About Us
Photo: Jan La Salle
Our Mission
The mission of Jazz Choreography Enterprises, Inc., is to promote the creation of original jazz choreography in concert form. To this end, we give jazz choreographers at various stages of their development the opportunity to show their work. We are committed to presenting choreography in a variety of jazz styles, created and performed by people of various ages and levels of experience. In addition to presenting performances, we plan to offer educational programs for dancers, choreographers, and the general public with the goal of developing artists and audiences for jazz dance.
Board of Directors
Marian Hyun, President
Gregory Harris, Vice President
Merete Muenter, Secretary
Lynne Lombardi, Treasurer
Artistic Directors:
Marian Hyun
Merete Muenter
Jazz Choreography Enterprises, Inc. (JCE), is a nonprofit corporation formed in 2007 whose mission is to encourage the creation of jazz dance in concert form. Our goal is to present choreography in a variety of jazz styles, created and performed by people of various ages and levels of experience. To that end, we produce The New York Jazz Choreography Project twice a year. These shows give choreographers much needed opportunities to develop their technical skills and creativity before live audiences. And they give audiences the chance to see jazz dance as the rich art form it is, with its glorious variety of styles and cultural influences.
JCE also holds workshops to educate dancers and choreographers. We have offered classes in musical theatre dance, partnering, and lyrical/contemporary jazz taught by Vic DiMonda, Alan Spaulding, and Tracie Stanfield, who are participating choreographers in The New York Jazz Choreography Project. We plan to hold three or four workshops every year.
Future Plans
Shows featuring the work of a small group of choreographers to be chosen from those who have presented their work in the semiannual performances.
Informal showings and lecture/demonstrations, which would allow audience members to ask questions of the choreographers and learn about jazz styles and history.
Our Programs Are Made Possible in Part By:
The Greater New York Development Company, our continuing corporate sponsor, is a 30-year-old economic development organization which makes low down payment, low cost second mortgage loans to small businesses and not-for-profits to acquire their own facilities (building, condo, coop) in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. See www.gnydc.org for information.
The November 2009 performances of the New York Jazz Choreography Project were made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.