DOTL 2019 Laura and Charmaine addressing the crowd! | We are so very thankful to have your support!On behalf of our incredible team of volunteers and supporters who help to bring Dance on the Lawn: Montclair's Dance Festival to each of you, we say thank you! | |
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On behalf of Charmaine, Laura and our expert team, we say thank you for joining us and for making DOTL 2020 another huge success! THESE ARTISTS/ORGANIZATIONS MADE VIRTUAL DOTL 2020 POSSIBLE! |
Panel #1 - New Jersey Schools: Moderator - Nasha Thomas Sharron Miller //Sharron Miller’s Academy for the Performing Arts Kathy Costa // DanceWorks & Co. Nancy Turano // New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble Shani Alston // Grooves Unlimited Dance Studio Panel #2 - New Jersey Companies: Moderator - Laura Marchese Lisa Botalico // Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre Donna Scro Samori // Freespace Dance Alex Biegelson // 10 Hairy Legs Carolyn Dorfman // Carolyn Dorfman Dance Sameena Mitta // MeenMoves Charly Santagado // Mignolo Dance Maurice Chestnut // Dance Therapy | Panel #3 - DOTL's "Emerging Commissioned NJ Choreographer:" Moderator - Charmaine Warren Robert Mark Burke Kyle Marshall Lauren Connolly Javier Padilla Oluwadamilare "Dare" Ayorinde Panel #4 - 2021 Lineup ~ Artists new to DOTL: Moderator - Hannah Garner Amber Sloan (DOTL's 2020 Emerging Commissioned NJ Choreographer) Rekha Srinivasan // Bhaarat Nritya Academy Jessica Totaro // Movement Arts Project/Dance for Joy Nai-Ni Chen // Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Megan Chu // Inimois Dance Nicole Philippidis // 277 dance project |
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.
"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
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
Find and support them:
Robert Mark Burke (2015)
Kyle Marshall Choreography (2016)
Lauren Connolly (2017)
Javier Padilla (2018)
Oluwadamilare "Dare" Ayorinde (2019)
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.
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~~~
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.

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💃💡
& Announcing Amber Sloan's "Open Rehearsal"
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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
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