JOIN US FOR OPEN REHEARSAL...

Come spend the afternoon getting to know DOTL's 2020 Emerging Commissioned New Jersey Choreographer, Amber Sloan, during her "OPEN REHEARSAL."






Monday, April 20 at 1:15-3:50 - Via Zoom
**RSVP - info@danceonthelawn.org to receive Zoom meeting information** 

This free event will give you a sneak preview of her new work to be premiered at DOTL on Saturday, September 12th, 2020! 

Christian Von Howard is Amber's mentor

MORE ABOUT Amber:
www.ambersloan.com

DOTL's sixth recipient, Amber Sloan will create a new work for final presentation at "Dance on the Lawn: Montclair's Dance Festival (DOTL)" 2020.

On being chosen as DOTL's 2020 recipient Amber says: "I am incredibly honored to be selected as this year's NJ Emerging Commissioned Choreographer. I am grateful for this opportunity to immerse myself in the New Jersey community, meet local artists, build new relationships, and develop and perform my work for the Dance on the Lawn audience."

BIO: Amber Sloan is a choreographer, performer and teacher whose work has been presented by Roulette Theater, Dixon Place, Soaking WET at the West End Theatre, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Spoke the Hub, 92Y, Green Space, Danspace Project, Stuffed at Judson Church/Bailout Theater, Dance Safari, EstroGenius Festival, as well as an 18 year commissioning relationship with DanceNow NYC.  She was a 2015 Schonberg Resident at The Yard on Martha's Vineyard and has received space grants from organizations including Gibney Dance Center, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Spoke the Hub and Mana Contemporary. As a performer, Sloan has been a member of The Bang Group since 2002, appearing in several prestigious theaters and festivals in both Europe and the United States. She has performed in works by Keely Garfield, Doug Elkins, James Waring, Sara Hook, and Stephan Koplowitz. She teaches dance composition at the Ailey School, serves on the board of Dance Omi International Collective, and co-directs Women in Motion NYC. Sloan holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she was honored with the Beverly Blossom/Carey Erickson Alumni Dance Award.

MORE ABOUT Amber:
www.ambersloan.com

NEWS... Dance Theatre of Harlem's Stephanie Rae Williams joins our 2019 lineup.

Read more about our New Jersey and New York lineup
HERE!

Read more about Oluwadamilare 'Dare' Ayorinde, DOTL's 2019 "Emerging Commissioned New Jersey Choreographer" HERE

See you on Saturday, September 7th @ 3-5pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
73 S. Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ



Be sure to join us for the after party at
Montclair Brewery where they are making a special brew - "Second Position Session"!

Top Tapper Savion Glover and his 14-year-old son Chaney joined us on Thursday evening, July 25, for a conversation in support of Dance on the Lawn. The “Scenic Summer Gathering” was the fourth in a series of outdoor social events marking DOTL’s Sixth Season Campaign.
 
Savion, who made his mark as the lead in Broadway’s “The Tap Dance Kid,” each summer teaches young students at the NJ Performing Arts Center Arts Intensive Program, where he also serves on the organization’s board. NJPAC will present the students at Glover’s revival of “The Tap Dance Kid” in three days of performances beginning Sept 15.
 
“It’s my duty to tell them what’s outside these walls, and give them permission to be free, that it’s ok,” said Glover. According to Laura Marchese, DOTL Managing Director, “This is why we do arts education." Right now, according to Glover, “I am happy to be figuring out my why.”
 
The evening was a fitting celebration of dance as we gear up for the fall festival in September.  Thank you to our hosts Barbara White and Lennon Register, and to the many DOTL supporters who came to this special event.

~ Adria Rolnik