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Dance Studies
Office: Dance Dept | Phone: 732-932-8497 X-15 
Jeff FriedmanDance History, Dance Appreciation, Modern Dance Jeff Friedman is a dancer/choreographer based in San Francisco from 1979 to 2003. He received a degree in architecture from the University of Oregon and specializes in creating site-specific performance events. His original choreography has been commissioned throughout the West Coast and travels as LOCUS Solo Dance throughout the United States. Jeff was a member of the Oberlin Dance Company from 1980-1989 touring Southeast Asia and the former Soviet Union, a guest artist with the Santa Fe, Los Angeles and San Francisco Opera Companies, and has taught dance technique and history throughout California. Jeff holds a Ph.D. in Dance History and Theory from the University of California, Riverside where his research includes oral history theory and methods. A certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, Jeff's current study includes movement analysis of interviews with former Twyla Tharp dancers.
Office: Dance Dept. | Phone: 732-932-8497 X-13 
Julia RitterModern dance, Improvisation, Choreography, Dance Education Julia Ritter's work as a dance artist combines twenty-five years of movement training with continued exploration of vocal and theater techniques. She has presented her dance projects internationally in Russia, Germany, Canada, Mexico and the Czech Republic and at many venues in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia. Julia was the recipient of a 2004 Choreographic Fellowship for artistic excellence from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She has been awarded three prestigious Fulbright Awards by the United States Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. In 2008, Julia received a Fulbright Senior Specialist Award to teach and choreograph in Turkey and in 2002 and 2005 she was awarded Fulbrights for her creative work in Germany. Julia is the founder and artistic director of Julia Ritter Performance Group, a non-profit organization that performs nationally and internationally. She has received funding for her creative research from The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The American Music Center, The Trust for Mutual Understanding, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Puffin Foundation, The Hunterdon Cultural & Heritage Commission and the Walt Whitman Center for Culture and Democracy. Julia graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with Academic Honors from the Department of Dance at Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1992 and received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Dance from Temple University in 1997. Julia is an Associate Professor, Deputy Chair and Undergraduate Director for the Department of Dance.
Office: Dance Dept | Phone: 732-932-8497 X-17
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