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NJDTE: PRESERVING A LEGACY OF OVER 50 YEARS

6/4/2020

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BY LEANDRA ACOSTA
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In 1969, a group of teachers from the New Jersey Federation for Dance founded the New Jersey Dance Theatre Guild (NJDTG) establishing their own ballet syllabus. Soon after, several charter members of NJDTG met with Dr. Alfredo Corvino to form a ballet company with students from the Guild schools that he would audition, teach, and cast in productions. Maestro Corvino remained NJDTG's Artistic Director for 13 years and had a profound influence on the students and teachers of the Guild.  

​Since its inception, NJDTE has provided pre-professional performance opportunities with internationally renowned choreographers including Sidra Bell, Shannon Gillen, Adam Barruch, Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish, Cherice Barton, Loni Landon, Belinda McGuire, Andrea Miller, Kate Skarpetowska, Bradley Shelver, and Artistic Director Nancy Turano. NJDTE dancers have also performed works by master choreographers Twyla Tharp, David Parsons, and Robert Battle. ​ 
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In 1994, Nancy Turano became the Artistic Director turning NJDTG into the New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble. In that same year, NJDTE took up residence at Drew University in Madison, NJ. Since becoming Artistic Director, Ms. Turano has created innovative training and mentoring programs for dancers and choreographers in the New York City metro area, including MOVEMENT INVENTION PROJECT®, MIP2®, AiR® contemporary choreographic residencies, and INKUBATE®. Then in June 2015, NJDTE moved to its current 9,000 square foot home in Summit, NJ.  

NJDTE now celebrates its 51st Anniversary Season: 51 Years of Excellence in Dance Education. From founding Artistic Director Alfredo Corvino to current Artistic Director Nancy Turano, NJDTE has remained steadfast in its goal of providing dancers pre-professional dance training and forward-thinking programming that empowers its dancers.
Since March 16, 2020, NJDTE dancers have been taking their classes virtually from home due to the COVID-19 Pandemic Closures. NJDTE dancers have held onto their dreams and passion for dance during this difficult time.  ​
“This time has been an incredible testament to our dancer's and their determination. Every day, I open Zoom and thirty students are ready to dance in their homes. This time is an affirmation of importance dance has in the lives of our student's and why the arts are important to the cultural landscape of New Jersey and America,” says NJDTE Artistic Director Nancy Turano. 
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Please join us in celebrating our 51st Anniversary virtually on June 7th at 4:00pm which includes: a Virtual "Year in Review" premiere video with at home and rehearsal footage, in-studio and zoom class videos, candid moments, and interviews with dancers, followed by a Zoom Party to celebrate our dancers and the final day of our season. 

​Proceeds from this event will kick off the NJDTE Emergency COVID Relief Fund Campaign that will continue
online until July 14th. To purchase your ticket, please visit: https://NJDTE.networkforgood.com/events/21255-njdte-virtual-fundraiser-performance 

To donate directly to the NJDTE Emergency COVID Relief Fund Campaign, please visit: https://njdte.networkforgood.com/projects/101436-donate-to-njdte 
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Dancing Alone, Together

5/20/2020

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How MIP® & MIP2® Alumni and Guest Artists are staying moving and motivated at home
By Kaitlyn Esposito
MIP® alumni, MIP2® alumni, and FORCE MAJEURE FESTIVAL Guest Artists share how they are able to stay dancing and motivated while being home.

MIP® & MIP2® Guest Artist Adam Barruch

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“As dancers we have an innate ability to transform conflict--understanding the nuanced energetics involved in transmuting one vibration into another with the power of movement, thought and commitment."

​"It gives me great solace to know that our work, on both a personal and community level, stays relevant in this time. I encourage you to keep your practice alive to help us all align with balance and compassion in our bodies and with each other,” shares Adam.
During this time, Adam has been teaching his three University classes online: Marymount, Fordham, SUNY Purchase. He has also been offering my own Zoom Dynamic Sequencing Classes as well as teaching choreographic phrase work on Movement For Hope's Instagram account. Adam uses his love for movement exploration to stay motivated, “I want to always understand the vehicle I embody and how it relates to the world around me. I am forever fascinated with the incredible intelligence that underlies life and I try to search constantly how to connect and learn from it.”

One of Adam’s favorite MIP2® memories was, “creating an installation for MIP2® at Reeves Reed Arboretum. I remember creating movement sequences based on elemental energy and it was beautiful to see the dancers moving amongst the landscape of the gardens.”

2018 MIP® Alum & 2015 Pre-MIP® Alum Kaitlyn Soloway

“My advice for other dancers during this time filled with so much unknown is to not be so hard on yourself."

"Take time for what YOU need, help others and appreciate even the littlest of things.”
 
Kaitlyn recently graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. She shares, “the incredible professors and peers continue to inspire me and the movement, even miles and miles away, just feels good. I also am taking classes from artists I have danced with before and connect with new ones I have been wanting to learn from. Finally, I am giving my body and mind time to rest, meditate and be with my family.”
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Photo by LeVue Photography
She is “forever grateful for my summers at Movement Invention Project®. The experiences opened my eyes to the endless possibilities that movement can offer. Working with so many talented artists in such an open and safe space allowed me to grow not only physically, but also emotionally. I left each experience with an exciting new energy and outlook, and, most importantly, many lifelong collaborators and dear friends. One of my favorite memories at MIP® was getting the opportunity to work with Stephanie Batten Bland and explore dance theatre work. Her energy was contagious and she brought the unexpected to every class.”

2018-2019 MIP® Alum Trace Yeames

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Trace has been keeping up with his training by taking online dance classes through Zoom with UNCSA faculty, and has been supplementing extra classes with giving myself counter-technique classes.

“Floor barre has proven to be a useful way to work the ballet muscles in any spatial confinements and still be challenged.”

Reflecting on his MIP® experience Trace shares, “I’ve acquired new skills that I haven’t found before: understanding the 9 point improv study from William Forsythe, new floor-work movements, how to use dance theatre structured improv games to create movement for new works, and how to make dance for film."
"These skills have already increased my awareness of the extent of my art form, and made me feel more well equipped to handle the world of dance outside of a BFA.”

2018 MIP2® Alum Mateo Picone

​During the quarantine, Mateo has been continuing his dance training online through Zoom with his dance school, ESBQ, and by weight training. Since participating in MIP2®, Mateo has continued his training at École Supérieure de Ballet du Québec, where he will be graduating from their professional dance study program this year.
 
“My experience at MIP2® has helped boost my creative abilities as well as improve my improvisational skills. I learned more about how to collaborate effectively with other dancers, which is useful when working in a professional environment.”
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"My favorite memory at MIP2®, was working with Loni Landon and creating a piece to present at the Reeves-Reed Arboretum. I had never danced outdoors on the lawn before and really enjoyed how it affected my senses. It gave my body an abstract sensation and a sense of freedom, which helped in my performance,” shares Mateo.

2019 MIP2® Alum Codelia King

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“Keep the fire and the passion. We are in a dark place at this time in the world and it’s going to be difficult to keep that light inside but that’s the challenge we must accept,"  shares Codelia.

"Artists rise above moments like these because we are fighters and we must fight to keep the beauty of hope and art alive.”
She currently attends the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, and her most recent project was performing in the Senior Project Showing of “Essence,” a piece choreographed by Faith Mondesire.

2020 FMF Guest Artist Brandon Coleman

​“During this time I’ve been taking class on IG Live with a variety of dance artists. I love being able to connect with so many different teachers and mentors from around the world. I’ve also been teaching my own classes via zoom and Instagram live. While physical distancing, one project I loved contributing to was Bolero Juilliard with Larry Keigwin and Keigwin + Company. The project was a virtual dance featuring over 100 Juilliard students and alumni,” shares Brandon. Most recently he was a performer in Punchdrunks Sleep No More in New York City.
“What if it’s a gift?” 
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Brandon’s favorite quote is by Dr. Robert Glover: “What if it’s a gift?”
“This presents the idea that anything that happens in your life (good or bad) is some form of gift in disguise. As undesirable as this time is, what if it’s meant for us to reset and redefine the goals we have? What is this time allowing us the space and time to find? These are the questions that motivate me to keep researching and discovering more about my life and dancing.”
For more information visit www.movementinventionproject.com or email mip@njdte.org.
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NJDTE ALUMNI LAUREN STUCKO TO PERFORM WITH LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY AT THE JOYCE THEATRE

4/18/2018

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By Caleigh Carlson
​NJDTE Alumni and George Mason University Senior Dance major, Lauren Stucko is a prime example of students who go above and beyond to chase their dreams. As a result of her perseverance and hard work, Lauren was chosen to perform at the Joyce Theater in New York City, where she will take part in the 50th anniversary season of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, this Sunday, April 22nd. Lauren is featured in a DANCE Magazine article, which explains in detail how this opportunity became a dream come true. The students began learning A Brahms Symphony from Ginger Thatcher last fall. Approximately 80 dance majors from George Mason attended a two-part audition, and from there Thatcher narrowed it down to a dozen, one of which is alumni Lauren Stucko herself. We had the chance to catch up with Lauren and hear more about her experience working with Lar Lubovitch, as well as the mental and physical preparation leading up to the performance. 
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" 'Excellence is a habit' is written on a star shaped paper weight I was given at our senior dinner the year I graduated from NJDTE. I aimed to live by this mantra when I started my studies at GMU!"   - Lauren Stucko
How do you feel to have this wonderful opportunity to work with Lar Lubovitch and could you describe the experience? 
It feels like a dream. Or as my GMU director, Susan Shields, who has also performed the role of  pink girl with Lar, would call it "Sublime". I am very grateful for being a part of such a legendary work. Not a week goes by that I don't think of my experiences that have led me to this point in my life. This experience has inspired and motivated me each day to step into the studio and reach towards excellence.
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What thoughts can you contribute about learning A Brahms Symphony and how is it different from other choreographic pieces you have previously performed? 
We have been working on Brahms since the audition in October. Ginger Thatcher has worked closely with us ever since selecting the group of dancers. The process happened within 3 residencies; the first involved learning the full 24-minute work, the second was in preparation for GMU's gala, in which Lar Lubovitch himself accompanied Ms. Thatcher.
Ms. Thatcher will now return to work with us in preparation for The Joyce Theater performances in New York City.
To be privately coached by Lar for hours was and will always be the most memorable, extraordinary moment in my dance career so far. His intuition, choreographic intelligence and appreciation for the dancers in space is unlike any other artist I have had the pleasure to be in the presence of. During the rehearsal process, since October, the piece really evolved, and when Lar Lubovitch visited our GMU studios, the movement and everything changed. It was magical. 
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How would you say NJDTE has prepared you for some of the wonderful opportunities you have experienced during college?

While at NJDTE, I was able to learn from some wonderful artists, and two of those individuals included Elisa Clark and Kate Skarpetowska, who both happen to be former dancers and assistants to Lar Lubovitch. I remember taking their classes and intuitively feeling so in love with Lar's movement. It was a pivotal moment in my training when I thought I want to dance this type of movement. At that time, I was young and a high school student who had plenty of aspirations and dreams for myself in the dance world. I believe 100% that all of the artistic opportunities I have had the chance to experience at NJDTE and elsewhere prepared me and organically led me to successfully audition and achieve such an amazing role as Pink Girl in "A Brahms Symphony." 


What advice might you share with current NJDTE students and aspiring professional dancers who are greatly inspired by alumni like yourself?
I wanted to be a dancer ever since I began taking classes at a young age. However, it was not always easy. I was typically an understudy, and did not have a lot of confidence in myself, but felt determined to persevere, and work hard. NJDTE alum success stories inspired me so much. I knew I wanted the performance life, to travel the world and so much more but knew it would take work. I had many goals and determination was a driving force. I signed myself up for classes, intensives, workshops, and anything that could further my progression and become the dancer I aspired to be. Four years ago, I would never imagine performing the lead in Lar Lubovitch's work at the Joyce Theater. 
So dancers, excellence is a habit. Persevere even if you don't think you are the best, make connections, dance your hardest in class, be attentive in rehearsals, stay open and who knows, maybe you will be getting interviewed one day for the role you landed! Thank you Ms. Turano for instilling so many skills in me that I carry with me day to day and for encouraging high standards that can absolutely be lived up to if you try your best. 
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A big congratulations to Lauren as she achieves this wonderful accomplishment with Lar Lubovitch at the Joyce Theater. NJDTE wishes you the best always, and we will be there when the curtain goes up. 
​http://www.dancemagazine.com/lar-lubovitch-george-mason-university-2559042560.html
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i BALLI di PRIMAVERA: The Spring Show and an Inside Look at the Choreographers

4/6/2018

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by Caleigh Carlson
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NJDTE’s upcoming Spring performance i BALLI di PRIMAVERA (The Dances of Spring) will feature some of the New Jersey’s most talented pre-professional dancers, who will be performing works by renowned international choreographers. We had the opportunity to catch up with highly sought-after choreographer Breton Tyner-Bryan about her new work, 
​Pyrite, for Level 4 NJDTE dancers. 
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​This is your first time choreographing for NJDTE! Tell us about your work; What was the inspiration for Pryite, is there a theme or movement of the work?
​The inspiration for this piece began in the summer during a 2-day creative process with NJDTE dancer and guest dancers from Israel.
​I was inspired by the contrasting cultural approaches to movement and the fundamental similarities between human beings, regardless of their history or upbringing. The piece is a bridge between earth, grounded existence, and the stars. It reflects on how we navigate our time on earth, despite challenges both as individuals and together. 

“Dancers today have to be so versatile in order to survive. Exposure to all styles allows dancers to learn about themselves, and connect with a piece of themselves they didn't know.”
​–Breton Tyner-Bryan

​Do you feel the experience of working with various choreographers contributes to NJDTE dancers’ overall education and their capacity to work with professionals in the future?
Absolutely! Everyone has their unique process and contribution as a choreographer, collaborator, or director. Learning to work with different choreographers, styles of communication, and value systems makes our experience as artists stronger. Appreciating one another's differences strengthens the ability to work with all kinds of people, as it is the best preparation for having a professional career as a dancer.
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“I've really enjoyed working with the dancers of NJDTE because they all have such different personalities and points of view, and are willing to share their individuality and artistry from the get go. This makes the room and creative process more rich and inspiring for me."
​–Breton Tyner-Bryan
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Breton Tyner-Bryan teaching class at NJDTE

​What are your thoughts on NJDTE as a pre-professional dance school and ensemble that prepares dancers for a successful professional career in dance? 
NJDTE is a very special environment because there is an energy and excitement for learning that all of the dancers possess. The artistic staff represent the best of the NYC dance community, all of whom are actively engaged in their craft, while maintaining a healthy approach to nurturing young artists.
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​Breton Tyner-Bryan possesses a multitude of  prestigious choreographic experience. She had much to say about our pre-professional program and which elements contribute to success. What are your thoughts after reading about her endeavors in the artistic world of choreography? We would love to hear in the comment section below!
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EAST COAST MEETS THE WEST COAST: NJDTE's Bi-Coastal Exchange with Northern California Dance Conservatory

4/18/2017

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PictureNCDC & NJDTE dancers in Francois Perron's master class.
Earlier this month, the east coast met the west coast when NJDTE welcomed 20 dancers from Northern California Dance Conservatory to Summit for a day of collaboration and sharing.

NJDTE and NCDC dancers joined together for master classes with renowned international dance artists Francois Perron and Bradley Shelver at NJDTE. The companies also presented a sharing of their repertory, followed by a meet-the-artists reception. A highlight was NCDC's performance of NJDTE alumnus Darwin Black's "Knock Knock," a work he staged for them just last year. 
PictureNCDC dancers in Jen Bradford's "Fun and Games."
“It’s inspiring to collaborate with a like-minded organization who shares the similar vision of providing the highest caliber of pre-professional training, access to master artists and choreographers, and performance opportunities to the next generation of dancers.” NJDTE Artistic Director Nancy Turano said. “It was exciting to have our dancers share the studio and build relationships with the phenomenal NCDC dancers, and I look forward to developing this valuable bi-coastal partnership into the future."

NCDC Artistic Director Jen Bradford agrees. "Nancy and I feel it is important to facilitate dialogue and build relationships between young dancers that might bloom into opportunity, friendship and support," she said.

This is only the beginning of NJDTE's bi-coastal initiative. Stay tuned! 
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NJDTE dancers in Adam Barruch's new work, "Constellation."
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NJDTE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR RECEIVES NJSCA ARTIST FELLOWSHIP AWARD   Nancy Turano Named One of Top Award Recipients in New Jersey 

3/25/2017

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PictureNancy Turano with NJSCA Executive Director Nick Paleologos
Nancy Turano, Artistic Director of New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, has been honored with a 2017 Individual Artist Fellowship for Excellence in Choreography from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Out of 21 fellowship recipients statewide in Choreography, Music Composition, Poetry and Sculpture, Turano was one of four artists selected to receive the highest award from NJSCA at their public meeting on Tuesday, February 28th at the Mile Square Theatre in Hoboken.
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The New Jersey Individual Artist Fellowships are competitive awards to New Jersey artists in 12 different disciplines granted solely on independent peer panel assessment of work samples. The anonymous process is focused on artistic quality, and awards may be used to help artists produce new work and advance their careers. This program is carried out in partnership with the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.
​“I am beyond grateful for this meaningful artistic recognition from the NJSCA. It is certainly a welcome honor and the harvest after a lifetime of effort.” Turano said.
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NJSCA Board Members with 2017 Individual Artist Fellowship Recipients at NJSCA's public meeting
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Sharon Burton Turner, NJSCA’s 1st Vice Chair, remarked, "The Fellowship program is one of the many ways the Council seeks to help New Jersey artists strengthen their careers and to make it just a little easier to get in to the studio - whatever kind of studio that may be - and get to work."
 
Turano plans to utilize her Fellowship to continue to explore and research her work, which she describes as “informed by subtle fields of energy in the human body, physics, and the mapping of architectural patterns in nature. The work challenges the dancer to find physical limitlessness in body and mind, and ultimately connectivity with the viewer.” The goal, Turano says, is “to have the dancer and viewer lifted to a higher realm and ideally transformed by the experience.”
 
The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, created in 1966, is a division of the NJ Department of State. The Council was established to encourage and foster public interest in the arts; enlarge public and private resources devoted to the arts; promote freedom of expression in the arts; and facilitate the inclusion of art in every public building in New Jersey. The Council receives direct appropriations from the State of New Jersey through a dedicated, renewable Hotel/Motel Occupancy fee, as well as competitive grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. To learn more about the Council, please visit www.artscouncil.nj.gov.
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Shannon Gillen Finds Fertile Ground at NJDTE as AiR® Program Choreographer

2/22/2016

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by Corey Bliss

​​Shannon Gillen is a powerful, indomitable new voice in the contemporary dance world. A graduate of both The Juilliard School and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Gillen forged a prolific international career as a choreographer and performer. After dancing with the prestigious Johannes Wieland Company at the Staatstheater Kassel in Germany, Gillen returned to the US with a renewed focus to found her own dance theater company, VIM VIGOR, in 2015.
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​Well aware of the logistical and financial challenges of creating work and finding affordable rehearsal space in New York City, Gillen resolved to secure a more stable foundation for her company and her dancers. Quite serendipitously, NJDTE opened its state-of-the-art facility in Summit, NJ in May 2015. Artistic Director Nancy Turano envisioned the Ensemble’s new home as not only an innovative center for dance education, but also as a creative incubator for collaborative exchange. The timing was perfect.

After an initial meeting with Gillen, who said she immediately felt a “very true kinship” with NJDTE, Turano invited her to become NJDTE’s inaugural AiR® (Artist-in-Residence) Program choreographer in September 2015. “Having Nancy believe in what I’m trying to build was almost as important as having the space,” Gillen said. 
“It was a blessing because it came at such a pivotal moment for me. I’ve been making work for ten years, and this is the first time I’ve wanted to build something that was not only sustainable but also something that has a value that I hope for in the dance world: a full-time working week, with world-class dancers that can immerse themselves in content and grow together.”
PictureVim Vigor rehearses SEPARATI at NJDTE.
Over the course of five months, Gillen and her diverse, fearless troupe of five dancers rehearsed full time at NJDTE – free of charge – to create SEPARATI, an exhilarating hour-long dance theater experience. Co-commissioned by NJDTE as part of the AiR® Program, it premiered to rave reviews in January at the Gelsey Kirkland Academy in Brooklyn. For Gillen, creating at NJDTE was an immersive and transformative experience. The space “was very, very fertile for us. It allowed us to go way further than I had anticipated.”

For her part of the AiR® Program exchange, Gillen created a new work for NJDTE’s Ensemble Company, ARDOR, that will premiere at NJDTE’s spring repertory performance, i Balli di Primavera!, on Saturday, April 16 at Memorial Auditorium at Montclair State University. In working with the NJDTE dancers, her goal was to “meet them where they are right now" as developing dance artists, but also to introduce them to a new movement language of floorwork and partnering. In doing so, she allowed the dancers to access “bigger, bolder, more explosive, robust personas” as a true ensemble of performers. ​
"The kind of student that Nancy is building is hungry and curious and capable of things they’ve never done. They are both wildly disciplined and also playful, which is the other important part." 
​For Gillen, having the same space hold both creative processes for SEPARATI and ARDOR was “lovely. It’s a very different process working with young people and established dancers. SEPARATI is the opposite animal [of ARDOR]. Instead of empowering the dancers, I’m pulling back the layers so they’re vulnerable on stage, so there’s nowhere to hide.” 

A fierce advocate of authenticity and honest commitment to the craft and art of dance, Gillen encourages young dancers to, as she says, “play the long game."
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"The beauty of dance is that it promises to always challenge you no matter what and encourages you - if you leave yourself open to it - to grow and change and learn new things and forget old habits and discover something new about yourself. It’s an ongoing process that - if you’re paying attention - gives you permission to be mutable and not always stuck in one place. It’s about developing expertise in being an amateur. It’s not about the payoff or the celebrity. It’s ‘I want this to be my life.’ How can you be creatively living?”
​Gillen’s AiR® Program residency will culminate with a weekend of exciting dance events for the community at NJDTE on February 27 & 28, including an open rehearsal of ARDOR for invited guests. In addition, NJDTE will host free master classes with Gillen for students from some of the state’s most prestigious performing arts high schools and dance programs, including Union County Vo-Tech, Kent Place School and Montclair High School. 
“I’m very fond of Summit and my experience there. Hopefully it's the first of many! It’s about building and sustaining relationships with people who share your values and believe in dance as an integral part of our culture. And Nancy gets it. With NJDTE, she has created a home for dancers who are going to go on to have careers and she exposes them to the contemporary work that’s out there right now – not just in New York but also in Europe."
Indeed, Berlin is one of the next stops on Gillen's whirlwind teaching tour this spring and summer, before she returns as a Collaborator for NJDTE's Movement Invention Project® in July. VIM VIGOR will be a principal company at Springboard Danse Montréal and also host its own NYC summer intensive, all amidst preparations for what GIllen promises will be "another huge premiere" in early 2017. Keep up with everything that happens next here.
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NJDTG/NJDTE 45th Anniversary Season and Alumni Reunion

10/1/2014

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You are cordially invited...

NJDTG/NJDTE 45th Anniversary Season and Alumni Reunion

An exclusive cocktail party following the 2pm performance of
The Nutcracker in celebration of our 45th anniversary

4:30pm, Sunday, December 14, 2014
315B Springfield Avenue, Summit, N.J.

Guests of Honor:
Andra and Ernesta Corvino
Rosemary Sabovick-Bleich
Nancy Turano

For more information, contact us at info@njdte.org
(Details to follow soon.)
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NJDTE Performs at "Dance On The Lawn"

9/5/2014

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Come out and support NJDTE at Dance on the Lawn, a free performance tomorrow in Montclair, NJ! The Ensemble dancers will perform Sidra Bell's Lark Redux alongside 7 other companies and 2 solo performers in Montclair's first annual outdoor dance concert. The event will be hosted by Nasha Thomas-Schmitt, the national director of AileyCamp. Charmaine Warren, a member of NJDTE's Summer Intensive faculty (Dance History), established this free dance concert to celebrate dance and the arts in New Jersey. For more information on several of the performing artists, follow the links below.

Dance on the Lawn
Saturday, September 6 @ 12pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Montclair, NJ

Featured Performing Artists:
  1. Seán Curran Company
  2. Brice Mousset’s Oui Danse
  3. Maurice Chestnut
  4. Randy James' 10 Hairy Legs

Don't forget to check out this feature in The Montclair Times!
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Erica Olsen, NJDTE Alumnus and Vice President at Goldman Sachs, to Chair Fundraising Campaign

8/30/2014

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Erica Olsen, an NJDTE alumnus, is currently a Vice President at Goldman Sachs. After dancing with the Ensemble, Erica went on to graduate from Brown University and Columbia Business School. She fondly remembers NJDTE rehearsals, performances, and friendships and believes her dance background has certainly contributed to her success at college and in finance. Erica is now excited to collaborate with NJDTE on a fundraising campaign. The campaign will increase opportunities for talented young dancers to work with renowned artists in New Jersey and through exchange programs. Fundraising will also help NJDTE expand programming and bring emerging choreographers to the state. Erica is proud to contribute to the Ensemble’s continued growth and development as a preeminent pre-professional dance institution.

Are you interested in getting involved in fundraising with the Ensemble over the next few months? If so, please let us know! For more information, contact us at info@njdte.org.

                                                                           Top photo by Juliana Thomas, 2003
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