Friday, June 19 8PM
Nai Ni Chen Dance Co.
Victoria Theater, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark, NJ
A new program to showcase New Jersey’s best up-and-coming dancemakers! Accomplished mentors partner with four young choreographers from the Garden State to develop modern dance works that will be premiered at NJPAC. Nai-Ni Chen’s collaboration with Kyle Georgia Marsh whose NJPAC Debut will feature her new work Arrow Dynamic Females part of the Jersey (New) Moves! Festival.
An initiative of Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance, now in its fifth year, Jersey (New) Moves! Emerging Choreographers features never-before-seen pieces by artists selected through an open, online submission process. The winning choreographers are Robert Mark Burke, Elmwood Park (mentor: Randy James, Artistic Director of 10 Hairy Legs); Lauren Connolly, Bayonne (mentor: Claire Porter, choreographer of Claire Porter’s Portables); Kyle Georgina Marsh, Jersey City (mentor: Nai-Ni Chen, Artistic Director of Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company); and Arielle Petruzzella, Hoboken (mentor: Carolyn Dorfman, Artistic Director of Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company).
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For more information: http://www.njpac.org/
Presented in association with Dance New Jersey