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~~ DOTL goes virtual ~~ Sunday, September 13th @ 4:30-6:30pm The 2020 virtual DOTL Festival will highlight compilation performance videos dating from the Festival’s inception in 2014. (Full lineup below.) Though we will miss being outside with you on the front lawn of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, we are excited to share dance with our community in a safe way! In addition to compilation highlights, the Sept. 13 DOTL streaming event will include panel discussions by NJ School, NJ Professional and NJ Emerging Artistic Directors, as well as an additional panel discussion with Artistic Directors now rescheduled for DOTL 2021.  Freespace Dance - DOTL 2019 Photo: Tony Turner A note from Charmaine & Laura:
"Like the rest of the world, especially in the arts, we knew that we needed to prepare for the repercussions of COVID-19. We had hoped that because our Festival falls in September and is outdoors that we could welcome our audience to the beautiful lawn of St. Luke's as usual. We stayed in touch with our DOTL artists, and shared updates in our monthly newsletter. In July we planned for three possible iterations and the final one, online, is where we landed. A virtual DOTL 2020 will happen on Sunday, September 13. We are happy to announce that DOTL artists and directors, since our inception in 2014, will join us as we share video and talk about dance in New Jersey since moving to the online platform and more. We hope you will join us.” – CHARMAINE WARREN, DOTL FOUNDER AND LAURA MARCHESE, DOTL MANAGING DIRECTOR  Maurice Chestnut's Dance Therapy Photo: Tony Turner In this issue:
We thank our sponsors for their support towards DOTL 2020 Check in on the artists on DOTL's 2020 Lineup! Ask our DOTL audience to take a survey about how they'd like to see DOTL 2020 Celebrate our NJ Schools  WHERE THEY ARE NOW? (See a recap video - 2015-2020 in the Newsletter)
Find and support them: Robert Mark Burke (2015) Kyle Marshall Choreography (2016) Lauren Connolly (2017) Javier Padilla (2018) Oluwadamilare "Dare" Ayorinde (2019) Dear Friends,
Our hearts are bleeding. We are grieving. We want change. We make art possible because we believe in a world that embraces all people and values their individual and unique contributions to our community. We see a world that is not broken by inequity, but instead a world that grows stronger in the way that we care for each other. We stand in solidarity with Black and Brown artists and our community of collaborators in the fight for justice against racism and police brutality. We say these names - George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, and many more. We dance and support dance because it is healing. We need to heal. We need to take action. We need to make change. We stand committed to support and move this effort forward. In Solidarity, Charmaine & Laura Visit change.org to find out how you can support the movement against injustice.  Lara Gonzalez - percussionist with Laura for DOTL/BOUNCE event! Here's another chance to see Amber's Zoom "Open Rehearsal" on Facebook.
Read Laura's recap on the BOUNCE/DOTL "Dancing Together Apart" event presented through Zoom. Apply for the DNJ & Dance/NYC funds available to NJ dance artists. Join us in celebrating our local sponsors. See recent Zoom videos or take a class from our DOTL artists! Help make DOTL 2020 happen DONATE HERE! ~~~ open rehearsal recap~~~  On April 20, DOTL’s 2020 "Emerging Commissioned NJ Choreographer," (ECNJC) Amber Sloan, for the first time ever, presented her "Open Rehearsal" using the Zoom platform. We are all following the governmental guidelines to shelter-in-place. Because of COVID-19, this is our new normal, and Amber took the charge to present this year's "Open Rehearsal" with different prompts for her dancers and prompted the online audience from Drew University (with instructor and Director of DOTL's ECNJC initiative) class, students from a Montclair State University choreography class and many other guests. The "Open Rehearsal" has become an annual spring tradition, bringing together DOTL’s "Emerging C NJ Choreographer" with dance students and dance enthusiasts in around the local Montclair community. Watch the "Open Rehearsal" on Facebook Live here Amber’s emphasis on creating different ways to dance apart and together was an exciting way to drive the conversation. The afternoon's event was a chance to share how she is working with her dancers currently, and to hear responses from the audience. For DOTL, the "Open Rehearsal" is part of our core mission to connect the various dance communities in New Jersey, on our way to presenting the annual fall festival. SAVE THE DATE! Amber’s commission will premiere at Dance on the Lawn – Saturday, September 12 at 3:00pm.  Amber Sloan Photo: Hope Davis 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 ❤️ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: DOTL CARES FOR OUR DANCE COMMUNITY💃💡 |
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