![]() Presented Jazz Dance Choreography – Historical Collaborations with Dance Luminaries (NDEO, Chicago). HJD’s premiere work, “Mi Maschera (Mask Me)”, was an original jazz dance that explored Venetian Masks in the Baroque Period as they related to issues of female identity. Barbara’s historical collaboration process was used for her works: Tightrope (a tribute to the contributions of Bob Fosse) eat Crow (inspired by the movement style and life of Josephine Baker) and Rhapsody (in the style of George Balanchine). She is a full-time instructor at Rutgers, teaching Jazz, Broadway Jazz, History of Broadway Dance, Dance History, and Improvisation. Ariana is grateful to JCE for virtually gathering us to celebrate jazz dance!īarbara Angeline is the founder and artistic director of Hysterika Jazz Dance. She has also apprenticed with Freddy Ramirez on “Pippin” (The School at Proctors) and choreographed/assisted in educational settings throughout NYC/Upstate NY. In the choreographic sphere, Ariana’s work has been shown in festivals such as NACHMO (Mark Morris), PLUNGE (Peridance), and “A Burden to Bare” group art exhibition. As a performer, Ariana has worked regionally on “Mary Poppins” (Potsdam Music Theatre), danced as a swing for Billy Griffin’s “History Repeating” (Steps Studio Theater), and most recently joined Jena VanElslander’s TSQ Project. Her time there versed her with the craft of character and development of choreography, especially thanks to her mentor, Joe Langworth. in Theatre Arts (summa cum laude) from SUNY New Paltz. ![]() Ariana’s intention as an artist is to celebrate community through dance and storytelling with the goal of making theatre an equitable space. George Theatre was an active part of her formative years, which gave her an appreciation for a theatrical space early on. Cornell University Graduate.īorn and raised in NYC, Ariana Andretta grew up surrounded by movement. The historic St. She is on faculty at Kanyok Arts Initiative and Manhattan Youth Ballet and teaches for Steps and Peridance. She is a winner of the New York Dance Project Choreography Competition, a grant recipient from NYFA/City Artist Corps, choreographs/ADs at AMDA and has served as Associate Choreographer for Lorin Latarro. She choreographed the musicals 'An Unbalanced Mind’ (Off-Broadway), “On the Air” (Galley Players) and “My Way” (Theatre By the Sea), and presented work at the McCallum Theatre/Palm Desert Choreography Festival and the NYTB Choreography Lab at Baryshnikov Arts Center. She recently was Artist in Residence at Tribeca BMCC via CUNY Dance Initiative and has been commissioned by Jacob's Pillow, Avant Chamber Ballet, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Ballet Hartford, Central Utah Ballet, Earl Mosley's DoD, Stars of American Ballet and the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, among others. She has choreographed works for the JCE Jazz Dance Project and will become the Co-Artistic Director on January 1, 2024. Marian is the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Jazz Choreography Enterprises.ĭanielle Diniz is the Associate Artistic Director of Jazz Choreography Enterprises. Subsequent performances of the Jazz Project have been produced semiannually by Jazz Choreography Enterprises, Inc., a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization established in 2007 to promote the creation of original jazz choreography. In May 2007 at New Dance Group, Marian produced the first performance of the New York Jazz Choreography Project (now the JCE Jazz Dance Project), a showcase devoted to jazz dance. She has choreographed for the JCE Jazz Dance Project, Choreographer’s Canvas, and the Fridays at Noon Marathon at 92 nd Street Y. Since then she has taught dance to people of all ages, from two-year-old pre-ballerinas to senior citizen jazz buffs in New York studios and community centers, including the 92 nd Street Y. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, she was a freelance writer and a writing instructor at the New School before enrolling in the Dance Education Lab (DEL) at the 92 nd Street Y. ![]() ![]() Marian Hyun has studied jazz and ballet with Luigi, Bob Audy, Ed Kresley, Shirley Bassat, and Julia Dubno. ![]()
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