Evolution Dance Theater (EDT) is the leading organization for collaborative exchange between the professional modern dance community, students of dance, and patrons of the art form; creating an environment that encourages exploration and learning while inspiring the next generation of modern dancers and dance lovers.
Evolution Dance Theater consists of three distinct but interwoven environments:
* classrooms of regularly scheduled dance instruction employing experienced teaching artists and providing integrative training in modern and ballet techniques;
* visiting choreographers are infused into the learning environment through performances, master classes, open rehearsals and exchanges with the community; at the same time, choreographers are encouraged to utilize their residency at EDT to develop new work in a exploratory environment;
* a performance space is home to visiting artists, students, and the community; within this intimate space, these groups are encouraged to present, participate in and view cutting edge choreography.
Home StaffMaria Colaco—Event Programming and Artist Services
Choreographer, performer and dance educator, Maria Colaco, is the Artistic Director of NYC based MariaColacoDance. Maria has a BFA in Modern Dance from the University of South Florida in Tampa. While In Tampa, Maria performed with the Moving Current Dance Collective as well as Jobsite Theatre Company. Maria has studied and worked with choreographers such as John Malashock, Mark Taylor, Gretachen Ward Warren, Juan Carlos Claudio, Claire Porter, Bill Young, and Elsa Valbuena, Daniel Caldwell and the Leverage group (Ezra Caldwell), and Turner Dance, In 2005 Maria founded MariaColacoDance.www.mariacolaco.com. Her work has been showcased at Mulberry Street Theatre - NEWSTEPS, Dancewave, Spoke the Hub @ Gowanus Arts , Dance Space Center, Movement Research , University Settlement, Pier 63 , Dance Theatre Workshop and Dance New Amsterdam. In August 2006 MariaColacoDance presented a full evening work entitled EYE CANDY, at the New York International Fringe Festival. Her work has been described as, "Hilarious" (Block Magazine), "Striking, Confident, Daring and refreshingly unexpected" (NYTHEATRE). www.mariacolaco.com
Lenore Eggleston— Marketing/Communications, General Administrative Management
Lenore Eggleston's dynamic and poignant choreography has been presented at numerous venues in New York City including the Joyce Soho, the Evolving Arts Theater at Dance Space Center, in the Uptown Performance Series at The Bridge for Dance, and the New Dance Group Arts Center. According to The Dance Insider, "Ms. Eggleston has a firm grasp of movement composition."
A native of Westchester County, Ms. Eggleston's work has been seen numerous times at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts in Mount Kisco and at the Bicentennial Celebration for the town of Katonah in 1997. Ms. Eggleston has served as Program Coordinator for the Visions & Voices Young Choreographers Project at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, encouraging high school aged students to create new works for dance. She is a founding member of Off the Edge, a dance collective and professional performance series for suburban artists. Her work has also been presented at Connecticut College including the College's first ever alumni concert series.
Performing in windows, on staircases and around swimming pools Ms. Eggleston has been in the numerous site-specific works of Stephen Koplowitz and Company since 1999. She has also performed with MariaColacoDance, the New York and Boston based Verhoff/LoTurco Danceworks and has worked with choreographers such as Lan Lan Wang, George de la Pena, Heidi Latsky and Eddie Taketa of Doug Varone and Dancers.
Currently the Director of Marketing for the Westchester Philharmonic, Ms. Eggleston holds a B.A. in Dance and Psychology from Connecticut College and an M.A. in Performing Arts Administration from New York University. Her more than 10 years of experience in non-profit fundraising, marketing, event and strategic planning comes not only from her work with the Philharmonic but also the Lar Lubovich Dance Company, Eliot Feld's Ballet Tech Company and school, and the Kaufman Center's two music schools and concert venue, Merkin Concert Hall.
Nancy Zander—School Activities and Teaching Artist Liaison
Nancy Zander has been teaching a loyal dance following of all ages for over fifteen years. She was on the teaching staff in classical ballet at Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, and owned her own dance exercise franchise in Bedford Hills. While at NWCA, she choreographed, founded the Parents Dance Guild for fund raising, directed the Dance Intensive Summer Camp. In 2005, she formed the Artist Liaison Committee which became the full time position of Arts Education Coordinator. She produced the "Fall Into the Arts" fund raiser, and worked annually in conjunction with the Moscow State Ballet as their children's ballet mistress for their lavish productions of the "Great Russian Nutcracker". She was awarded dance Volunteer of the Year award for two years running. After NWCA closed in the fall of 2005, she was asked to bring a dance program into the Harvey School Arts Center Program. During it's year and a half run at Harvey, she has tripled enrollment in the program, and with all best wishes from The Harvey School, decided to move on and with Ms. Colaco and Eggleston begin Evolution Dance Theater Incorporated.
She was trained as a dancer locally, then as a scholarship student in New York City at the New York School of Ballet. Under the direction of Richard Thomas and Barbara Fallis, she joined their professional training program, and performed with their company U.S.Terpsichore in the fall of 1975. She has trained with some of the finest dance teachers in the world, but gave up her performing career to get her degree in art history from Manhattanville College in 1979. A career in Fine Art followed, with various positions at Sotheby's in New York. From there she went on the run a world renowned gallery of American Nineteenth Century Paintings in the nineteen eighties. As Director of Alexander Gallery, she was responsible for all aspects of running the business and staff. Under her direction, the gallery produced ground breaking exhibitions and catalogues, and she was able to travel the world buying and selling art. After a brief stint as a director of another gallery on Madison Avenue, she started a family and opened her own antiques business. She immediately became a fixture on the antiques show circuit in New York City and Connecticut, but gave up the business to raise her family. Dance has remained the constant in Mrs. Zander's life, a passion now shared by her two daughters. She has lived in Katonah for over twenty years.
Home EDT teaching artists have collectively danced with many of the finest dance companies in the world and studied with some of the most renowned teachers and choreographers. Companies include American Ballet Theater, the Joffrey Ballet, and The Washington, San Francisco and Boston Ballet Companies. Some of the contemporary choreographers our artists have danced with include Mark Morris, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Michael Bennet, Gregory Hines, Claire Porter, Stephen Koplowitz, Heidi Latsky and Dan Wagoner as well as other greats such as George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Agnes de Mille. Some are relatively new to the tri-state area, while others have a loyal following of devoted students developed over many years. They constitute a team of gifted professionals who believe in each other and in the mission of EDT.
Mimi Wallace - Advanced Ballet
Todd Hall - Open Ballet
Janice Mauriello - Beginning Ballet, Advanced Ballet, Teen ballet
Cynthia Anderson - Advanced Ballet
Linda Sabatelli-Carelli - Intermediate/Advanced Jazz
Jessie DiMauro - Fundamentals, Beginning Modern, Intermediate Modern, Teen Modern
Kerri LuBell - Music & Movement, Creative Movement, Fundamentals
Lenore Eggleston - Advanced Modern
Maria Colaco - Advanced Modern, Choreography
Nancy Zander - Intermediate Ballet
Home Creative Movement (3-4 year olds)
the earliest introduction to moving to music in a classroom environment
Let's Dance (5&6 year olds)
Further introduction to movement, rhythm, balance and expression
Fundamentals (7 yrs.)
The first exposure to the specific disciplines of modern and ballet, with equal emphasis on the basic fundamentals of each. 45 minutes long
Beginning Ballet (8+)
Basic Ballet technique, which is a prerequisite for all dance forms. Barre work, center, and early leaps and turns are all explored in the universal language of the ballet class. (ugh) 1 hour
Beginning Modern (9+)
The first full class of modern technique, (lenore-how would you describe this? 1 hour
Intermediate ballet / Intermediate Modern (age 9+ as appropriate)
A continuation and further mastery of each discipline. Completion of a beginners class required, twice weekly recommended. 1 1/2 hours
Advanced ballet/Advanced Modern (generally ages 12+)
Intensive study of advanced skills, artistic interpretation, and various choreographic styles, as well as exposure to master classes, workshop, and company classes with visiting professional companies. Ballet classes include pointe work as well. Three technique classes weekly in either discipline, or a combination of both. 1 and 1 1/2 hour classes
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