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ARC Dance Company is a professional contemporary ballet company based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. It is under the direction of Marie Chong, who founded ARC Dance Company in 1999. The company's season consists of at least two mixed repetoire programs as well as it's own production of The Nutcracker and outreach performances. ARC Dance Company has works choreographed by nationally and locally acknowledged choreographers as well as new emerging ones. The company's repetoire has been known for it's innovativeness as well it's rising caliber of classically trained dancers.

In 2004, ARC Dance Company moved into the old Crown Hill Elementary School located in Ballard, a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington. In the summer of 2004, Arc School of Ballet was founded by Marie Chong. It provides programs for all ages as well as for professionally bounded dancers, offering mentor-guided classical training.

Company Dancers

 * Melissa Bourkas
 * Meredith Dulaney
 * Kristine Girardi
 * Geoffrey Kropp


 * Elizabeth Malone
 * Hamilton Nieh
 * Sean Tomerlin

Apprentices

 * Kate Chamberlin
 * Mariko Nagashima

Reviews

 * Seattle PI by R.M. Campbell, July 18, 2008
 * Seattlest by Jeremy M. Barker, July 15, 2008
 * Queen Anne News by Luke Whelan, July 8, 2010