Hi fellow geeks!

Big news! Our Indie Go Go campaign has just gone LIVE! We’ve got a bigger goal this time, so we can use all the help we can get. Check out our campaign video!

And remember, too – since we’re officially a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, all your donations from now on are TAX DEDUCTIBLE! Check out our awesome perks and help us make John Green proud!

We’ve also got more promotional images going up on the Current Projects page over the next few weeks, so be sure to check those out!

Finding Margo, Losing Gus comes to the Monroeville Library in August! Visit the project page for full info and email us to reserve your spot today!

Attention Geeks!

Join Geeksdanz next Sunday, June 7th, at the main Carnegie Library in Oakland for CLP’s 15th Annual Summer Reading Extravaganza!

We’ll be presenting an excerpt from Finding Margo, Losing Gus at 4:00 and 4:30 pm in the big outdoor tent, and we’ll have a table out on the lawn by Dippy the Dinosaur from 12 noon to 5 pm. Stop by the table to say hi, chat with the dancers, and pick yourself up one of these exclusive show bookmarks!

Spiffy, huh? Only place to get them is at the Library event next week! Come find us and get yours!

The Summer Reading Extravaganza is an event hosted by the Carnegie Library every summer to encourage people of all ages to read more. We’ll be performing on the MainStage alongside many other local companies, including the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Musical Theater. The event also features things like cooking demonstrations using garden herbs, puppet shows, bilingual story times, and much more! You can find out more about the event from CLP’s website!

Finding Margo, Losing Gus draws its inspiration from the work of bestselling author John Green, whose Young Adult novels portray teens struggling to make sense out of life and answer the big questions – from learning to empathize and “imagine others complexly” to dealing with tragedy and loss and the unromantic realities of life. Green is best known for his novel “The Fault in Our Stars,” which deals with sixteen-year-old cancer survivors confronting their own mortality and attempting to love and support each other with the little time they have left.

Throughout all four of Green’s bestselling novels run the themes of love and loss, the intricate reality of relationships, and the complex emotions that go along with them. Finding Margo, Losing Gus investigates these themes further, jumping into the space between the novels to explore both the similarities between characters and the diversity of relationships, with particular focus on the un-romanticized reality of so-called “romantic” relationships, and the idea that being there to support your partner in everyday problems is sometimes more important than physical attraction.

Dates: Saturday August 8th at 8 pm, and Sunday August 9th at 2 pm Location: Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Blvd, Monroeville PA 15146
Suggested Donation: $15 (will be split between Geeksdanz and the Monroeville Library)

Seating is very limited – please email us at tickets@geeksdanz.org with the number of people in your party and which show you’d like to attend to reserve your spot.

You can check out the show page from either the Current Projects tab or the show link in the sidebar. Once again we’ve got a range of promotional materials in the works, so stay tuned for additional images to go up in the coming weeks!

Geeksdanz will once again scare the pants off their audiences with Manifestations II: Ambitions Running Cold, at The Maker Theater (formerly Steel City Improv Theater) on November 1st, 2014. Two performances of the (PG-13) show at 7 and 9:30 pm comprise the second year of Geeksdanz’s collaboration between dance and storytelling.

Featuring a whole new selection of ghost stories told live by our featured storyteller Stas’ Ziolkowski, Manifestations II melds dance, music and story to create an intensely atmospheric performance that will chill your blood and make your skin crawl. From a cottage on the beach to a mansion in the country, from a cursed monkey paw to a ghostly biker gang, the dancers weave through Stas’s words and your deepest fears come to life as the theater fills with sound and movement.

Tickets are $15, and will be available at the door or online via ShowClix. We will have advance tickets available for purchase soon, so keep checking the website for updates!

A bit about our featured teller, Stas’ Ziolkowski

I have been telling stories for more than forty years as a schoolteacher of science, mathematics, and as a planetarium director. I am 72 years old and have a lot of experience in community and school theaters; acting, directing, writing, and even some choreography. I have moved to the Pittsburgh, PA area after 6 wonderful years in Arkansas where I had a theater company and started the Fairfield Bay StoryFest.

I draw on my life experience as a member of the US Army as a teenager, a soccer player, coach and referee, a track coach, organizer of large athletic events as well as theater and storytelling events, and of course being a son, a brother, a husband, a father, and a friend, to entertain audiences of all ages!

Hi Everyone!

It’s April 30th, and that means today is the last day to purchase tickets for Up to Chance at the early discounted rate! Through the end of today, you can still use our special coupon code “GeekLove” at checkout to take an additional 10% off the already-discounted ticket price. But act fast – tickets increase to $12 tomorrow, and the coupon code runs out at the same time.

You can purchase your tickets at this link.

You can donate to our Indie Go Go fundraising campaign here. And if you haven’t already, be sure you sign up for our newsletter via the link in the sidebar!

Good news, everyone! The Up to Chance Indie Go Go Campaign is now live! Head on over to the campaign page and check out the video for some awesome rehearsal footage, read all about what we’re doing, and select from a whole host of exciting perks!

Also, our next Mad Libs show is this upcoming weekend, on Saturday, April 19th, at 8 pm at Steel City Improv Theater. Come on out and enjoy some random modern dance!

Great news everyone!

Advance discount tickets for Up to Chance just went on sale on Pittsburgh Fringe Festival’s website! You can purchase your tickets here!

Also, the last two poster designs are up!

A new poster design has just been released! Check out design #4: Jackie and Aki, aka Goruza the Half-Orc Monk!

We’ve also been adding some sneak peeks of the illustrations done by our amazing artist Alex Mitchell, which you can find on our Current Projects page.

In contrast to previous shows, Up to Chance features a set of six unique poster designs. These designs feature each of our player/dancer duos, plus our Dungeon Master, Joshua Stafford. You can check out the designs that have already been released in this and future blog posts, and each new design will be added to the Current Projects page as it is released. Enjoy!

Design #2: “Critical Failure”

Design #3: LaMar and Mattia, aka Perci the Half-Elf Bard

We are SUPER EXCITED to finally announce our new project! Presenting…

Up To Chance explores the world of Tabletop Role Playing Games (or RPGs) such as Dungeons & Dragons through the lens of modern dance. As a group of seasoned Players explore a new adventure under the care of Dungeon Master Joshua Stafford, the dancers of Geeksdanz translate the Players’ actions and choices into a dance that changes with every roll of the dice. Events that unfold at the game table are reflected on the stage, and no two performances are ever the same as the dice rolls direct the action and the choreography is left up to chance.

We’ll be presenting Up to Chance as part of the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival, so ticket purchases will all be through the festival. Attendees will need to purchase a Fringe Button in addition to their ticket (I believe it’s only $3), which gets them in to all Fringe programming. Visit the Festival’s website for details and to purchase tickets!