A Facility that Expands Potential and Possibilities
Interlochen now has a dramatically expanded and renovated home for dance. Trustee Nancy Hoagland inspired the project with a generous lead gift. Others joined the effort quickly, including leadership donors Judy Dow Rumelhart and the Marvin and Betty Danto Foundation. Their support made it possible to match the quality of our artistic facilities across campus. As one of the most passionate advocates for the building, Hoagland summed up what everyone hoped the building would be during its ground- breaking: “... a facility that
matches the possibilities … worthy of the discipline and courage of dancers.”
On Feb. 23, Arts Academy dancers made Interlochen history as the first students to pirouette, plié, and soar through the air in the newly opened Dance Center at Interlochen.
The Center rivals those of even professional dance companies. Designed by Boston-based Flansburgh Architects, the 16,280 square-foot new dance wing is spectacularly situated on the shores of Green Lake. It includes three studios outfitted with sprung-wood floors, air conditioning, professional lighting grids, state-of-the-art sound systems, large-screen televisions for virtual guest artists, eight-foot windows encircling each studio, and professionally designed barres. The Nancy Hoagland Wing attaches to the historical and dramatically renovated Hildegarde Lewis Wing, beautifully blending the past with the present, creating a facility that could be described in the same way as the art form itself: composed, opalescent, and gravity-defying.
Thanks to generous supporters, Interlochen's new home for dance will allow generations of dancers to soar.
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