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The New Dance Group Company is currently on hiatus. Check back with us in 2009. |
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| Colin Raybin - Dance Coordinator (Niles, MI) first started dancing with Joanne and Debbie Pullen. She has lived in New York for the past seven years and performed with Karole Armitage, Stephen Petronio, Moving Theater/Ryan Kelly,Todd Williams/Williamsworks, Artichoke Dance Company, Robin Becker Dance NY, Independentdancemaker, Liz Gerring, and the Merce Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group. She studied on scholarship at Cunningham, Limon, Boston Ballet, and graduated with highest honors from the University of Michigan . Colin is also a co-founder of Cosmosis Productions, for which she has choreographed and created two multi-media rock-operas in New York City . She is thrilled to be a part of the next generation of New Dance Group! |
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| Jenna Bitterman - Assistant to Artistic Director (West Point, NY) graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Hartford with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance pedagogy. She has danced soloist and principle roles in La Bayadere, Le Corsaire, Paquita, Raymonda, Nutcracker, and works by Balanchine, Peter Anastos, and others. She has danced professionally with Virginia Ballet Theatre, Eastern Connecticut Ballet, Connecticut Opera, and Dance Connecticut including Kirk Peterson’s Nutcracker with American Ballet Theatre Studio Company. She also danced in Eliot Feld’s “Mr.XYZ” with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Mrs. Bitterman has choreographed for the University of Hartford-Hartt School and for Old Dominion University Dance Theatre where she was on faculty teaching intermediate/advanced ballet and beginner tap. In 2006 she was a professional dancer/model for L’Oreal Professionnel. She is currently dancing with the New Dance Group Company because it is a company deeply rooted in maintaining its tradition while cultivating individual artistic growth through the development of new works that suit the times in which we live. |
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| Sara Krikau (Chicago, Illinois) started her dance training at the Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance. Her professional career has taken her abroad, to Europe, Russia, Cuba, the US, the World's Fair and the Olympics. She toured in the international production of "The Toymaker's Dream" and the national tour of "Dayuma". She danced for the Redlands Festival Ballet Company in California and has performed various classical roles with Albano's Ballet Company in Hartford. Upon arriving NYC she studied acting with Robert X. Modica at Carnegie Hall and at the Matthew Corozine Studio. She picked her dancing shoes back up by dancing with the Bessie Award winning Saba Dance Theater. Sara is thrilled to be a part of making history as the New Dance Group Company comes together again for the first time in many years! |
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| Ai Notohara (Yokohama, Japan) received her professional dance training as a baton twirler. Ms. Notohara has competed in the National Baton Twirling Competition in Japan when she was four years old. In The World Baton Twirling Championships in 2001. Ms. Notohara placed 10th in the world. Continuing with a dance/theater career, she participated in a creative showcase television credits in Tokyo, Japan. She believes that NDG is helping become an artist. |
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| Ana Wu (Lima, Peru) received her training in dance at the Municipal Ballet of Lima and participated in workshops at the National Ballet of Peru. She received a degree in Dance and Arts Administration from Butler University in Indianapolis and has performed a variety of full length ballets such as Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty and SwanLake as well as contemporary pieces such as Martha Grahams Diversion of Angels. She is happy to be living in New York and dancing with the New Dance Group Company. |
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| Inna Yureneva (Moscow, Russia) Inna graduated from the Bolshoi Theater Academy. During that time she performed in a number of Bolshoi Theater ballet productions. She moved to the United States with her family in 2002. Since then she has performed with numerous companies which include Metropolitan Opera, Connecticut Ballet, Saba Dance Theater, Ballet New York and Lumiere Ballet. Inna is proud to be part of the New Dance Group Company because it carries a heritage and phenomenal repertoire. |
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| Aleca Borsuk while growing up in California, Aleca Borsuk whiled away the hours in the studios of Oakland Ballet, San Francisco Academy of Ballet, and Alonzo King's LINES Ballet. She has had the opportunity to dance with the Oakland Ballet Company and Ballet Forte. In addition, Aleca has competed professionally in ballroom dance, winning a title at the Empire State Dancesport Championship in New York. Aleca has appreciated and looks forward to continuing the valuable process of working with a diversity of choreographers as a member of the New Dance Group Company. |
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| Molly Knochel began her training at the Chamberlain School of Ballet in Plano, Texas. She also received training from San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Jacob’s Pillow, and Lines Ballet. Molly spent a summer studying and performing in Spain with Kazuko Hirabayashi. This May she received her degree in dance from The Alvin Ailey/Fordham University Bachelor of Fine Arts program. Ms. Knochel has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Sean Curren, David Parsons, and many others. Working with New Dance Group has given her new insights into the dance world, and she feels privileged to dance alongside the other company members who she regards as very talented. |
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| Travis Magee received his BFA in Dance from the Boston Conservatory where he was privileged to work with such greats as Yuriko, Murray Louis, Luis Fuente and Jennifer Scanlon. Regional credits include "Swing! The Musical" at the Country Playhouse and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at the Arvada Center. Travis will also be appearing in the upcoming film "Clear Blue Tuesday" with choreography by Chase Brock. In May he had the honor of working with Mark Morris in the Metropolitan Opera's "Orfeo ed Euridice". Travis' debut with the New Dance Group has been an unbelievable experience from start to finish. |
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| Shakirah Stewart received her BFA in Dance from Purchase College (SUNY) where she had the opportunity to perform works by Lauri Stallings, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Sidra Bell, Ori Flomin and Kevin Wynn. Ms. Stewart has also attended the Alvin Ailey School of Dance on Fellowship and Sharon’s Dance Theater. |
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