MCD IN THE NEWS
Water Ballet Class Teaches Dancers Grace
Bailey Berg, Wisconsin State Journal, August 2014
Walking into a ballet class, you expect certain things. Plenty of plies and pirouettes, perhaps an instructor calling out moves or clapping in time with the music, and certainly a plethora of puffy pink tulle.
What you don’t expect is the overwhelming smell of chlorine.
At the Madison Contemporary Vision Dance summer intensive program in July, dancers took a break from their traditional ballet classes and worked on their technique in the pool....
Stage Presence: Students to show off Contemporary Dance Skills
Gayle Worland, Wisconsin State Journal, July 2012
People know me as: Sara Rohs, wife, mother, dance teacher at A Step Above Dance and artistic director of Madison Contemporary Vision Dance, a professional adult dance company.
Coming up next: MCVD will present a free show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday on the Rotunda Stage at the Overture Center, 201 State St. No tickets are needed....
Dancers from diverse traditions connect in their Vision
Lindasy Christians, 77 square, September 2011
Madison Contemporary Vision Dance Company is more than a performing ensemble - it's a networking hub for young professional dancers.
Think MAGNET in toe shoes.
"I know people at every studio now," said Sara Rohs, the ensemble's artistic director. "I can say, ‘I think you'd be a good fit here.' ... I've been helping people get teaching jobs. I love it."
New Troupe highlights contemporary ballet
Jay Rath, 77 Square, September 2010
The Madison area has a new dance company that grew out of an unlikely place — the baseball diamond of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Ashley Grantin and Sara Willcutt-Rohs, the leaders of the new Madison Contemporary Vision Dance, met a year-and-a-half ago while performing with the Brewers’ Diamond Dancers. More than “just” cheerleading, the dance team performs before and after games, and during the 7th inning stretch....