Dance Faculty Directory

Concentration: 

Somatic Studies

Paulette Sears

Department Chair; Modern dance, Laban Movement Studies

Choreographer, performer, and nationally recognized teacher in Laban Movement Studies; work produced at Joyce Soho, Cunningham Studio, Symphony Space, P.S. 122, Eden's Expressway, and Nikolais-Louis Choreospace; recognized at regional American College Dance Festivals, and by The New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State with a Choreography Fellowship; invited to perform in Brazil; taught in Europe, and in the U.S. at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, Dance Notation Bureau, Omega Institute, and other schools; performed in N.Y.'s dancenow festival; performed in works by Claire Porter as part of the 40Up Project at St. Mark's Church; community performer with Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project.

Office: NMC 037 | Phone: 732-932-8497 X-10
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Wallie Wolfgruber

Technique, 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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