The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival sails in to its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from January 4 – 10, 2010.  The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies [...]

Exploring a new approach to the classic “Jekyll and Hyde” story, Rowan University’s Department of Theatre & Dance brings two internationally-acclaimed theatre artists to campus for an experimentaln and original work, The Last Days of Dr. Jekyll. Performances are November 12 – 15, Thursday-Saturday at 7 and 9 pm and Sunday at 3 pm, in [...]

by Andrew Zitcer,  Live Arts & Fringe Festival Blog
Photo by Alan Kolc
At Melanie Stewart’s new show Kill Me Now, you, the audience, will get to decide the fate of aspiring dancers during a live “reality” competition. The stakes will be high, folks, so you better be prepared.
In order to make sure you were fully briefed, [...]

By Merilyn Jackson, For The Inquirer
“Dance-driven” nEW Festival opens.

Good dance just keeps sweeping into Philadelphia – and sweeping us off our feet (or onto them; see below). This week it’s the nEW Festival, Melanie Stewart’s now-six-year-old brainchild. What began as an artists’ cooperative with workshops and classes for dancers at the University of the Arts [...]

Festival Premieres & Previews June 3–7; Classes June 1–19
The dance-driven artist fueled nEW Festival produced by Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre celebrates its 6th season with a series of dance performances and community classes at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from June 1 – 19, 2009. Throughout the year, nEW serves [...]

The following interview was conducted for The Dance Journal by by Dr. Elisabeth Hostetter, Associate Professor of Theatre Rowan University and Board Member, Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre.
Dr. Hostetter: One of our first goals with this interview is to make sure that people know what the upcoming 2009 Winter nEW festival scheduled for January 5-11 is [...]

Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre presents the 2009 Winter nEW Festival comprised of community classes, workshops, and an informal showing; DanceHouse: Meet the Artists/See the Work from January 5th through 11th, 2009 at the University of the Arts School of Dance Terra Building, 211 S. Broad Street, 4th floor.
Community classes will be held Monday – Friday [...]