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Choreography
Office: Dance Dept | Phone: 732-932-8497 X-15 
Randy JamesModern dance, Improvisation, Choreography, Performance Ensemble An exceptionally gifted master teacher and an emotionally evocative choreographer; receiving commissions from dance companies, colleges and universities across the nation; recognized by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State with a Choreography Fellowship and was named "Distinguished Teaching Artist;" guest artist at various institutions; performance background includes summer stock, dinner theatre, regional ballet companies and nightclub revues; performed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet; principal dancer with Dan Wagoner & Dancers; artistic director of Randy James Dance Works.
Office: Dance Dept | Phone: 732-932-8497 X-12 
Tikola McCreeChoreography Tikola McCree is a graduate of Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts where she received her B.F.A. degree in dance with a minor in Exercise Science. She has traveled abroad performing in various locations in Hungary. Tikola’s Off-Broadway experience includes working with choreographer taking on the role of Lena in Thin Line... A New Dance Drama. In addition, Tikola has worked and studied with Sara Rudner, Patricia Hoffbrauer and George Emilio Sanchez, Joanna Mendl Shaw, Gerald Casel, Renee Redding-Jones, Kraig Patterson, Emily Devine, John Jasperse, Susan Rethorst, Peggy Gould and a host of other innovative choreographers. As an Educator, Tikola has served on the Dance Assessment board in Albany, NY evaluating and updating learning standards for statewide assessments in the high school dance curriculum in New York State. Tikola has taught movement at P.S. 8 (Yonkers, NY), The Acorn School (Brooklyn, NY), The Colonial School (Pelham, NY) as well as various other high schools and universities throughout in the Tri-State Area. Ms. McCree has been invited to set liturgical works on various dance ensembles in New York, South and North Carolina she has also set work on students at Hofstra University. Her choreography has been shown at the Bessie Shoenberg Theater, Martha Hill Theater at Bennington College, Dancespace Project at St. Marks Church and DTW. After receiving her M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College, she served as Co-Coordinator of the dance department at Long Island High School of Performing Arts in Syosset, NY. During this time, she also served as Movement Coordinator for high school students with special needs at the Rosemary Kennedy Center also in Syosset. Currently, she is serving on the dance faculty at Rutgers University and as dance faculty in Teaneck Public Schools. Tikola is a certified Dance Specialist in the states of New York and New Jersey.
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 
Wallie WolfgruberTechnique, Improvisation, Ballet Wallie Wolfgruber is a German choreographer living in NYC who has danced with some of the greats of the international modern dance scene including Lar Lubovitch and Ohad Naharin. She has performed in over 30 states of the US as well as in Canada, Central- and South America, Asia, and Europe. She served as Mr. Lubovitch’s choreographic assistant setting his signature work Concerto 622 and performed his acclaimed duet Fandango worldwide. Her choreography has been presented in Germany, Canada, and France and in NYC at La Mama E.T.C., the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, and with DanceNow at the Joyce Soho, Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater, the Duke Theater on 42nd Street and DTW. She holds an MFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, has extensive teaching and directing experience and currently teaches ballet and modern dance at Mason Gross School of the Arts, State University of New Jersey Rutgers and at the Mark Morris Dance Center.
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