Chris Bodwitch - founder
has been performing, teaching and choreographing modern, improvisational dance and physical theater for over 20 years. As a choreographer and performer, she has presented her work in various New York City venues such as Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, the World Trade Center and the Merce Cunningham Studio as well as in Germany. She was a company member of Julia Ritter Performance Group (JRPG) for several years and toured with JRPG to Germany, Czech Republic and Canada and performed in many venues in New York and New Jersey. She performed in works by Dance Salisbury, Banana Peel Dance. After an intensive clown program at the well-known Dell' Arte Internation Physical Theater School in Blue Lake, CA, she became a lover of theatrical clown which eventually brought her to Kendall Cornell's training and Clowns ExMachina, an all-women clown troupe in NYC through which she explored her passion for being ridiculous and funny on stage.
Her love of learning through the body lead her to a five-year collaboration with Liberty Science Center (LSC), a hands-on science museum in Jersey City, NJ. At the museum and in schools, she created and performed dance works that illuminated scientific concepts and celebrated the body by intertwining dance and kinetic sculptures. In 1999, she founded Rhombus Dance and during a three-year dance residency at LSC, Rhombus Dance created three dance works, M/Sec, City Inside and Velocity 0 funded by Exxon Corporation, AT&T Foundation, New Jersey Department of Health and Liberty Science Center.
Since 1999, she has been a teaching artist for Young Audiences of New Jersey offering creative movement and science integrated classes. And from 2003-2008 she was the movement instructor for The Artist/Teacher Institute at Rutgers University. She has taught creative movement all over the tri-state area in schools, art centers and museums to name a few: West Windsor Arts Center, West Windsor, NJ, Neighborhood Playhouse School, New York, NY, Liberty Science Center Camp-In Girls Scouts Program, Jersey City,NJ, Meadowlands Environmental Center, Lyndhurst, NJ, Soma Yoga Center, Highland Park, NJ, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, Bergen County Department of Parks, Bradford Academy, Montclair, NJ, Metuchen High School, Metuchen, NJ. Currently, she is a Girls Leadership (GL) Educator, teaching their programs in NJ as well teaching her yoga, clown and creative movement classes throughout the tri-state area. She holds a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and a certification in Soma Yoga. She continues to clown train with the Nose to Nose organization and is currently in the Dynamic Emotional Integration licensing program.
has been performing, teaching and choreographing modern, improvisational dance and physical theater for over 20 years. As a choreographer and performer, she has presented her work in various New York City venues such as Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, the World Trade Center and the Merce Cunningham Studio as well as in Germany. She was a company member of Julia Ritter Performance Group (JRPG) for several years and toured with JRPG to Germany, Czech Republic and Canada and performed in many venues in New York and New Jersey. She performed in works by Dance Salisbury, Banana Peel Dance. After an intensive clown program at the well-known Dell' Arte Internation Physical Theater School in Blue Lake, CA, she became a lover of theatrical clown which eventually brought her to Kendall Cornell's training and Clowns ExMachina, an all-women clown troupe in NYC through which she explored her passion for being ridiculous and funny on stage.
Her love of learning through the body lead her to a five-year collaboration with Liberty Science Center (LSC), a hands-on science museum in Jersey City, NJ. At the museum and in schools, she created and performed dance works that illuminated scientific concepts and celebrated the body by intertwining dance and kinetic sculptures. In 1999, she founded Rhombus Dance and during a three-year dance residency at LSC, Rhombus Dance created three dance works, M/Sec, City Inside and Velocity 0 funded by Exxon Corporation, AT&T Foundation, New Jersey Department of Health and Liberty Science Center.
Since 1999, she has been a teaching artist for Young Audiences of New Jersey offering creative movement and science integrated classes. And from 2003-2008 she was the movement instructor for The Artist/Teacher Institute at Rutgers University. She has taught creative movement all over the tri-state area in schools, art centers and museums to name a few: West Windsor Arts Center, West Windsor, NJ, Neighborhood Playhouse School, New York, NY, Liberty Science Center Camp-In Girls Scouts Program, Jersey City,NJ, Meadowlands Environmental Center, Lyndhurst, NJ, Soma Yoga Center, Highland Park, NJ, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY, Bergen County Department of Parks, Bradford Academy, Montclair, NJ, Metuchen High School, Metuchen, NJ. Currently, she is a Girls Leadership (GL) Educator, teaching their programs in NJ as well teaching her yoga, clown and creative movement classes throughout the tri-state area. She holds a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University and a certification in Soma Yoga. She continues to clown train with the Nose to Nose organization and is currently in the Dynamic Emotional Integration licensing program.
Scott Gallagher - founder
was a public school middle and high school teach for over 16 years at Metuchen High School in Metuchen, NJ where he developed the hugely popular film studies course, created a school garden and experimental poetry performances. In addition to teaching English, film and speech classes, he served as faculty adviser for the high school literary Magazine, ILL LIT. He has a MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College. Since Fall of 2017, he has joined full-time Princeton Learning Cooperative, a self-directed community school for teens and helped open Raritan Learning Cooperative in Hunterdon County. Scott is interested in changing the current education paradigm to one that meets the needs of all humans. He loves the ocean, gardening, all things radio. He likes to play his guitar and make up songs up with his daughter and wife.
was a public school middle and high school teach for over 16 years at Metuchen High School in Metuchen, NJ where he developed the hugely popular film studies course, created a school garden and experimental poetry performances. In addition to teaching English, film and speech classes, he served as faculty adviser for the high school literary Magazine, ILL LIT. He has a MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College. Since Fall of 2017, he has joined full-time Princeton Learning Cooperative, a self-directed community school for teens and helped open Raritan Learning Cooperative in Hunterdon County. Scott is interested in changing the current education paradigm to one that meets the needs of all humans. He loves the ocean, gardening, all things radio. He likes to play his guitar and make up songs up with his daughter and wife.
Katie Truk - camp teaching artist
is an accomplished artist who has exhibited throughout New Jersey and the surrounding region. She appeared on News 12's On The Scene as a fresh, emerging artist, featuring her award-winning pantyhose-and-wire creations. In her role as a multimedia art teacher, Truk has won grants to lecture and teach children and adults in New Jersey schools and art centers. She has also curated, judged, and juried events for schools, clubs, and organizations in the state. Discover her talent here: www.katietruk.com/ |
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