CoJoMotion Dance Company

CoJoMotion is a Performance Company for the most serious and dedicated of dancers. Its purpose is to provide a variety of performance opportunities to these dancers, while benefitting both our community and philanthropic causes. New members are invited each year based on a list of prerequisites that need to be met: involving genres being studied, levels of each genre, # of classes taken per week, age, and technical and performance levels. While we want our dancers to be strong and our performances to be polished, we certainly aim to teach more than that in this process- hard work, dedication, appreciation and respect - respect for our fellow dancers, for strong technique, for the art of dance, and for using our God-given gifts to benefit others.

Our signature event, "A Season For Wishes", is an annual holiday show in which all proceeds go to this beautiful organization. The show is a wonderful start to the holiday season, featuring tap, jazz, modern, lyrical, ballet and musical theater dances all set to those beloved sounds of the season. Local singers and musicians add to this spectacular evening, as well as a magnificent raffle, silent suction and bake sale presented by the CoJoMotion parents. During the past six Decembers, CoJoMotion has raised over $55,000.00 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Philadelphia/Susquehanna Valley. The Lititz Academy of Dance was named Make-A-Wish's Benefactor of the Year for 2010.

In addition to "A Season for Wishes", other CoJoMotion performances include HersheyPark, Jason's Woods, Manheim Township Community Days, East Petersburg Days, MT Football Game Half-Time Show, Millersville Dance Marathon for the Childrens' Miracle Network, Mt. Gretna Art Show and John Beck Fine Arts Day. Although CoJoMotion is not a Competition Group, they have competed in StarPower, Performers on Parade and Nexstar Dance Competitions, winning First Place, Gold and High gold medals. CoJoMotion dancers enjoy our semi-annual trips to NYC to study at Broadway Dance Center and to see performances on Broadway and at Radio City Music Hall. This past Summer our dancers attended "the Rockette Experience," where they were taught original Rockette choreography and learned it in their very own rehearsal hall, from an actual Rockette. They were also put through a mock audition.

We also bring Master Teachers to our studio to work with the Company:  Steps' Jay-T; Broadway Dance Center's Jeff Amsden; the Koresh Center's Tyger-B, along with colleagues Allison Sale and Ron Wood; Vermont Chamber Ballet Company Artistic Director Sherry Adams; NYC teacher / choreographer Joel Hodgin; NYC Choreographer / Master Teacher Tony Bradford and Lisa's former student, tremendous tapper and musical veteran Shaun Moe. This year we are looking forward to classes with Radio City Rockette Melinda Farrell, as well as NY Master Teachers Samantha Stone, Julie Werkheiser, and a return visit from Tony Bradford.