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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 
Patricia MayerImprovisation, Choreography Interim Chair of Visual Arts; Choreography seen in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East; former dancer with the Utah Ballet , the Yovail Folk Dance Company, Studio Muse Dance Theater, and the New York City Dance Exchange; toured the United States with Donna Evans in a two-woman show; soloist with the Boston Musica Viva at Tanglewood and on New Jersey Public Television; former panelist for the New Jersey State Council on the Arts; taught summer workshops in Hungary; toured China as a cultural ambassador; co-established the B.A. dance major at Douglass College and the B.F.A. dance major at Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Office: Dance Dept | Phone: 732-932-8497 
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 and Undergraduate Director for the Department of Dance.
Office: Dance Dept | Phone: 732-932-8497 X-17
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