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PROGRAMS
Center for Modern Dance Education offers a complete curriculum of modern dance for ages toddler to senior citizens, and for all ability levels, ranging
from absolute beginners to advanced dancers and including people who use wheelchairs. Programs include:
Annual Danceathon at a local college theatre and numerous Cameo Concerts provides students the opportunity to perform
Saturday Workshop provides children with the opportunity to choreograph for other children
Master classes, workshops, and professional performances by guest artists
Senior and Junior Repertory Company provide advanced training and performance opportunities for dedicated young dancers (including presentations on professional
stages with full technical capacity)
Moving Experience Dance Company provides creative outlets, dance training and performance opportunities for teens with disabilities
Moving Into Knowledge program for youth at-risk includes curriculum-integrated classes during the year, as well as intensive summer camps for both children and
adolescents at-risk
Learning Through the Arts program for children, teens, and adults with disabilities offers dance classes and performance opportunities for people with disabilities,
including integrated activities for individuals with and without disabilities
Open Door Dance Program is a collaboration with other artists and organizations with the goal breaking down attitudinal barriers
Outreach Programs offered throughout the year bring recreational dance classes to senior centers, community centers, and other non-traditional locations
Rehearsal Space is available, call (201) 342-2989
Classes are co-educational, unless otherwise noted. Tuition remittance and work-study opportunities are available for economically disadvantaged individuals.
You are invited to try out any class tuition-free before registering. Call 201-342-2989 for a brochure, schedule, and information on fees.
Contact Persons
Shirley Ubell, Founding Director
Elissa Machlin-Lockwood, Artistic Director
CMDE gratefully acknowledges the support of the following: Bergen County Department of Human Services;
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; Puffin Foundation; Lillian
Pitkin Schenck Fund; matching contributions from The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, Merck, McGraw-Hill Companies, New York Times Company Foundation, Pfizer, and Tisch; and all
of our individual contributors.
CMDE is a current recipient of a Citation of Excellence from the New Jersey State Council On The Arts.
CMDE's mailing list services have been made possible in part by a grant from The New Jersey Cultural Trust.
This website made possible through a grant from Verizon.
The Center for Modern Dance Education is a member of Dance New Jersey (www.dancenj.org) and
ArtPRIDE (www.artpridenj.com).
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