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Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Saturday May 4 | 4:00 & 7:30 pm | Extensions Dance Project: Behind Closed Doors
Extensions Dance Project Get Tickets Here Tickets for this performance are sold through a vendor contracted by Extensions Dance. Please direct any questions to the Extensions Dance Project email. Extensions Dance Project is excited to present Behind Closed Doors, a performance featuring 17 company members and seven guest artists from across the Northeast. We appreciate
Mostly Madison Dance Festival ’24 | Thomas Edison Film Festival | Dance on Screen | Friday May 3 7:30 pm
The Shimmering Extraordinary, a short film from Scotland; photo by Hayaat Zahra. The Little Man; photo courtesy of Richard Kuller. A Place for Us; photo courtesy of the filmmakers. Screen Dance has become an important category for the Thomas Edison Film Festival (formerly The Black Maria Film Festival), an internationally-renowned juried festival of short-form films. TEFF
Mostly Madison Dance Festival ’24 | MOVE HUMAN| Master Class | Carolyn Dorfman Dance Technique with Senior Company Member Charles Scheland | Friday May 3 | 10:00 am
Charles Scheland is a New York City based dance artist and teacher. Charles grew up in Germany, Austria, and the Washington DC area, and graduated summa cum laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Program in Dance with a double major in Dance and Economics and departmental honors in both majors. Charles is a dancer with Carolyn
Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Kalagangothri | An Evening of Indian Classical Dance | Thursday May 2 | 7:30 pm
Get Tickets Enjoy an evening of traditional Indian Classical Dance as Kalagangothri presents Bharatanatyam, a classical form that expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas. The dance dates back to the time before Christ, although in India the date is referred to BCE and not BC. During India’s colonization by the British, the government
Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Swing Dancing with Nissreen Almazouni & The Bottle Hill Big Band | Wednesday May 1 | 7:00 pm
Nissreen Almazouni You won’t be dancing in the aisles, because you’ll have the whole floor. Don’t know how to swing dance? Nissreen is here to help you out! The nineteen-piece Bottle Hill Big Band will perform and Dance teacher Nissreen Almazouni will instruct swing, lindy, etc., to those who are beginners (or need a brush-up)
Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Tap Dancers Take the Lead | Dan Levinson with A.C. Lincoln | Tuesday April 30 | 7:30 PM
Dan Levinson on the clarinet and A.C. Lincoln on the Taps Jazz groups are using tap dancers again in a throwback to the Thirties and Forties when Tap was King. For this show, we will present a jazz ensemble led by noted clarinetist Dan Levinson in which the tap dancer takes the role of a
Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Monday April 29 7:30 PM | Individuals with Disabilities from the Matheny School’s Arts Access Choreography Program
Individuals from the Matheny School Arts Access Choreography Program The Matheny Medical and Education Center has a unique arts program that provides individuals with disabilities the freedom to create in the visual literary, and performing arts. This evening we will present works created and performed by participants in the Choreography program. About the Arts Access
Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Film Society of Summit | Call Me Dancer | Saturday April 27 | 7:30 pm
Call Me Dancera documentary film by Leslie Shampaine & Pip Gilmour In our ongoing partnership with The Film Society of Summit, we will screen The San Francisco Dance Film Festival Audience Favorite Award-winning film Call Me Dancer. All screenings are open to the general public. Tickets are $15 ($10 for Students) and can be purchased
Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Drew Dance | Spring Concert | April 25-27 2024
Drew Dance Department Website Drew University Dance Department | Spring Concert | Collective Memories Back for a second time this season, the department is pulling out all of the stops and opening all of our doors for three days of dance inside Rose Hall and outside on the Rose Pavilion. Under the direction of Assistant
Madison Mostly Dance Festival ’24 | Drew Dance | Spring Concert | Collective Memory(ies) April 25-27 2024
Drew University Dance Department | Spring Concert | Collective Memories Back for a second time this season, the department is pulling out all of the stops and opening all of our doors for three days of dance inside Rose Hall and outside on the Rose Pavilion. Under the direction of Assistant Professor Kimani Fowlin, the
Mutual Morris: Creation for Liberation | Program Update | Sunday February 25 | 1:00-5:00 pm
Lineup of Activities Announced Uniting to honor the resilience and creativity of the Palestinian people in educational events that empower and inspire. A celebration of Palestinian culture, including art-making, music, dance, and food sampling. The events are organized by concerned community members of diverse religious faith and political leanings in Morris County in solidarity with
Mutual Morris: Creation for Liberation | Program Update | Two Sunday Afternoons | February 18 & 25 | 1:00-5:00 pm
Lineup of Activities Announced Uniting to honor the resilience and creativity of the Palestinian people in educational events that empower and inspire. A celebration of Palestinian culture, including art-making, music, dance, and food sampling. The events are organized by concerned community members of diverse religious faith and political leanings in Morris County in solidarity with
Madison Holiday Weekend of Dance | Sunday December 3 4:00 pm | Carolyn Dorfman Dance [Sold Out]
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Following sold-out performances at the Bickford Theater last spring, Carolyn Dorfman Dance continues to celebrate its 40-year anniversary with audiences at the Madison Community Arts Center. In this intimate setting, Carolyn Dorfman, known for her unique and interactive approach, will guide the audience through elements of her vision, creative process and work. Mastering its physical
Madison Holiday Weekend of Dance | Saturday December 2 7:00 pm | Extensions Dance Project | Equinox [Sold Out]
Equinox Extensions Dance Project is excited to present Equinox, a performance featuring 17 works choreographed by local dance artists and 17 company members continuing their passion outside of their day-to-day professions. Extensions Dance Website Tickets:$15 General Admission$10 Seniors/Students Note that this program starts earlier than the other evening events in this series (7:00 pm) Buy Tickets
Madison Holiday Weekend of Dance | Friday December 1 7:30 pm | Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre
Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre was originally founded in 1965 by Maria Alba who was renowned for her Spanish dance drama works, but it was Artistic Director Eva Lucena who brought to the company a broader perspective of Spanish culture and traditions. It now reaches thousands of people annually through its repertoire
Madison Holiday Weekend of Dance | Thursday November 30 7:30 pm | Drew University Dance Department | Out of the Box
Out of the Box We start off our weekend celebration with performers from the Drew University Dance Department performing original works choreographed by students, led by the internationally-recognized dancer/choreographer Kimani Fowlin. Tickets:$15 General AdmissionDrew Students Free with valid ID BUY TICKETS NOW Program “Suite 1” an excerpt from Ella’s Trip (2019)Choreography by Camille Moten
Arts by the People: Bridging Gaps | Monday April 10 2023 | 7:30 pm
Bridging Gaps is a monthly multidisciplinary ART gathering. We will explore different ART Mediums and highlight the process of art making in an informal setting. Out goal is to share and learn from each other as we build towards a group event at the end of a year’s cycle. The project is open to all creatives
Cancelled: Don’t Close Your Eyes: A Farwell Celebration Concert with Larysa Maliutina & Oksana Horban | Sunday April 2 2023 | 4:00 PM
Due to a last minute schedule change this event has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Join us on April 2 to celebrate and bid farewell to the Don’t Close Your Eyes: Ukrainian Artists Respond to the War exhibit with two very special artists from Ukraine: pianist Larysa Maliutina and dancer Oksana Horban. Each
Arts by the People: Bridging Gaps | Monday March 13 2023 | 7:30 pm
Bridging Gaps is a monthly multidisciplinary ART gathering. We will explore different ART Mediums and highlight the process of art making in an informal setting. Out goal is to share and learn from each other as we build towards a group event at the end of a year’s cycle. The project is open to all creatives
Arts by the People: Bridging Gaps | Monday February 13 2023 | 7:30 pm
Bridging Gaps is a monthly multidisciplinary ART gathering. We will explore different ART Mediums and highlight the process of art making in an informal setting. Out goal is to share and learn from each other as we build towards a group event at the end of a year’s cycle. The project is open to all creatives
Arts by the People: Bridging Gaps | Monday January 9 2022 | 7:30 pm
Bridging Gaps is a monthly multidisciplinary ART gathering. We will explore different ART Mediums and highlight the process of art making in an informal setting. Out goal is to share and learn from each other as we build towards a group event at the end of a year’s cycle. The project is open to all creatives
The Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble |Morris County for Ukraine | Sunday December 4 3:00 pm
All funds raised at this show will be donated to aid for Ukraine through the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America (www.unwla.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The performance will include the Iskra Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, a Ukrainian Folk Dance group, and Ukrainian musicians under the direction of Andrij Cybyk, Artistic Director. Artwork will be from
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Performs | Saturday December 3 7:30 pm
Photo Credit: Steven Pisano One of the most talented and exciting modern dance companies around, Carolyn Dorfman Dance comes to Madison to celebrate their 40th anniversary, dedicated to the memory of her extraordinary parents, Mala and Henry Dorfman. You won’t want to miss this special performance which features excerpts from The Attitude of Doing (based
Young Dancers Take the Stage: Drew University Dance| Choice | Thursday December 1 7:30 pm
Artwork credit: Gio Martinetti
Dance & Text | Claire Porter & Paul Rabinowitz | Wednesday November 30 7:30
Paul Rabinowitz Claire Porter Porter and Rabinowitz have worked for decades exploring the intersection of spoken word and dance. Porter writes and performs her own material, while Rabinowitz performs his texts while dancers embody the language in movement. Both incorporate original music. Porter will be performing “Sexy Grammar” & “Falling for Prepositions” Rabinowitz will be
Tap Dancers Take the Lead with The Antoinette Montague Experience | Tuesday November 29 7:30 pm
Jazz and Blues Singer Antoinette Montague brings her trio to the Arts Center along with two professional tap dancers taking the role of instruments. Her two dancers, AC Lincoln and Calvin Booker, are regulars at Jazz at Lincoln Center and bring an excitement and creativity to jazz dance unlike anything most people have experienced. Tickets:
Swing Dancing with the Bottle Hill Big Band & Nissreen Almazouni | Monday November 28 7:00 pm
We’re starting off the week with the audience dancing! The nineteen-piece Bottle Hill Big Band will perform and Dance teacher Nissreen Almazouni will instruct swing, lindy, etc., to those who are beginners starting at 7:00 pm. If you are not a beginner, you can just dance the night away starting at 7:30! 7:00 pm Dance
Morris County Dance Connections Festival Week | November 28-December 4 | Seven Nights of Dance
The Madison Community Arts Center celebrates Dance and Dancing in the week-long Morris County Dance Festival, exploring different forms of dance. Click on the offerings below for more information and tickets. Funding has been made possible in part by funds from Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a
Contemporary Dance– Oksana Horban: Ikigai: Friday August 12 2022 7:30 pm
Iki = life Gai= value or worth