Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn
Jamel Gaines
Jamel Gaines is the artistic director and founder of Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn. Gaines began dancing under the direction of Diane and Adrian Brown. His choreographic career began at Purchase University, where he received the Harry Bellefonte Scholarship graduating with a BFA. Under the tutelage of Kevin Iega Jeff and as a member of JUBILATION! Dance Company, Mr. Gaines developed his unique and nurturing approach to teaching and composing dance art.
His work has been staged by the Actors Theater Workshop, The NYC Department of Parks, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and The Martha Graham School. He has worked with such distinguished artists as Jennifer Holiday, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Savion Glover, Malik Yoba, George Fasion, Ornette Coleman, Ossie Davis, Olatunje Babatunde, Max Roach, Cassandra Wilson and Rick James. He has also taught and choreographed dance for productions in Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Spain, Germany, Canada.
Mr. Gaines is the director of St. Paul’s Eldad Medad Danced Ministry, which seeks to find a spiritual path through movement. His work at St. Paul’s includes “He Got Up”, the commemoration of the African Holocaust and the acclaimed “Black Nativity” for which he won an Obie Award.
Over the past nine years Mr. Gaines has choreographed and staged over 25 repertory and concert productions. In 2004, Jamel appeared on Public Television’s American Talent in which he was presented The Teacher Recognition Award, during the Presidential Scholars in the Arts Committee at The Kennedy Center, and has been featured in Essence Magazine, The New York Times and The Daily News.
Jamel Gaines is dedicated to asserting the prominence of the arts in America and committed to promoting the significance of dance seen through the lens of the African American experience, as a medium for honoring the past, celebrating the present and boldly reaching into the future.
Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn
Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn is a professional dance company that merges rigorous classical and modern technique with African-American soul and spirit. Under the artistic direction of Jamel Gaines, the company has been hailed by reviewers in the United States and Europe for its “richness of dance tone” and “contagious vitality.
The company has performed internationally and nationally in Italy, England, St. Maarten, California, Seattle, Atlanta and of course, throughout its home base, New York City. Jamel Gaines has created works for Jacob’s Pillow, Lincoln Center, American Black Film Festival in Acapulco, and worked with artists such as Malik Yoba, Savion Glover, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna and many more esteemed performing arts professionals. Our artists have also performed on Broadway in Disney’s The Lion King and Fela!, MTV Live with Britney Spears, Fosse and Donald Byrd’s Harlem Nutcracker. CODTB was founded in 1994 and has since grown into a multi-tiered arts organization.
The company is comprised of unique performing artists whose talents include theatre, spoken word, live music, and visuals in the form of video and photographic art.
EVENTS
Sunday, June 12th: End-year performance for CO Cultural Arts Program @ Brooklyn Technical HS
Sunday, June 19th: CO Young Artists’ Juneteenth performance for Fort Greene Association @ Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Saturday, June 25: Jamel Gaines Master Workshop @ Red Hook Park, Brooklyn: 7pm
Sunday, June 26th: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre performance for National Dance Week @ Salvatore Capezio Theatre/Peridance: 3pm
Wednesday, June 29th: 4th Annual Gala for the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic @ the Steiner Studio: 7pm
Saturday, July 2nd: Jamel Gaines Master Workshop @ St. Marys Park, Bronx: 7pm
July 4th-31st: International Summer Dance Intensive @ Brooklyn Academy of Music— Classes from 9:30am-5pm
Wednesday, July 20th: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre @ St. Paul’s Community Baptist Church
Thursday, July 21st: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre @ Mount Pisgah Church
Friday, July 22: Jamel Gaines Master Workshop @ Queensbridge Park, Manhattan: 7pm
Friday, July 22nd: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre @ NYC SummerStage in Queensbridge Park: 8:50pm
Saturday, July 23rd: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre @ NYC SummerStage in CENTRAL PARK: 8pm
Sunday, July 31st: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre Celebrates @ National Dance Day
Tuesday, August 2nd: CO Young Artists perform for the AileyCampers @ the Alvin Ailey School
Thursday, September 8th: 2011-2012 Season Kick-Off @ Creative Outlet Offices
Friday, September 9th: “Welcome Back Kids” Reception @ Creative Outlet Offices
Saturday, September 10th: CO Cultural Arts Program Begins Again @ JHS 113: 10am
September 17th-24th: Annual MAAFA commemoration choreographed by Jamel Gaines @ St. Paul’s Baptist Church
October 3rd-9th: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre @ National Black MBA Association Residency in Atlanta, GA
Saturday, November 12th: Creative Outlet Dance Theatre @ Wofabe African Dance & Drum Festival in Newark Symphony Hall
November 25th-27th: Winter Intensive for pre-professionals and young artists @ Purchase University
December 17th: CO Cultural Arts Holiday Bazaar @: 10am-6pm
December 27th-29th: Young Artist concert
January 26th-29th: Professional company performs for the International Association of Blacks in Dance in Toronto
Our Sponsor: Capezio
1650 Broadway at 51st Street
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10019
Tel: 212-245-2130
Fax: 212-489-2104
http://www.capeziodance.com/
ABOUT CAPEZIO
It’s been well over 100 years since Salvatore Capezio first opened his shoe repair shop across from the old Metropolitan Opera House in New York (then situated at 39th and Broadway). Today, the Capezio Dance Theatre Shops proudly carry on our commitment to serving the dance community with expert advice and friendly service.
Descending from the original Capezio Shop, the store on 51st Street is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world. Located in the heart of the Broadway Theatre District, it occupies the entire 2nd floor from Seventh Avenue to Broadway. In-store fittings, shoe preparation by Pete’s Theatrical Shoe Repair (located in the store), and shipment can be arranged. In addition, there are separate areas in the store for men and children. A wide variety of products are stocked for dance, theatre, fashion and fitness. Unique to this location you can rub shoulders with an array of tourists, Japanese, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Russian and Israeli’s combined with Southerners, Midwesterners and everyday New Yorkers.
Check out our store for more information on services available to the professional ballet and theatrical community.
Store Hours
Sunday : 12-5
Monday – Saturday : 10-7
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National Dance Week-NYC 2011 Kick-Off Party
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
6pm-midnight
Union Bar
200 Park Avenue South between 17th & 18th Streets
New York, NY 10003
Our festival is just around the corner (June 17th-26th)! Help us kick things off by joining us for some drinks, dancing, entertainment and raffle prizes.
Our celebration kicks off with a flash mob in Union Square at 5:30pm. Learn the routine HERE and dance with us!
The celebration continues at Union Bar, northeast corner of Union Square.
You will enjoy:
Extended happy hour, 6pm-midnight
5-minute massage from Oriens Dancer Clinic
Raffle prizes from our sponsors, studios and partners
Gift from NDW-NYC
All of these with a suggested donation of $10
Music provided by DJ Idlemind, “The Appropriate Agent”:
RSVP HERE
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Photos by: Ruben Roncallo
