(SUMMIT, NJ) -- The leading and popular dance industry website, au-di-tions.com, has named Movement Invention Project (MIP®) as one of 10 “Must Try” Summer Dance Intensives for summer 2017. Highlighting the extraordinary opportunity and instruction that MIP® provides, the NYC-based summer program was chosen to share this distinction alongside an array of prominent and cutting-edge international programs in Amsterdam, Israel, and Italy, among others.
Maddy Wright of au-di-tions.com describes MIP® as a truly transformational program for dancers where “they will be given the space to unravel, let go and welcome change.” New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble and its MIP® program are honored to receive recognition for their innovative programming that offers the tools and skills necessary for a dancer to succeed in today’s dance environment.
Now in its ninth year, MIP® is a three-week program for dancers ages 18-23 founded as an expansion of New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble’s (NJDTE) educational programming. Originally a collaborative program with the Arts Umbrella (Vancouver, Canada), the program continues its tradition of providing dancers opportunities to work with an astounding faculty of teachers, choreographers, and mentors, encouraging risk-taking, creativity, and the development of improvisational skills.
In a supportive environment, dancers are prepared to work in collaboration with today’s choreographers in a program that includes improvisational workshops and the exploration of the creative process. This year, classes will be held in two NYC dance centers known for groundbreaking programming and intensive dance study: the Baryshnikov Arts Center and New York Live Arts.
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble’s forward-thinking programming empowers dancers with contemporary technologies as well as traditional dance forms. NJDTE, located in Summit, NJ, provides the highest quality, pre-professional training to aspiring dancers through professional experiences with world-renowned dancers, teachers, choreographers, and musicians. Founded in 1969 under the direction of internationally acclaimed ballet master Alfredo Corvino, and led by award-winning Artistic Director Nancy Turano since 1994, NJDTE has maintained a successful dance curriculum with an unparalleled outcome of artistic excellence.
MIP® 2017 PROGRAM DATES:
July 2 – July 21, NYC
Week 1: July 2 – July 7* at BAC
Week 2: July 10 – July 14 at BAC
Week 3: July 17 – July 21 at NYLA
10:00am – 6:00pm
*Sunday-Friday, off July 4
Dancers must attend all 3 weeks
LOCATIONS
Baryshnikov Arts Center | 450 W. 37th Street | New York, NY 10018
New York Live Arts | 219 W. 19th Street | New York, NY 10011
MIP® 2017 COLLABORATORS
Sidra Bell | Sidra Bell Dance New York, MIP® Founding Collaborator
Shannon Gillen | V/M V/GOR
Shamel Pitts | Batsheva, GAGA & Exploration
Elia Mrak | Flying Low Technique
Troy Ogilvie | MIP Founding Collaborator
Alexandra Wells | Artistic Director – MIP
Nancy Turano | Artistic Director – MIP & NJDTE
NJDTE has been acknowledged for creating innovative training and mentoring programs for dancers and choreographers in the New York City metro area, including MOVEMENT INVENTION PROJECT®, MIP2®, AiR® contemporary choreographic residencies, and INKUBATE®, a site-specific dance installation series at Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, NJ. NJDTE mentors dancers toward higher education and professionalism in dance and provides its alumni with employment opportunities as NJDTE guest artists, faculty, choreographers and staff.
