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Aly Rose
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Aly Rose, 2006. |
Aly Rose is a Visiting Scholar and Guest Artist at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She teaches Chinese Contemporary Dance, History of Modern Dance in China, and the Transformative Power of Political Art.
She is also a delegate to Asia Society’s Asia 21 Young Leader’s Summit 2007 which brings together 200 of the most dynamic next generation leaders, all under the age of 40 from Asia and the U.S., to explore imaginative ways to address the most critical issues facing the Asia-Pacific community today. |
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In China, Aly is director and head-choreographer of the dance theater production Phoenix, which was chosen to close the 2006 Dashanzi International Art Festival. She pioneered the building and creation of the independent art space Sanctuary located in Beijing’s 798 Art District. In 2005 she starred as the principal dancer portraying Minnie Vautrin in the dance drama, Nanjing 1937 with the China National Song and Dance Operatic Troupe.
In addition, she worked with Warner Brothers, to help produce and create, in China, the world premiere of John Clifford’s Casablanca, the Dance. In 2003, she was the head-choreographer for Lady in the Dark, the first American Broadway musical to be seen on a Chinese stage. Prior to this, Aly took first prize at the International Golden Lotus Cup Dance Competition, with the piece One Woman Show. In 2002, she received her M.F.A. in choreography, becoming the first and only Westerner in the history of China to graduate from the Beijing Dance Academy, the finest institution for dance in Asia. Aly graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a B.A. in Psychology and emphasis in Dance. She first went to China in 1994 and later returned in 1997 to live with the Miao and Buyi peoples, as well as learn Mandarin in China’s poorest province, Guizhou. In the years to follow, she studied and collaborated with the renowned modern dance choreographer, Wang Mei. She later served as an educator and choreographer for Chen Ai Lian Dance School, the Art College at Gulangyu, the Gymnastics’ Team of Guizhou, and the Musical Theater Department of Beijing Dance Academy. During her tenure as a teacher, Aly also hosted and wrote for CCTV International’s Center Stage, interviewing distinguished artists, discussing their work, and promoting Chinese performance for audiences abroad. She currently dances in New York for Hou Ying, the Rehearsal Director for Shen Wei Dance Arts, performing their work, Floating. She also heads the design and choreography of the “Human Architecture Projects I and II” in collaboration with Tisch School of the Arts. |
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