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Creative Summit Presents COLLIDE at NJDTE
NJDTE to Perform Repertory Works as Part of Premiere Summit Arts Festival
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble (NJDTE) collaborates with Creative Summit, a collective of arts organizations and artists in the Summit area, to present COLLIDE on Saturday, July 27 from 5:00-7:00 pm at NJDTE Studios.
COLLIDE is a one-night-only arts experience that combines the work of NJDTE, Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre, The Music Moment, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, and local musicians and artists. The evening, with participation from Civic Story, will include samples of all of the genres (Dance, Theatre, Multi-Media Video and Music) as the audience moves from from one space to another in the beautiful home of the NJDTE.
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble will perform excerpts from Warriors and Nine by Elizabeth Keoppen-Kaloseih, Former Associate Director of Parsons Dance Company and current NJDTE Artist. Both of these inspiring and high-energy works are set to music by Too Many Zooz and are sure to uplift the viewer with exhilarating and powerful movement.
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Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre will present Moment of Truth, a short play by Laura Ekstrand featuring Daria M. Sullivan and Stephanie Windland. Two best friends, seniors in high school who are receiving their college admissions responses, confront the role of race in the process and in their relationship. The play takes a look at how people who care about each other can have one of the most difficult conversations before us today.
The Music Moment will host composer and performer Amish Darr, whose music is the sound of his sad soul that cries out for true love. It is the amalgamation of everything he has experienced in life. From heartbreak to spiritual ecstasy, thought-provoking powerful poetry decorated with eastern ragas and western melodies bound to take you on a journey you will never forget.
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The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey will show several video pieces by artist Dana Levy. Dana Levy’s videos fuse life and death. She confronts the natural world within museum exhibits, reminding us that a collection is a living thing and a museum is not a graveyard. Flying birds spin around the museum ceiling fan in Silent Among Us as their taxidermy counterparts stand in silence. The stillness of the museum is transformed into unpredictable chaos in The Wake, where Monarch butterflies escape their glass displays one-by-one, as if reawakening from an eternal slumber. In Dead World Order, the curator of Maison de l’Armateur in Le Havre, France, walks around and rearranges the display in the museum, cramped with artifacts of French colonialism.
At the culmination of the evening, all guests will move to a common space for a spontaneous drum circle where everyone’s creativity will be celebrated.
COLLIDE will be presented on Saturday, July 27 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm at The New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, 315b Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901. Tickets are $15 for students, $30 for seniors and $35 for general admission. Tickets are limited and are available online at https://collide.brownpapertickets.com or by phone at 1-800-838-3006.
Please visit www.njdte.org, call 908.273.5500, or email info@njdte.org for more information.
WHO: Creative Summit - New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, The Music Moment, and Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre
WHAT: 2019 COLLIDE Arts Festival
WHERE: NJDTE Studios |315B Springfield Ave, Summit NJ 07901
WHEN: Saturday, July 27 from 5:00-7:00 pm
TICKETS: Tickets are $15 for students, $30 for seniors and $35 for general admission.
To request an interview with Artistic Director Nancy Turano or one of our guest artists, please contact Kaitlyn Esposito at marketing@njdte.org | 908-273-5500.
ABOUT NJDTE
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble provides artistic excellence in pre-professional dance education and performances, with forward-thinking programming that empowers dancers. In 2019 NJDTE celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season, and continues to be an innovative force in the NJ and NYC Metro area by engaging acclaimed artists, international choreographers, and providing performance opportunities. Led by award-winning Artistic Director Nancy Turano since 1994, NJDTE mentors and inspires dancers toward higher education and supports its alumni as professionals in the field.
On-Site Parking: On-Site parking is available upon arrival to NJDTE Studios.
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble. is a 501(c)(3) corporation, incorporated under the laws
of the State of New Jersey.
