“Dance to me is life itself. I owe my life to dance, because dance found me again and again and again during my youth.”
Mark Roxey’s been thrown in a garbage can, part of street dance gangs (who knew those were really real?!) and spends a whole lot of time in the boxing gym. He is also the founder and director of the Roxey Ballet Company, associate director of The Mill Ballet School, and has had a distinguished career with numerous American dance companies, including The Joffrey Ballet. You have to hear Mark’s story in our latest artist profile.
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(NEWARK, NJ) -- New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) is proud to present New Jersey Ballet revealing their new era of creative energy under the leadership of Artistic Director Maria Kowroski. There are two New Jersey Ballet Performances, Friday, May 3 at 7:30pm and Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 1:00pm. With its 65-year legacy of excellence, New Jersey Ballet is poised for a new era of creative energy under the leadership of Artistic Director Maria Kowroski.
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