Season 13 Commissions
Eboné Camille Amos
Eboné Camille Amos is an Assistant Professor of African American Studies in the Theatre and Dance Department at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN where She teaches African American history and culture through the lens of African American visual and performance art. She received a Bachelor of Professional Studies in Dance Education from the University of Memphis and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Dance: Performance and Choreography at the Florida State University.
Susan Dodge
Susan Dodge is a professional artist with more than 22 years of performing, directing, and teaching experience in dance and choreography with a current passion in fitness. Susan is also highly skilled in creating original choreography, developing outreach programs, producing dance performance, and motivating student through multi disciplines. She has an excellent ability to develop team cohesiveness, while extolling and bringing forth the virtues of each individual. She enjoys facilitating a learning environment conducive to individual/group development.
Theresa Jimmerson
Theresa Jimmerson is a German choreographer based in NYC/Florida. She started her professional dance education at the Professional Division of the Theater Basel, Switzerland followed by professional classes in Cologne and Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2016, she moved to NYC to complete a program at Peridance Capezio Center. Since then, she danced with several companies and choreographers, i.a. RIVA Dance Company, (Rannvá Niclasen), Vivo Ballet (Enzo Celli), Julia Ehrstrand, Marijke Eliasberg and Max Stone. Her first choreography was shown in 2018 in Freiburg, Germany, and her work has since been shown at several venues in NYC (i.a. Peridance, Cherry Lane, Jennifer Muller), in Detroit, MI, Orlando, FL and Providence, RI.
Louis Kavouras
Louis Kavouras has been a principal dancer with the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and master teacher of the Erick Hawkins Dance Technique since 1995. He has been instrumental in furthering the Hawkins technique by organizing and offering workshops and residencies throughout the nation, and in establishing the Hawkins West Institute, for the archiving and preservation of the aesthetic sculptures, costumes and properties of Erick Hawkins and Lucia Dlugoszewski.
James Morrow
A native of Chicago, IL. James Morrow is an internationally recognized award winning queer choreographer/dancer. He is the founder and artistic director of james morrow/THE MOVEMENT. Morrow is known for developing the “Urban Fusion” movement style currently embraced by Chicago Dance Crash while he was the founder and artistic director of the Chicago-based dance company, instruments of movement from 2001-2008. Morrow’s movement foundation originated in street dance, specifically Breakin‘ House, and Rave techniques.
COLLABORATIONS
Nancy Evans Dance Theatre
Jacksonville Dance Theatre and NEDT have worked as “sister” companies for the past 6 years, and produced their first evening length concert shared by the companies in 2018.
“Artistic partnerships are crucial to the growth and health of any dancer, choreographer, or dance company. I feel deeply grateful that I’ve developed such a close and creative relationship with Nancy and her company, and that we’ve worked together for so many years. We push and challenge each other through both programmatic and artistic projects, and I just think it is so special to share the stage with them.” – Rebecca R. Levy, Artistic Director, Jacksonville Dance Theatre