Rtg Dance

RTG Dance is a pick-up contemporary dance company based in Chicago, IL, directed by independent choreographer Rachel Thorne Germond. To create her work, Germond draws on her knowledge of 20th century artistic and literary sources ranging from Gertrude Stein to Matisse to Warhol. Intrigued by a wide range of random and disparate inputs from modern life, she employs a range of strategies in her choreography, creating ambiguous juxtapositions and new, unfamiliar languages. Mission Statement for RTG Dance: RTG Dance aims to challenge and engage its audiences in rich and imaginative aesthetic, emotional, and intellectual experiences, and to expand the form of concert dance. In its commitment to bringing an original and contemporary vision to the public and to building appreciation for the performing arts, RTG Dance is dedicated to high standards of innovation in dancing and dance-making. It is our goal to convey through movement, text, and multi-media elements, a world-on-stage that is not dissimilar to everyday life, but which addresses aspects of fantasy, imagination, and memory within the context of the contemporary culture.