COMMUNITY GATHERINGS

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Each DANCE NOW Community Gathering is unique to the artist hosting and the participants who share their thoughts and experiences. Artists provide a frame work and starting point for the discussion, often sharing snippets of work in progress, or techniques they use in their lives and creative processes. Participants each get a chance to respond and share, creating a thoughtful, in-depth discussion.

To make sure that everyone present can participate, registration for each Community Gathering is  extremely limited.

All Community Gatherings are part of DANCE NOW's IDEA efforts and is FREE to encourage accessibility for all audiences. 

Amber Sloan is a New York City-based choreographer, performer, teacher, curator, and producer. Her work has been presented by Centro Cultural Los Talleres in Mexico City, The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard, the EstroGenius Festival, Roulette Theater, Dixon Place, Danspace Project, Arts On Site, Soaking WET at the West End Theatre, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Spoke the Hub, 92Y, Green Space, Dance Safari, as well as a 18 year commissioning relationship with the DanceNow Festival. She is the 2021 NJ Emerging Commissioned Choreographer for Dance on the Lawn. As a performer, Amber has been a member of The Bang Group since 2002 and has performed in works by James Waring, Doug Elkins, Keely Garfield, Sara Hook, and Stephan Koplowitz. She teaches dance composition at the Ailey School, serves on the board of Dance Omi, and co-directs Women in Motion. Amber is the Community Developer at Arts On Site and a founding member of the Dance Rising Collective. She holds a BFA in Dance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she was honored with the 2015 Beverly Blossom/Carey Erickson Alumni Dance Award.

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