Dulce Dance Company

03/23/2024

Im performing two different pieces. 1 for Diane Mcneal Hunt and 1 for me. Diane's will be in the 6pm show while I premier a new piece in the 8pm show. Come to both!!!

DECA: Tiny Dances at the Garden /// Stay tuned for Artist Lineup coming soon!

Step into a decade-long journey of creativity and ingenuity at “DECA: Tiny Dances at the Garden.” Join us in honoring the legacy of tiny dances in Arizona at the Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix.

Experience two captivating programs featuring 18 remarkable artists who have dedicated themselves to this distinctive dance format. Against the serene backdrop of the garden, we will explore the theme of TIME, as we reflect on the impact of Tiny Dances over the years. Ticket link in bio! 📸 :

03/22/2024

I am still fundraising for this effort. Please support. Any amount is needed. Please share. If 100 or many people just gifted the price of a cup of coffee that would add up to great support. Supporting me today allows me to continue to create, share, and provide opportunity for other dancers to perform. With appreciation and grace.

Who this will help Hello, I am Candy Jimenez, a teacher, choreographer, and artist. I tea… Candy Jimenez needs your support for Give life to my choreography

12/15/2023

I am excited to be presenting work in Breaking Ground this January. Please help me honor the talented dancers in my work, by donating whatever you can. The monetary fee I am trying to achieve is not nearly worth the time, effort and talent put in to the piece, but a little something to honor them will go a long way. There are 12 dancers in the cast. Please read my gofundme page or at best sponsor a dancer. There are 12 dancers. Message me.

Who this will help Hello, I am Candy Jimenez, a teacher, choreographer, and artist. I tea… Candy Jimenez needs your support for Give life to my choreography

12/18/2022

Dulce wants to wish you all a Happy Holiday and to remind you:

Remember that you are Water.
Cry. Cleanse. Flow. Let. go.

Remember that you are Fire.
Burn. Tame. Adapt. Ignite.

Remember that you are Air.
Observe. Breath. Focus. Decide

Remember that you are Earth.
Ground. Give. Build. Heal.

Remember that you are spirit.
Connect. Listen. Know. Be still.

--thinking space/Black & Gold Poetry

Reach for the magic, it is there within you.

12/08/2022

"Rooted in Movement": Another reason to attend and celebrate the event December 9 & 10

The Giving Tree continues. Bring a gift for the tree and take from the tree what you need. It is a tradition that continues. The gifts that were left the last time will be on the tree as well as bags of different herbs, and handmade ornaments.

It is the season of giving. Leave your impression, take what you need.

12/08/2022

"Rooted in Movement": Sound Sponsor spotlight.

Thank you to Sedona Dance Project for sponsoring our sound. The audience will be surrounded in sound and our films will be experienced using the "Silent Disco" headsets. They will be immersed in the sound of the film.

Get ready for a silent sound experience.

12/07/2022

Rooted in Movement: Vendor spotlights

Get your tickets for December 9 & 10. Get some dance, art, wine, tea, cacao and some holiday shopping in on one evening.

“Rooted in Movement” Merchandise will be available.
T-shirts (unisex)
Tote bag
Coffee Mug 12oz

Purchase the bundle and get a free face mask, gift wrap and save $5.00. Bundle includes: T-shirt, tote bag, coffee mug, free face mask, and gift wrap. Buy the bundle and save 10% at Candy’s boutique and Yolanda’s Vintage.

Purchase just the single mug and get free cacao all evening.

Wine, tea, water are included with ticket purchase.

Cacao: 1 cup for $2.00

Charcuterie: $10.00 supplied by Dancing Chef Catering

Join Orgone Knights for a night of beautiful hand made art called orgonite that makes a perfect gift for everyone in your family.

With so much stress from our devices we could all use a little break from the stress. The reported benefits are too numerous to mention but you can learn more at https://www.orgoneknights.com

Modern Shaman will also join us all the way from our beautiful Sedona. Message from the vendor:

I make organic, raw, fine handmade goods. My speciality is fixing DRY SKIN. Cracked heals, cracked fingers, eczema and psoriasis. I make an Elite Body Scrub with 10 amazing ingredients and a Body Butter that feels like velvet and silk, that leaves your skin nourished, glowing and healthy. It will blow your mind.

And the butter is only 8 ingredients. 3 butters and 5 oils. That's it. You won't find anything like it in the stores.

12/06/2022

Make your upcoming weekend plans now! Do not wait. Tickets limited. AND its at a NEW LOCATION! You must purchase your tickets to retrieve new exact address/location. The new location is in the area of 53rd St. and McDowell. Those are the major cross streets. Support dance. Support the arts. Support artists paving and producing their own way without public funds.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/461140653107

New location revealed at purchase!
New work by Angel Castro, Nicole Hennington, Jeremiah Jenkins, Danielle McNeal Johnson, Angelica Lara, Alicia-Lynn Nascimento, Nicole Olson, and Anandha Ray

AND

I have set a new work on a beautiful trio: Kalli Sparish, Alicia-Lynn Nascimento Castro, and Demetia Hopkins and a new solo on Caroline Liddicoat and collaborating with Jeremiah Jenkins and Angelica Lara on two new solos.

Please wear comfy shoes and warm clothes.

Photo credits:
Dancer: Demetia Hopkins
Photographer: Michael Townsend
Marketing Image: Angel Castro/June+Co.

12/06/2022

"Rooted in Movement"

Limited tickets, get your tickets now before you miss your chance.

Unique site specific dance: 2 films, 10 dance pieces, 8 artists, and 1 guest artist performer.

Get some holiday shopping done for you and a friend. Vintage and boutique choices as well as hand made arts.

"Rooted" merchandise is also available. Purchase a bundle for $25.00 and receive 10% off of your total purchase from Candy's boutique, or Yolanda's Vintage.

https://youtu.be/s5V3lLlC-NM

12/05/2022

"Rooted in Movement: Conversation with the Director, Candy Jimenez.

Candy is proud to bring the 5th production of "Rooted" to Phoenix this December. She considers herself a Phoenix Native even though she was transplanted here at an early age from her hometown of Dickens, Texas. Phoenix is her home and where she cultivates the soil of her passion. She has a vision in where she would like to produce "Rooted" and share the mission in other cities and nature throughout the country. "This is only the start". This season Candy is very excited and honored to see her movement be given life by dancer, Demetia Hopkins. Candy, quotes, "I am very grateful to have and continue to work with the caliber of dancers I have worked with in the past. I value the dancers I work with as gifted artists as they process the movement and direction given to help the choreography breath and gain a life of it's own". Learning that Demetia Hopkins, danced Ailey's signature solo "Cry", during her tenure with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brought Candy to gasp. She is grateful and honored to see Demetia Hopkins, Phoenix's own Alicia-Lynn Nascimento Castro, and Kalli Sparish of whom both also come with impressive bios, dance "Dust and Embers", a premiere work. "I want to share in how dance may be experienced uniquely", Candy expresses and so she invites you all to come December 9 & 10. It is a beautiful way to bring in Yule and the holidays. See ticket information in the comments.

Bio for Demetia Hopkins:

Demetia Hopkins is a performing artist and dance educator based in Central Virginia. She is a Co-Artistic Director at the Orange School of Performing Arts, where she received her early
dance training under the direction of her uncle, Ricardo Porter. Ms. Hopkins holds a Master of Fine Arts from Hollins University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Fordham University, where
she graduated with honors in 2009 while a member of Ailey II. In 2010 she joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. During her six-year tenure in the company, she was honored to
perform ballets by many prestigious choreographers from around the world including Alvin Ailey’s signature solo Cry.

In 2019, Demetia made her Broadway debut in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! as Associate Choreographer, Dance Captain, and Principal Understudy for Dream Laurey. She was
a member of Sleep No More at the McKittrick Hotel and has performed with the Francesca Harper Project, Project-Inc, Mimi Garrard, Elizabeth Turk and performing arts pioneer Dianne
McIntyre. She served as Ms. McIntyre's Assistant to the Choreographer for Intimate Apparel, written by Lynn Nottage and directed by Bartlett Sher, and is honored to assist Ms.McIntyre both artistically and administratively. Ms. Hopkins has taught and set choreography in local schools across the country and abroad. Highlighted as one of Dance Magazine's “Top 25 To Watch,” and
honored as a recipient of a Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Arts, Demetia is proud to give back to the community that supported her formative years.

12/04/2022

"Rooted in Movement": Artist Spotlight

Jeremiah Jenkins brings an evolution of "Ubuntu". We are excited to share the space and energy with him.

Jeremiah D Jenkins earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Sam Houston State University. He has danced with numerous Dance Companies around the U.S. and Internationally Including Urban Souls (TX), Dulce Dance Company & Scorpios Dance Theater (AZ/London), Gaspard Dance Company (NYC), Dance Italia (Italy) and has guest artists with numerous companies as an independent artist. Jeremiah has had his work selected at BETA Dance Festival, MultiPurpose Dance Works, Las Vegas Dancing in the Desert Festival, and Dancing with the Houston Stars, to name a few. Jeremiah Is on Faculty for Motiv8 Dance Convention and an Adjudicator for 8 National Talent and continues to teach Master Classes throughout the U.S. while residing in San Diego, CA where he has recently joined Malashock Dance Company.

12/03/2022

"Rooted in Movement": Artist Spotlight

Angel Castro comes back home especially for this event. As one of the original Rooted collaborators he brings a piece home to share with us for this Yule event.

"Prayers to the Moon" is a continuation/exploration of a solo that premiered in 2019 entitled "Enough"..over the last few years the solo has evolved into its different forms and adaptations.

Angel is a Los Angeles based Artist originally from Phoenix, AZ. Angel's background is a conglomerate of diverse art practices making him a creative to the core. He has worked in multiple industries including, event production, brand management, dance, fashion, photography and film. Angel has danced professionally with and choreographed for many of Arizona's leading dance companies: Scorpius Dance Theatre, EPIK Dance Company, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury Hip Hop Squad, NBA’s Phoenix Suns Solar Squad,. His athletic-yet-fluid choreography style has made him one of Arizona's most sought-after choreographers and instructors. His choreography has been also been performed on many stages including CONDER/dance’s Breaking Ground Festival, ARTELPHX, Phoenix New Times Big Brain Awards, and Phoenix ComicCon, BlkTina Dance Festival, nation wide on tour with Celebrity Dance Competitions, and on multiple NBA Arena courts. He is currently on faculty with ChoreographyPros Convention, which provides performance-ready routines for professional and collegiate level dance teams nationwide.
His Credits include, Kanye West, Lacoste, SUNROAD Enterprises, Phoenix Mercury, Phoenix Suns, HALO Movement Collective, JUNESDAYPROJECT, Javi Star, Juliana Muse, and Scorpius Dance Theatre.