NJDTE SUMMER INTENSIVE CELEBRATES 20 YEARS AT DREW UNIVERSITY
NJDTE celebrates the 20th year of the NJDTE Summer Intensive at Drew University under the leadership of NJDTE Artistic Director, Nancy Turano.
The NJDTE Summer Intensive, held July 14-August 1, gives serious dancers ages 13-17 the opportunity to work in a creative and supportive pre-professional environment and prepares them for a successful professional future.
Dancers learn repertory works by world-class choreographers in addition to working with cutting-edge choreographers to make new works for the Ensemble. The well-rounded curriculum includes ballet, modern, pointe and contemporary technique classes, as well as dance history, yoga, Pilates and improvisation.
The NJDTE Summer Intensive, held July 14-August 1, gives serious dancers ages 13-17 the opportunity to work in a creative and supportive pre-professional environment and prepares them for a successful professional future.
Dancers learn repertory works by world-class choreographers in addition to working with cutting-edge choreographers to make new works for the Ensemble. The well-rounded curriculum includes ballet, modern, pointe and contemporary technique classes, as well as dance history, yoga, Pilates and improvisation.
NJDTE 2014 SUMMER INTENSIVE FACULTY
Ballet:
Nancy Turano (NJDTE Artistic Director) received her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase. She was a principal dancer and rehearsal director with Ballet Hispanico of New York, and she also danced with Buglisi Dance Theatre. She has been Artistic Director of NJDTE since 1994 and has received numerous honors, including Outstanding Alumni by the Chancellor of SUNY Schools, the NJSCA 2011 Distinguished Teaching Artist Award, and the 2012 NJSCA Governor’s Award, in addition to serving as an adjudicator for YoungArts Miami. A master teacher, Turano has been on the faculty of The Ailey School since 1996 and was the founding Director of the Harkness Youth Ballet at the 92nd Street Y in NYC. She has taught for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, National Ballet of Panama, Teatro San Martín in Argentina, Bat-Dor in Israel, Vancouver Arts Umbrella, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, the School of National Ballet of Sweden, Celine Dion’s “A New Day,” New York University, Purchase College, and various locations throughout the United States. Her own choreography has been presented throughout the United States, Mexico, Panama, Israel, Sweden, and Germany.
Ballet:
Nancy Turano (NJDTE Artistic Director) received her BFA in Dance from SUNY Purchase. She was a principal dancer and rehearsal director with Ballet Hispanico of New York, and she also danced with Buglisi Dance Theatre. She has been Artistic Director of NJDTE since 1994 and has received numerous honors, including Outstanding Alumni by the Chancellor of SUNY Schools, the NJSCA 2011 Distinguished Teaching Artist Award, and the 2012 NJSCA Governor’s Award, in addition to serving as an adjudicator for YoungArts Miami. A master teacher, Turano has been on the faculty of The Ailey School since 1996 and was the founding Director of the Harkness Youth Ballet at the 92nd Street Y in NYC. She has taught for Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, National Ballet of Panama, Teatro San Martín in Argentina, Bat-Dor in Israel, Vancouver Arts Umbrella, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Hispanico, the School of National Ballet of Sweden, Celine Dion’s “A New Day,” New York University, Purchase College, and various locations throughout the United States. Her own choreography has been presented throughout the United States, Mexico, Panama, Israel, Sweden, and Germany.
Bivi Kimura (Faculty, French Academie of Ballet) studied and performed with many renowned dance luminaries, including Maurice Béjart, Rosella Hightower and David Howard. A master teacher, she has taught nationally and internationally at Ballet Hispanico, the Ailey School, and Grand Ballet de Geneve, among others. She was also a finalist at the Prix de Lausanne.
Mercedes Pablos (Faculty, The Ailey School) holds a BA in Dance from Empire State College and an MFA from The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, where she earned the MFA award. She toured nationally and abroad with Ballet Hispanico and has been on faculty at Ballet Hispanico and numerous universities around the country. She is also certified by the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) dance teacher training program and was a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts in 2012.
Modern:
Belinda McGuire (Founder, Belinda McGuire Dance Projects & Limón Dance Company) graduated from The Juilliard School and is a recipient of the Bessie Schönberg Residency at the Yard. She has danced with the José Limón Dance Company and Doug Varone and Dancers, among others, and presents solo work through Belinda McGuire Dance Projects.
Kate Skarpetowska (Repetiteur & Assistant to the Choreographer, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company) received her BFA from The Juilliard School. Her prolific professional career has led her to perform with Parsons Dance, Battleworks Dance Company and Buglisi Dance Theater; she currently dances with Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Her choreography has been performed by Hubbard Street 2, Parsons Dance, and at numerous universities around the country.
Musical Theater:
Lisa Rumbauskas (NJDTE YDP Director) received a BFA in Dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is an NJDTE alumna. Rumbauskas has worked with and performed works by Mark Morris, Ann Reinking, Sean Curran, Gus Solomons Jr. and Ronald K. Brown, among others. She has also toured around the country with various Broadway productions, including Swing! and has danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Rumbauskas is also an American Ballet Theatre Certified Teacher.
Health & Wellness:
Dr. Harlene Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
NEW FACULTY
Ballet:
Karen Verso (Executive Director, Dance Center of New Jersey)
Repertory & Conditioning:
Darwin Black (Dancer, TU Dance and NJDTE Alumnus)
Dance History:
Dr. Charmaine Warren, Ph.D.
Lisa Rumbauskas (NJDTE YDP Director) received a BFA in Dance from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is an NJDTE alumna. Rumbauskas has worked with and performed works by Mark Morris, Ann Reinking, Sean Curran, Gus Solomons Jr. and Ronald K. Brown, among others. She has also toured around the country with various Broadway productions, including Swing! and has danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Rumbauskas is also an American Ballet Theatre Certified Teacher.
Health & Wellness:
Dr. Harlene Goldschmidt, Ph.D.
NEW FACULTY
Ballet:
Karen Verso (Executive Director, Dance Center of New Jersey)
Repertory & Conditioning:
Darwin Black (Dancer, TU Dance and NJDTE Alumnus)
Dance History:
Dr. Charmaine Warren, Ph.D.
For more information about the NJDTE Summer Intensive, click here.
