The JCE JAZZ DANCE PROJECT
OCTOBER 2022
The JCE Jazz Dance Project is a celebration of jazz dance featuring original works by emerging and established choreographers. Audiences of all ages will be treated to dances in a variety of jazz styles, from swing to contemporary, and the chance to see the richness of this great American art form. Come celebrate 15 years of jazz dance with us!
Featured choreographers include:
Barbara Angeline
Avital Asuleen
Ashley Carter
Sharlane Conner
Jeff Davis
Emmanuel De Jesus
Danielle Diniz
Tony Fraser
Cat Manturuk
Vanessa Martínez de Baños
Bobby Morgan
Tommy Scrivens
Jaime Shannon
Danita Shaheen
Ai Toyoshima
Cory “Nova” Villegas
Marian Hyun and Merete Muenter, Artistic Directors
“Midnight Moonlight” choreographed by Austin Marquez
Photo: Jan La Salle
DATES
Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4 p.m. – a talkback with the choreographers follows the performance
LOCATION
KnJ Theater at Peridance
126 E. 13th Street
New York, NY 10003
www.peridance.com
Tickets Available Now
Early Bird Price through September 30th: $25
(Promo Code Earlybird)
Online Sales: $35 General; $25 children and students with valid high school or college ID’s (Promo Code Student)
Groups of 10 or more, paid in advance: $25. For group sales: info@jazzchoreography.com
If you can’t attend the performances, we hope you’ll consider donating to JCE.
For Early Bird or Student discount, enter Promo Code after choosing the performance date, then click Apply.
Online ticket sales will close one hour before the performance time; thereafter tickets will be available only at the door.
Useful Information
Covid Policy:
We ask that audience members wear masks inside the theater out of consideration for our staff and artists who are over 65 or have immune deficiencies.
Refund Policy:
Refunds up to 1 day before event. Eventbrite’s fee is nonrefundable.
Door Policy:
Please present a printout of your receipt (and valid high school or college ID for students) at the ticket desk to claim your tickets. Doors will open one half hour before show time. The ticket desk will close when the show begins, so please arrive on time. Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of management.
Artistic Directors
Merete Muenter
Merete Muenter is a choreographer and director, as well as the Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Jazz Choreography Enterprises. Choreography: Off-Broadway – Fiddler on the Roof - In Yiddish (Assistant Choreographer – Director, Joel Grey), Amerike – The Golden Land (The National Yiddish Theater - Folksbiene), The Golden Bride (Chita Rivera Award Nomination / The National Yiddish Theater - Folksbiene), South Pacific and Man of La Mancha (Plaza Theatricals), The King of Second Avenue (New Repertory Theatre). Director/choreographer:Fiddler on the Roof - In Yiddish (Associate Director, Off-Broadway / New World Stages – Director, Joel Grey), The Bridges of Madison County, (American Theater Group), Chicago, Tommy, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Woodstock Playhouse), They Walk Among Us (MITF / Award - Best Choreography). Short Film: Through the Ages (Director/Choreographer/Producer) Multiple Film Festival Awards. Originally from Buffalo, New York. SUNY Geneseo Graduate.
Danielle Diniz
Danielle Diniz is the Co-Artistic Director of Jazz Choreography Enterprises. She has choreographed works for the JCE Jazz Dance Project and will become the Co-Artistic Director on January 1, 2024. She recently was Artist in Residence at Tribeca BMCC via CUNY Dance Initiative and has been commissioned by Jacob's Pillow, Avant Chamber Ballet, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, Ballet Hartford, Central Utah Ballet, Earl Mosley's DoD, Stars of American Ballet and the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, among others. She choreographed the musicals 'An Unbalanced Mind’ (Off-Broadway), “On the Air” (Galley Players) and “My Way” (Theatre By the Sea), and presented work at the McCallum Theatre/Palm Desert Choreography Festival and the NYTB Choreography Lab at Baryshnikov Arts Center. She is a winner of the New York Dance Project Choreography Competition, a grant recipient from NYFA/City Artist Corps, choreographs/ADs at AMDA and has served as Associate Choreographer for Lorin Latarro. She is on faculty at Kanyok Arts Initiative and Manhattan Youth Ballet and teaches for Steps and Peridance. Cornell University Graduate.
Featured Choreographers
JCE Jazz Dance Project is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and Restart NY supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the State Legislature and administered by LMCC. LMCC serves, connects, and makes space for artists and community.