Meet one of our 2016 Guest Artists for NJ SummerDance!

Guest Artists Master Classes are included in full registration, as well as at a drop in rate of $30/each. Email Stephanie Cathey, scathey@carolyndorfman.dance, to sign up and confirm availability. Click here to learn more about NJ SummerDance.

Barbara Angeline, Theatrical Jazz Dance

Thursday, August 18th at 3:00 to 5:00 pm

Expressions that illuminate any stage, precision marked with pizzazz and all the enthusiasm of a Broadway production! Theatrical Jazz distinguishes itself from the more familiar jazz dance forms. Drawing inspiration from Bob Fosse and encouraging the truest form of self-expression from each dancer will be the goal of this summer’s Theatrical Jazz master class.

NJ SummerDance 2016 welcomes guest artist, Barbara Angeline, Instructor of Dance Arts, Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers University). Under the unique instruction of Barbara Angeline, students can look forward to immersing themselves in a choreographic learning process that holds true to the depth of American jazz dance.

Barbara’s accomplished work, Rhapsody, presented itself as a stunningly cohesive partnership between the style of George Balanchine and the influence of Bob Fosse. The importance of individuality presses on, especially in our age of highly marketable trends and instantly gratifying portrayals of the ‘ideal’ lifestyle. Leaving lasting impressions is what it’s all about. As an audience member it is energizing to watch jazz numbers; with electrifying confidence accompanying each step, jazz dance vividly celebrates self-expression.

Under Barbara Angeline’s well-rooted leadership in the classic American technique, NJ SummerDance students will have the opportunity to learn what it takes to sculpt their personal styles of expression, while still executing the legendary styles of Bob Fosse and Jack Cole.

During the 2016 NJ SummerDance program, students will be encouraged to explore movement technique in efforts to understand and answer questions like, “How do I craft my own style of performing while still capturing the essence of traditional theatrical jazz?”. This summer the dance studio will serve as a space for both historical education and choreographic experimentation.

About Barbara Angeline

Barbara Angeline is the founder and Artistic Director of Hysterika Jazz Dance. HJD is a jazz dance company dedicated to expanding the legacy of jazz dance as an American art form with a rich and powerful history. The company’s first performance took place in Fall 2014, when the company premiered Mi Maschera (Mask Me), an original jazz dance work that illuminated the use of Venetian Masks in the Baroque Period as it related to issues of gender bias and explorations of female identity. HJD made its New York City debut in two concerts, premiering a new solo, N’est-ce Pas Si Bon? at the Artists in Flight Showcase and reconstructing eat Crow at the Salvatore Capezio Theater for the New York Jazz Choreography Project.

Barbara’s historical collaboration process has been used in many of her choreographic works, including: “Rhapsody” – choreographed in the style of George Balanchine; “Tightrope” – choreographed to immerse performers in the significant contributions of Bob Fosse; and “eat Crow” – inspired by the movement style, performance quality and history of Josephine Baker. In 2014, Barbara presented her process in a workshop titled “Jazz Dance Choreography – Historical Collaborations with Dance Luminaries” at the National Dance Education Organization’s conference in Chicago. She also created and facilitated a jazz dance panel at the conference that gathered jazz dance educators from around the country to discuss “Jazz Dance in Higher Education and The Professions: Where Do We Go From Here?”

As a performer, Barbara has been featured in Broadway Backwards 5 at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre (soloist), Broadway Backwards 6 at the Longacre Theatre (dance captain) and Broadway Backwards 7 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Credits also include: The Oakland Ballet Company (soloist), Broadway Bares, The Gypsy of the Year Awards, featured roles in Equity musicals–The Wizard of Oz (National Tour), Oliver, On the Town, Joseph…, Carnival, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers—five years inarial the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, and dance captain and adagio feature for The Radio City Easter Spectacular. Barbara has worked with Woody Allen, Jerry Mitchell, Graciela Daniele, Bob Bartley, Bernadette Peters, and Aretha Franklin.

Barbara holds an M.A. in Dance Education (New York University) and a B.A. in Dance (UC Irvine). She is a full-time Instructor of Dance Arts at Rutgers, teaching Broadway Jazz Technique, Jazz Dance, History of Broadway Dance (fully online, author), Dance Studies, Dance History, and Improvisation. Barbara taught Choreography for the Theater at Hofstra University and teaches master classes nationally. She was an assistant and substitute teacher in Musical Theatre Dance at the Steinhardt School at NYU. She also taught weekly Musical Theater Audition workshops to students in the vocal performance and musical theater programs at Steinhardt. Barbara was a faculty member at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, where she developed curriculum; staged movement and combat for Academy Company plays; and taught Movement for Actors courses as well as musical theater and period movement workshops. Barbara is a guest lecturer at the Lee Strasberg Institute (ballet, jazz), NYU (ballet, jazz, musical-theater dance).

Barbara’s research area is critical thinking in dance education. She has presented her research and “Critical Pedagogy in Dance Technique Class” movement workshops at Harvard University, Hofstra University, Rutgers University, SUNY Brockport, Tisch School of the Arts and the Steinhardt School at New York University, and at the NDEO’s national conference. She was on the Board of the New York State Dance Education Association. Barbara was on the writing committee that synthesized, facilitated and wrote information for the NDEO “Vision Document for Dance 2050: The Future of Dance In Higher Education.”