(HIGHLAND PARK, NJ) -- 10 Hairy Legs, the male repertory dance company has announced that Judith Leone has been unanimously elected to its Board of Trustees, effective immediately.
Leone noted, “I am very pleased and honored to be joining the Board of 10HL. They are an exceptional group of dance advocates. I hope that I am able to make a meaningful contribution to an already superb organization."
Leone resides in Toms River, NJ with her husband Stephan, has been firmly committed to community service for more than 40 years. She has served in leadership capacities as a Trustee for Algonquin Arts, ArtPride New Jersey, The National Conference for Community and Justice, The Italian American Cultural Society, United Way of Ocean County, Ocean’s Harbor House, Open Arms, Barnegat Bay Foundation. She currently serves on the boards of OceanFirst Foundation, Garden State Philharmonic, the Shelter, Inc. and Longshore HOA (FL) as President. Leone was a Council Member of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (2003-2011), serving as Vice-President from 2007-2011.
Awards include: Chairman, J.C. Penney’s Golden Rule Committee (1995), Italian American Cultural Society, Citizen of the Year (1995), United Way of O.C., Volunteer of the Year (1996), National Conference of Community & Justice, Humanitarian Award (1998), Garden State Philharmonic Distinguished Service Award (2003), ADACO, Citizen of the Year (2004), Monmouth-Ocean Development Council, Community Service Award (2006), Ocean County College Humanitarian Award (2007), Ocean’s Harbor House, Distinguished Service Award (2007),The Strand, Honoree (2007), TR-Ocean County Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen (2010), Ocean County Cultural & Heritage Art Advocate Award (2013).
Leone graduated from Toms River High School, earned a B.A. in Early Childhood from Kean University and a Masters in Library Science from Rutgers University. She was the Law Librarian at The Law Center in Toms River (1996-1998), Co-Owner and V.P. of The Production House from 1985-1992, an Educational Media Specialist for the Toms River Public Schools from 1985-1988 and an elementary teacher in Toms River from 1970 to 1985.
Judi is also the proud stepmother of two daughters, Cheryl Leone and Debra Challoner, grandmother to two grandsons and mom to two cats. Her husband is a partner in the law firm of Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle and Sacks of Toms River.
10HL President Carol Byrne commented, “In this particularly challenging time for all of us, we are thrilled to welcome Judi’s tremendous experience and expertise to augment the strength of our Board of Trustees as we move forward to support our artists and ensure our company’s future success. The world needs creative problems solvers right now and dancers excel in this regard.”
About 10 Hairy Legs
10 Hairy Legs, a male repertory company, provides a lens to experience the broad spectrum of dance. Widely acclaimed for its aggressive commissioning of new works and curation of master works, we have served more than 85,000 patrons, students, artists and educators since our founding in 2012, toured nationally to 20 states appearing at notable venues such as The Kravis Center (FL), Dance Place (DC), Tulsa PAC (OK), The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, The Carlsen Center (KS), as Cameo Artists for The Public Theater’s Public Works production of Hercules at The Delacorte Theatre, choreographed by Chase Brock, and internationally in the Cayman Islands and South Africa.
13 World Premiere Commissions from: Adam Barruch, Julie Bour, Al Blackstone, Doug Elkins, Larry Keigwin, Raja Feather Kelly, Tiffany Mills, Nicholas Sciscione, Doug Varone, Manuel Vignoulle, Megan Williams and Yin Yue. Commissioned Works to debut in June 2021 from: Joshua Beamish, Robert Mark Burke and David Parker. Curated works in our repertory are by: Sean Curran, David Dorfman and Dan Froot, Heidi Latsky, Cleo Mack, David Parker, Stephen Petronio, Claire Porter, Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor, Christopher Williams.
Broadcasts have included NJTV’s State of the Arts, The Meredith Vieira Show and Nick Cannon’s Red Nose Dancathon. Dance Education is an important part of our mission and we provide a wide range of programs for all ages exemplifying the many facets of maleness expressed through dance to more than 2,200 students and educators each year.
“… by far, the best American male modern dancers one could have the good fortune of seeing these days… gotta hand it to them: 10 Hairy Legs shows what modern dance should be…” – Demetrius Klein, Palm Beach Daily News 2018
Original musical commissions: Pauline Kim Harris, Kyle Olson, Robert Maggio, Roarke Menzies, Ofer Pelz, Bryan Strimpel, Michael Wall, Dorian Wallace and Peter Whitehead.
Designers: Abraham Cruz, Oana Botez, Cindy Capraro, Sarah Dixon, Benjamin Heller, Jason Flamos, John Lasiter, Naomi Luppescu, Mary Kokie McNaugher, Dennis O’Leary-Gullo, Lauren Parrish, Amanda Ringger, Eric Mark Rodrigues, Amanda Shafran, Ken Tabatchnik, Olivier Theyskens, Asa Thornton and Tuce Yasak.
The company is currently providing remote performances and educational programs.
Leadership funding for the company provided by: The Geraldine R. Dodge, Frank & Lydia Bergen, Benevity, Blanche and Irving Laurie, The O'Donnell Green Music & Dance, Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels, Mertz Gilmore, Hyde & Watson & SHS Foundations, The E. J. Grassmann Trust, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Magyar Bank, Johnson & Johnson, American Dance Abroad’s Rapid Response, Middlesex County Arts & History, New Music USA, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Dept. of State, receiving a Citation of Excellence in 2018 and 2019, the generous contributors to the 10HL Choreographic Initiative and The Constance Poster Trust for New Choreography.
