Dance at the J

Dance at the J Celebrating 41 Years of presenting Concerts, Master Classes and Workshops. 

Dance at the J Virtual Series invites you to experience The Power of Dance with four different remarkable companies, each with their own unique style.   Gain insight into the life of the artistic director concerning their vision, process and how they continued to create during the pandemic. View pieces from their repertory followed by a Q & A all from the best seat in the house-Your House. We hope you will enjoy this year’s virtual offering and we look forward to a time when we can all be together in the theatre again.

 

 

The Power of Dance featuring Israeli-born Igal Perry founder and Artistic Director of Peridance Contemporary Dance Company and Peridance Capezio Center, a world-renowned choreographer, ballet master and dance educator with moderator Jeff Friedman an Associate Professor in the Department of Dance, Mason Gross School of the Arts, and Graduate Faculty in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.

 

 

The Power of Dancet featuring Israeli-born New Yorker Ephrat “ Bounce” Asherie a b-girl, dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of Ephrat Asherie Dance with moderator Naomi Jackson from Arizona State University who received her bachelors in art history and philosophy from McGill University, masters in dance studies from the University of Surrey (UK), and doctorate in performance studies from New York University.

 

 

Sunday, Mar 21 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST | Virtual
The Power of Dance featuring Israeli-American Ronen (Roni) Koresh a choreographer, teacher, collaborator and founding Artistic Director of Koresh Dance Company   with moderator Merilyn Jackson, a dance critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pointe and Dance Magazine, also writes about food and Eastern European literature.

 

 

Thursday, Mar 25 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST | Virtual
The Power of Dance featuring Michigan native Carolyn Dorfman a choreographer and founding Artistic Director of Carolyn Dorfman Dance with moderator Rebecca Rossen a dance historian, performance scholar and choreographer is a faculty affiliate in Women’s and Gender Studies, Jewish Studies and American Studies at The University of Texas in Austin.