2018 INKUBATE® Dance Festival, DANCE+NATURE = INKUBATE® in Summit

SUMMIT, NJ – July 19, 2018 – New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble (NJDTE) collaborates for a fourth summer with the Reeves-Reed Arboretum to present the final performance on August 1 of INKUBATE® Dance Festival, a site-specific dance series at the gardens of the Arboretum.

The evening will feature dance works by choreographers Belinda McGuire of Jose Limon Dance Company, Sam Kunzman, NJDTE Alumnus and dancer with Big Muddy Dance Company in St. Louis, Missouri, and NJDTE Artistic Director and NJSCA Fellow Nancy Turano. The performance will showcase 33 dancers from NJDTE’s Summer Dance Intensive which include international exchange students from Mexico. “It is our goal to make Summit a dance destination and INKUBATE® is part of our expansion programming,” says Turano.

Since 2015, NJDTE has provided Artists-in-Residence AiR® choreographic residencies for contemporary dance artists at their NJDTE studios in downtown Summit. These artists then can further that exploration in one of the INKUBATE® site-specific dance events.

The final 2018 INKUBATE® performance will be on August 1st at 7pm-8pm at Reeves-Reed Arboretum. Grounds open at 6pm for audience members to picnic. Tickets are free for Arboretum members, $15 donation for non-members, and $5 for students. 2018 INKUBATE® is supported by generous grants from the Summit Area Public Foundation and Investors Foundation, with additional support by Nick & Tracy McKee.

New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble celebrates 49 years of excellence as a pre-professional training school and performing company under the Artistic Direction of Nancy Turano in Summit, NJ. NJDTE provides excellence in dance training ages 3-23 and access to master artists and choreographers as role models, providing a network and mentorship for its dancers to succeed as performing artists in higher education and as successful professionals in the field. NJDTE’s advanced programs MIP® & MIP2® for dancers ages 15-23 in NYC, were named Top 10 International contemporary programs in 2017 & 2018. The Ensemble presents new works and space to innovative artists-in-residence with its AiR® Program, and produces INKUBATE®, site specific performance festival now in its 4th year.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.njdte.org. FaceBook: @njdtedance. Instagram: @njdtedance

PHOTO CREDIT: Kaitlyn Esposito, courtesy of NJDTE

WHO: New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble and Reeves-Reed Arboretum

WHAT: 2018 INKUBATE® Dance Festival

WHERE: Reeves-Reed Arboretum | 165 Hobart Avenue | Summit, NJ 07901

WHEN: August 1, 2018 at 7pm. Arboretum grounds open at 6pm for garden picnics.

TICKETS: Free for Arboretum members; $15 non-members; $5 students.

To request an interview with NJDTE Artistic Director, Nancy Turano or one of this season’s choreographers, please contact Isobel Chang at marketing@njdte.org | 908-273-5500.