SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2015
ST.LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 73 S. FULLERTON AVE, MONTCLAIR, NJ
Highlights from “Dance on the Lawn” 2015 - Video: Paul D. Brown
Dance on the Lawn 2015 was a huge success!
Dance on the Lawn is on Montclair Times' 2015 List - "Welcome new arts groups!"
Read the review by Robert Johnson for NJArts.net
Dance on the Lawn is on Montclair Times' 2015 List - "Welcome new arts groups!"
Read the review by Robert Johnson for NJArts.net
Highlights from “Dance on the Lawn” 2015 - Photos: TonyTurnerPhotos
Host: Nasha Thomas
THE 2015 LINEUP - (CLICK ON PHOTOS TO GO DIRECTLY TO COMPANY WEBSITES):
ROW 1 - NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS: KATHY COSTA’S DANCEWORKS & COMPANY (Montclair); SHARRON MILLER’S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’ PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP ENSEMBLE (Montclair); ANDREA KRAMER'S BALLET FORTE (Chester); & NANCY TURANO’S NEW JERSEY DANCE THEATRE ENSEMBLE (Summit)
ROW 2 - ROBERT MARK BURKE - "DANCE ON THE LAWN'S FIRST "EMERGING NEW JERSEY COMMISSIONED CHOREOGRAPHER" (Hoboken)
ROW 3 - NEW JERSEY COMPANIES: DONNA SCRO’S FREESPACE DANCE (Montclair); MAURICE CHESTNUT'S "DANCE THERAPY" (Newark); & RANDY JAMES' 10 HAIRY LEGS (Highland Park)
ROW 4 - NEW YORK COMPANIES: Solo by TROY POWELL (Artistic Director - Ailey II); JANIS BRENNER & DANCERS; DARRELL MOULTRIE'S DANCEGRANDMOULTRIE; & BHdos: The Second Company Of BALLET HISPANICO
ROW 1 - NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS: KATHY COSTA’S DANCEWORKS & COMPANY (Montclair); SHARRON MILLER’S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS’ PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP ENSEMBLE (Montclair); ANDREA KRAMER'S BALLET FORTE (Chester); & NANCY TURANO’S NEW JERSEY DANCE THEATRE ENSEMBLE (Summit)
ROW 2 - ROBERT MARK BURKE - "DANCE ON THE LAWN'S FIRST "EMERGING NEW JERSEY COMMISSIONED CHOREOGRAPHER" (Hoboken)
ROW 3 - NEW JERSEY COMPANIES: DONNA SCRO’S FREESPACE DANCE (Montclair); MAURICE CHESTNUT'S "DANCE THERAPY" (Newark); & RANDY JAMES' 10 HAIRY LEGS (Highland Park)
ROW 4 - NEW YORK COMPANIES: Solo by TROY POWELL (Artistic Director - Ailey II); JANIS BRENNER & DANCERS; DARRELL MOULTRIE'S DANCEGRANDMOULTRIE; & BHdos: The Second Company Of BALLET HISPANICO
"DOTL" "Open Rehearsal"
Photo: Tony Turner
Robert Mark Burke is a dancer, choreographer and teaching artist. Robert is co-curator and co-producer of the 12 by 12 Dance Initiative, an ongoing choreographic program based in Hoboken, NJ, and has shown his work throughout the United States including the wild project, Dixon Place, Paramount Theater (Boston), Hofstra University, Rutgers University, Rider University, and Dance New Amsterdam. Robert recently served as assistant to choreographer Brian Brooks for Julie Taymor's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Polonsky Theater in Brooklyn, NY. Robert has apprenticed for Doug Elkins, and has worked with Freespace Dance, Lustig Dance Theatre, Yin Yue Dance, and currently dances with Randy James' 10 Hairy Legs, Meagan Woods and Company, and Zella Dance. Robert is on faculty at the Rutgers High School Musical Theatre Academy and has been Guest Teaching Artist at the Atlantic Theatre School (New York, NY), as well as many high schools throughout the tri-state area. He graduated cum laude with a BFA in Dance from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in 2013, following a year-long tour with the North American production of "Cats." In 2015, Robert Mark Burke was awarded the Emerging Choreographer's Commission for "Dance on the Lawn" (Montclair, NJ), was selected to present work in the Jersey (New) Moves! at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and will present work created through the CoLab-New Brunswick Space Grant.
