My

Artistic Statement.

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As a black female millennial dance artist and activist, my mission is to reimagine and help recreate an abundant and sustainable art making industry from the perspective of community engagement and immersive experience. I am committed to discovery and personal play, utilizing diverse modes of human storytelling through the body politic from the lens of radical inquiry, equity, and representation. In combining my interdisciplinary art making process with the mind-body practice and physical system of yoga, my intention is to hold space for the collective & creative rebuilding of our global community from a foundation of participatory art, embodied perspectives, self-love, truth, and transformation.

-Camille

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Camille Moten

Training/education

2017-2019 Master of Fine Arts in Dance, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

2012-2013 Broadway Dance Center-Fall Professional Semester Student, New York, NY

2008-2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance, Boyer College of Music and Dance, Temple

University, Philadelphia, PA

2008-2011 PHILADANCO! 2nd Company, Instruction and Training Program, Summer Intensives,

Philadelphia,PA

Choreographic EXPERIENCE

2020 Choreographer & Performer, “A Love Letter to a Friend”- Commissioned by BAAD! Bronx

Academy of Arts and Dance, Sole Sisters Program, Bronx, NY

2019 Choreographer, “A Christmas Carol”- Director Marshall Jones, Crossroads Theatre

Company, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), New Brunswick, NJ

2019 Creator, Artistic Director, Choreographer of an immersive, evening-length, dance

theatre show: Ella’s Trip ©, March 2019 Premiere in Loree Theater, New Brunswick, NJ

2018 Assistant Choreographer, “Ain’t Misbehavin’”- Director André De Shields, Crossroads

Theatre Company, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Newark, NJ

2018 Choreographer, “yoked.”- Camden’s Festival of Dance, Camden, NJ

2018 Associate Choreographer, “Identity Check: The Brown Paper Bag Test”- Choreographer

Kavin Grant, New York Jazz Choreography Project, New York, NY

2017 Choreographer, “Respite”- A community engaged work created in partnership with the

constituents of MyGOAL Autism, Inc. Commissioned by CoLAB Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

2017 Choreographer, “sea.change”-Loree Dance Theater, New Brunswick, NJ

2016 Assistant Choreographer, “Gravity”- Choreographer Kavin Grant, The Ailey Citigroup

Theater, NY, NY

Ella's Trip Guest Artist Residences:

2020 Glennside Performing Arts School-Montclair, NJ

2019 Red Bank Regional High School-Red Bank, NJ

2019 Rutgers University, Summer Dance Conservatory-New Brunswick, NJ

PERFORMING EXPERIENCE

2019-2020 Apprentice, RudduR Dance Company-Artistic Director Christopher Rudd, The New 42

Street Studios (In Residency), New York, NY

2017-2018 Performer, Mason Gross Graduate Repertory works by Laura Peterson and John Evans,

New Brunswick, NJ

2017 Company Member, Introspective Movement Project-Director Sonia James Pennington,

Camden, NJ

2016 Company Member, Roger Lee Dance-Director Roger Lee, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Performer and Choreographer, Dancing for Our Future Stars Ballroom Competition-

Independence Mission Schools Annual Fundraiser, Crystal Tea Room, Philadelphia, PA

2014-2016 Performer and Asst. Choreographer, Dancing with the Stars Gala-Director Kim Bears

Bailey, Philadelphia, PA

2014 Performer, Danco-on-Danco-Director Kim Bears Bailey, Philadelphia, PA

2012-2018 Performer and Asst. Choreographer, The American Dance Company Experience-

Director Kavin Grant, Atlanta, GA

2012-2014 Company Member, Laurie M. Taylor/SoulMovement Dance Company-Director Laurie M.

Taylor, NewYork, NY

2012-2013 Company Member, Latin Fusion Dance Project-Director Ashlé Dawson, New York, NY

2012 Performer, We Be Women-Director Dr. Glory Van Scott, Off-Broadway production

at Symphony Space Theater, New York, NY

2011 The Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts-Directors Kun-Yang Lin and Jillian

Harris, Philadelphia, PA

2010-2012 Philadelphia Fringe Festival Series- works by Colleen Hooper, Frances Gremillion,

Philadelphia, PA

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2019 Summer Intensive Faculty, Temple University, Boyer College of Music and Dance

Styles: Ballet

2018-Present Faculty (year-round program and summer programs), Extension Division, an ABT

Certified School, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, The State University of NJ

Styles: Contemporary, Repertory, Improvisation, Latin Jazz, Salsa, Yoga

2017-2019 Faculty (year-round program, adult classes, summer intensives, musical theater repertory workshop series) Ballet Hispánico School of Dance, New York, NY

Styles: Jazz, Latin Jazz, Musical Theater, Stretch & Conditioning, Ballet

2017-Present Dance Department, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, Part Time

Faculty, New Brunswick NJ

Styles: Modern 4, Ballet 1, Introduction to Jazz, Dance Repertory, Dance

Appreciation Online

2012-Present Teaching Artist, Guest Artist, Master Class Instructor at various schools of dance,

competitions, and festivals throughout the tristate area

Additional Experience

2020 Certification, 200-hour Registered Yoga Teacher Training, Hot Yoga Revolution, A

Baptiste Power Yoga Affiliate Studio, a Yoga Alliance Certified Studio, Cranford, NJ

2020 Finalist, US Student Fulbright Award, COMEXUS-Mexico & United States Commission

2020 Publication, “Uncovering My Africanist Aesthetic: My Story as Research”, Black

Dance Magazine, January 2020 Issue

2019 (unpublished) “Ella’s Trip: Exploring a New Harlem Renaissance Through Dance

Aesthetics and Community-Based Experiences”, MFA Thesis Dissertation, Rutgers

The State University of NJ

2019 MFA Program Representative (Rutgers University), Chicago National Association of

Dance Masters College Recruitment Fair Oak Brook, IL

2018-2019 Vice Chairman, Dance/NYC Junior Committee Board, New York, NY

2018-2019 Dance Department Faculty Search; Graduate Liaison to the Student Search

Committee, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

2012 Rose Vernick Most Promising Performer Scholarship Award, Temple