Junior Company 2020-2021
Director: Isadora Snapp
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Back Row, Left to Right:
Edie Curtin Gemma Pello Molly Pepin |
Front Row, Left to Right:
Molly McCall Josehpine Mikus Bea Curtin |
Guest Choreographers
Photo by Nathan Burton
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AnnaMaria DiPietropaolo is originally from Northern Virginia, relocating to Vermont in 2013. She has trained in street dance, ballet, modern, tap, musical theater, jazz, and many other modern dance forms. She has a strong interest in the preservation and education of Black dance forms and their communities, as well as the relationship between dance and neurodivergence/mental illness, with the ultimate goal of making dance more accessible and inclusive to all by dismantling deeply rooted biases.
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She was a member of Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio's Teen Jazz company in high school, has attended intensives such as Rennie Harris' Illadelph Legends and Bates Dance Festival, and most recently completed American Dance Festival. She currently resides in central Vermont, working as an office manager and dancer/choreographer, and spends her spare time creating all different kinds of art.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I am a guest in this community, and I am incredibly grateful for the knowledge and movement that has been shared with me by hosts, elders, and my mentors so that I may pass it on to others. The knowledge that you will hear today comes from Rennie Harris, Moncell Durden, Shakia Johnson, Quilan 'Cue' Arnold, and Millie Heckler. It's vital for me to acknowledge this so I can help eliminate issues in the community such as attribution, representation, and appropriation. We must be the change we want to see in the world, and hire Black dancers and educators to share their knowledge rather than hearing it secondhand from hegemonic bodies. 100% of the proceeds from my classes will go back to these and other Black educators.
IMPORTANT NOTE: I am a guest in this community, and I am incredibly grateful for the knowledge and movement that has been shared with me by hosts, elders, and my mentors so that I may pass it on to others. The knowledge that you will hear today comes from Rennie Harris, Moncell Durden, Shakia Johnson, Quilan 'Cue' Arnold, and Millie Heckler. It's vital for me to acknowledge this so I can help eliminate issues in the community such as attribution, representation, and appropriation. We must be the change we want to see in the world, and hire Black dancers and educators to share their knowledge rather than hearing it secondhand from hegemonic bodies. 100% of the proceeds from my classes will go back to these and other Black educators.
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Mary Chris DeBelina’s (she/they) focus since 2008 has been primarily teaching children creative dance and raising her growing family. MC studied Biology and Dance at Dartmouth College (B.A. 2005) and combined her two passions at Sarah Lawrence College receiving an MFA in Dance (2008). Her thesis work focused on the links between science and art.
After having four children, MC is excited to be finding her way back to dance again. MC can most days be found dancing in Montpelier, Vermont, hiking up mountains or folding mountains of laundry. |
Formally, she dances with Willow Wonder and Hannah Dennison. She has shown her own work at Phantom Theater, and teaches at Contemporary Dance and Fitness Studio, The Everything Space and Montpelier Senior Activity Center.
In 2005, MC founded the Hopkins Center’s Children’s Creative Dance Program at Dartmouth and taught every class until 2012 when her family relocated to Philadelphia. As a faculty member at Dartmouth she was fortunate to perform with, and choreograph for, the Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble and she was a frequent guest teacher in the advanced modern dance classes. In Philadelphia, MC met Keila Cordova and was introduced to Dance for PD. She attended the Teacher Training Workshop in Brooklyn in 2013 and taught movement for PD classes for two years in Philadelphia. Currently, she is excited to teach dance for PD classes here in Montpelier once she is vaccinated.
Mary Chris finds dance in everything and currently her biggest inspirations are her four tiniest dancers.
In 2005, MC founded the Hopkins Center’s Children’s Creative Dance Program at Dartmouth and taught every class until 2012 when her family relocated to Philadelphia. As a faculty member at Dartmouth she was fortunate to perform with, and choreograph for, the Dartmouth Dance Theater Ensemble and she was a frequent guest teacher in the advanced modern dance classes. In Philadelphia, MC met Keila Cordova and was introduced to Dance for PD. She attended the Teacher Training Workshop in Brooklyn in 2013 and taught movement for PD classes for two years in Philadelphia. Currently, she is excited to teach dance for PD classes here in Montpelier once she is vaccinated.
Mary Chris finds dance in everything and currently her biggest inspirations are her four tiniest dancers.
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Hi everyone! My name is Erin Sullivan and I’m a sophomore, double major in dance and psychology, at UVM. I started dancing at CD&FS when I was 10, and I was a member of Teen Jazz until I graduated high school in 2019. Coming back to work on a piece for Jr. Teen Jazz was amazing! During my senior year I taught Musical Theater, which is about the same age level as Jr. Teen Jazz, so it was really nice to choreograph a piece in a different style for them. Some of these dancers have been doing ballet for years now, while others are just beginning; I applaud each one of them for working so hard in our rehearsals. I’m so excited for you to see our final product! Enjoy the show!
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