midvale Ave. The event will be outdoors where the company has

created an open-air theater in the area which was previously the old Lincoln Grade School

playground.

The concert is open to the public. The cocktail hour/social begins at 5:00 pm with the concert

beginning at 6:00 pm on Thursday, July 18th. This is a family-oriented event with refreshments

and dinner available throughout the evening.

The concert is produced by Jessica McCully of Flux Dance Company in Sioux City and Tracie

Stanfield of New York City. The performance will feature professional dancers from New York

City, an ensemble from the Sioux City Symphony, and local artists including dancers, Missouri

River Choral Society, New Stage Players, and Luke Dawson.

In the days preceding the concert, a performance camp will be held with professional instructors

from New York City including faculty with Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway.

The faculty for the camp includes Derek Mitchell, Mindy Jackson, Allie Kronick and Tracie

Stanfield.

Derek Mitchell was the Original Resident Choreographer for the Tony Award winning musical

Hamilton (1st National Tour). He is one of today’s most sought out choreographers and he has

choreographed projects utilizing almost every style of dance. He has numerous credits in TV,

Film, Stage, Commercials, Music Videos and Concerts.

Mindy Jackson is Director of Professional Training Programs and contemporary faculty at

STEPS on Broadway. She has been a professional dancer, choreographer, rehearsal director,

teacher and youth mentor for concert dance, theater, enrichment programs, music videos and

television for over 20 years.

Allie Kronick is a freelance teaching artist based out of Brooklyn, NY. She graduated magna

cum laude from the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University with a dual

concentration in Jazz and Modern dance performance. Allie was a founding faculty member

teaching contemporary dance for the Professional Training Program at the Martha Graham

School.

Tracie Stanfield is a producer for the concert and part of the faculty for the preceding camp.

Stanfield is an award-winning choreographer, educator, and creative consultant from New York

City. Her work has been commissioned throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Latin

America. Her signature voice as a choreographer has helped create and define contemporary

lyrical movement in concert and commercial dance.

The camp is open to all dancers/performers (ages ten and up) from any studio in the area. Flux is

offering Free Tuition to any artist who has been affected by the flooding and would like to

participate in the dance camp. Those affected can e-mail info@fluxdancecompany.org for their

tuition assistance. Registration is currently open and interested artists can register at the Flux

website: fluxdancecompany.org.

To purchase tickets for the concert online, the link is available at www.fluxdancecompany.org.

Contact info@fluxdancecompany.org for additional information.

Flux Dance Company is a nonprofit 501-c3.