Saturday, September 7, 2019
St. Luke's Episcopal Church - 73 S. Fullerton Ave, Montclair, MJ
Highlights from “Dance on the Lawn” 2019 - video: David Calderwood - Euro-Pacific Digital Media Production
Highlights from “Dance on the Lawn” 2019 - Photos: TonyTurnerPhotos
Host: Nasha Thomas
The 2019 LINEUP! (CLICK PHOTOS TO GO DIRECTLY TO COMPANY WEBSITES):
ROW 1 - NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS: LINDA D'AMICO'S ACADEMY OF DANCE (Pompton Plains); LISA BACHELOR'S UNIQUE PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER (West Orange); KATHY COSTA’S DANCEWORKS & COMPANY (Montclair); & SHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS' PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP ENSEMBLE (Montclair)
ROW 2 - NEW JERSEY COMPANIES: MIGNOLO DANCE (Charly & Eriel Santagado/Metchun); FREESPACE DANCE (Donna Scro - Artistic Director/Montclair) & MAURICE CHESTNUT/DANCE THERAPY (Maurice Chestnut/Artistic Director/Newark); &10 HAIRY LEGS (Randy James -Artistic Director (Highland Park)
ROW 3 - NEW YORK COMPANIES: Sofia Forero, The Heraclitus Project & Stefanie Rae Williams (courtesy of Dance Theatre of Harlem)
ROW 1 - NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS: LINDA D'AMICO'S ACADEMY OF DANCE (Pompton Plains); LISA BACHELOR'S UNIQUE PERFORMANCE ARTS CENTER (West Orange); KATHY COSTA’S DANCEWORKS & COMPANY (Montclair); & SHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS' PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP ENSEMBLE (Montclair)
ROW 2 - NEW JERSEY COMPANIES: MIGNOLO DANCE (Charly & Eriel Santagado/Metchun); FREESPACE DANCE (Donna Scro - Artistic Director/Montclair) & MAURICE CHESTNUT/DANCE THERAPY (Maurice Chestnut/Artistic Director/Newark); &10 HAIRY LEGS (Randy James -Artistic Director (Highland Park)
ROW 3 - NEW YORK COMPANIES: Sofia Forero, The Heraclitus Project & Stefanie Rae Williams (courtesy of Dance Theatre of Harlem)
Our 2019 "Emerging Commissioned New Jersey Choreographer" - Oluwadamilare 'Dare' Ayorinde
Oluwadamilare 'Dare' Ayorinde
DOTL's fifth recipient, Oluwadamilare 'Dare' Ayorinde will create a new work for final presentation at "Dance on the Lawn: Montclair's Dance Festival (DOTL)" 2019.
On being chosen as DOTL's 2019 recipient - "I participated in the past with Kyle Marshall Choreography as a dancer and can attest to how Dance On The Lawn gave a sense of community and mentorship that wove its way into the dance itself. I am excited to deepen relationships as I present new work in New Jersey. I am grateful for the support to continue my creative research from a place that values dance, community, joy and how they intersect. In spaces like this you can release into the push and pleasure of your work."
BIO: Oluwadamilare (Dare) Ayorinde is a Nigerian American freelance dancer and maker living in New Jersey. After graduating from Rutgers University, where he received The Marjery J. Turner Prize for Choreography. He has worked with Colleen Thomas, Bill Young, Netta Yerushalmy, Company SBB, Kayla Farrish, Douglas Dunn, The Trisha Brown Dance Company and his dear friends Kyle Marshall and Miriam Gabriel + Carlo Antonio Villanueva. He has taught workshops at Recess, Teaneck High School and assisted teaching for Kyle Marshall Choreography at Desales University and Mulhenburg College. He finds inspiration in the artistic markings and dancing of Myssi Robinson.
Photo Credit: Orlando Asson
MORE ABOUT "Dare":
Website: https://www.oluayorinde.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oluwadamilareayorinde/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oluwadamilare.ayorinde
On being chosen as DOTL's 2019 recipient - "I participated in the past with Kyle Marshall Choreography as a dancer and can attest to how Dance On The Lawn gave a sense of community and mentorship that wove its way into the dance itself. I am excited to deepen relationships as I present new work in New Jersey. I am grateful for the support to continue my creative research from a place that values dance, community, joy and how they intersect. In spaces like this you can release into the push and pleasure of your work."
BIO: Oluwadamilare (Dare) Ayorinde is a Nigerian American freelance dancer and maker living in New Jersey. After graduating from Rutgers University, where he received The Marjery J. Turner Prize for Choreography. He has worked with Colleen Thomas, Bill Young, Netta Yerushalmy, Company SBB, Kayla Farrish, Douglas Dunn, The Trisha Brown Dance Company and his dear friends Kyle Marshall and Miriam Gabriel + Carlo Antonio Villanueva. He has taught workshops at Recess, Teaneck High School and assisted teaching for Kyle Marshall Choreography at Desales University and Mulhenburg College. He finds inspiration in the artistic markings and dancing of Myssi Robinson.
Photo Credit: Orlando Asson
MORE ABOUT "Dare":
Website: https://www.oluayorinde.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oluwadamilareayorinde/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oluwadamilare.ayorinde
