Blog-Beiträge

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!

1 Comment

"OPEN rEHEARSAL" ~ Recap ~ Monday, April 20 (VIA zOOM) WITH aMBER sLOAN

4/16/2020

~ 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

1 Comment

newsletter - april 2020 ~ #2

3/31/2020

❤️ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: DOTL CARES FOR OUR DANCE COMMUNITY💃💡
& Announcing Amber Sloan's "Open Rehearsal"

Sharron Miller's Academy for the Performing Arts' Performance Workshop Ensemble Photo: Tony Turner

Read Charmaine and Laura's response to CORONA-19
Support and Explore DOTL's artists over the seven years.
Check out Resources for arts community

AND JOIN US FOR A VIRTUAL "OPEN REHEARSAL..."

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

Monday, April 20 at 1:15-2:30 - A Facebook Live Event!

This is 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

2 Comments

Amber Sloan - dotl's 202o "emerging new jersey commissioned choreographer"

1/30/2020

Amber Sloan Photo: Hope Davis

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

2 Comments

Applications Open - "Emerging Commissioned New Jersey Choreographer" * $1,000 Stipend* ~ "Dance on the Lawn: Montclair's Dance Festival" 2020 - Deadline 12/13

11/14/2019

Application Open - NJ & NY Professional Company + NJ School Company - "Dance on the Lawn: Montclair's Dance Festival 2020" - Deadline, 12/13

11/14/2019

thank you DOTL 2019 ~ save the date dotl 2020

9/30/2019

click here to read our newsletter

Thank you DOTL Audience & Supporters!
We could not do this without you!
Missed the event? Click here to and relive the day with us!

~~~Save The Date~~~
See you on Saturday, September 12, 2020

1 Comment

newsletter ~ september 2019 #7

9/6/2019

click here to read our newsletter

Stephanie Rae Williams Photo: Eric Bandiero

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"!

1 Comment

newsletter - august 2019 #6

8/5/2019