Alumni News

Alumni of the Week

Take a look at what some of our recent
2017/2018 alums are up to!

Co-Creator of The Roof Liana Kleinman ’18
Choreography by Gabe Katz ’18
Composed by Noah Halpern

Video Production: Jack Frerer and Liana Kleinman ’18
Music Production: Jack Frerer
Editing: Liana Kleinman ’18

Dancers: Chantelle Good ’18, Jade Rosso ’18, Anna Pinault ’17, Rachel Locker ’18

Musicians: KJ McDonald, violin, Phoebe Gardner, violin, Joe Peterson, viola, Philip Sheegog, cello,
Jack McGuire, bass, Noah Halpern, trumpet, Anthony Orji, saxophone, Michael Piolet, drums

Interviews with both creators:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwZn9WFKf2w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZypV52-s8lk

Also Spot our Graduates in:

Dance Companies

Broadway, Tours and Commercials

Graduate Studies

Choreography and Artistic Directors

Teachings

Dance

<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/Paul-Taylor-Dance-Co-and-Taylor-2-Welcome-New-Dancers-20190611"><img src="/live/image/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/53,0,164,111/22024_Taylor_2_Dance_Company2.rev.1560352993.JPG" alt="Taylor 2 Dance Company" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" data-max-w="184" data-max-h="141"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwdance/article/Paul-Taylor-Dance-Co-and-Taylor-2-Welcome-New-Dancers-20190611">BFA Dance Alumna Jessica Ferretti ’19 Selected to Join Acclaimed Taylor 2 Dance Company</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary">Jessica Ferretti ’19, recent BFA Dance (Ballet) graduate, was selected to join the acclaimed <a href="http://www.ptamd.org/main/about-ptamd/taylor-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Taylor 2 Dance Company</a>. Established by pioneering choreographer Paul Taylor, Taylor 2 is composed of just six professionals. Ferretti will join in Fall 2019.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3123-renowned-somatic-movement-educator-martha-eddy"><img src="/live/image/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/125,0,424,299/21938_Martha_Eddy.rev.1559052817.jpg" alt="Martha Eddy, RSMT, CMA, DEP, EdD, and Licensed TBMC" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" data-max-w="565" data-max-h="299"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3123-renowned-somatic-movement-educator-martha-eddy">Renowned Somatic Movement Educator Martha Eddy Joins MMC Faculty</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Renowned somatic movement educator Martha Eddy joins Marymount Manhattan College as Visiting Artist-in-Residence and Fellow on Social Justice and Movement in MMC’s Ferraro Institute for Breakthrough Civic Leadership</p></div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2712-feel-to-be-real-professor-anthony-ferro-retires"><img src="/live/image/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,847,1130/17780_Pic5.rev.1528123882.jpg" alt="Professor Anthony Ferro teaching" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,847,1130/17780_Pic5.rev.1528123882.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,847,1130/17780_Pic5.rev.1528123882.jpg 3x" data-max-w="847" data-max-h="1130"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2712-feel-to-be-real-professor-anthony-ferro-retires">Feel to be Real: Professor Anthony Ferro Retires from Marymount Manhattan College</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary">In a small basement studio at Marymount Manhattan College, 15 students in flesh toned tights and ballet shoes were hard at work perfecting their craft.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2820-modern-dance-professor-belinda-mcguire-performs-at"><img src="/live/image/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,620,413/19011_Y5STQDJ6LBE4ZJV4FWT6DMEJC4.rev.1539113367.jpg" alt="Belinda McGuire, Fall for Dance Toranto" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,620,413/19011_Y5STQDJ6LBE4ZJV4FWT6DMEJC4.rev.1539113367.jpg 2x" data-max-w="620" data-max-h="413"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2820-modern-dance-professor-belinda-mcguire-performs-at">Modern Dance Professor, Belinda McGuire, performs at Fall for Dance Toronto</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary"/>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2797-mmc-dance-alumnae-perform-at-museum-of-modern-art"><img src="/live/image/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/294,0,2694,2400/18885_dance2.rev.1537451247.jpg" alt="Program Cover" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/294,0,2694,2400/18885_dance2.rev.1537451247.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/294,0,2694,2400/18885_dance2.rev.1537451247.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2400"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2797-mmc-dance-alumnae-perform-at-museum-of-modern-art">MMC Dance Alumnae Perform at Museum of Modern Art</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary"><p><em>Heather Robles ’09 and Suzzanne Ponomarenko ’12 are currently performing works from post-modern choreographer Yvonne Rainer at the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition, Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done.</em></p></div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2872-student-spotlight-on-jaclyn-hongsermeier"><img src="/live/image/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,792,792/19288_1520658_679222255506463_7411119981552359696_n.rev.1542743766.jpg" alt="." class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,792,792/19288_1520658_679222255506463_7411119981552359696_n.rev.1542743766.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,792,792/19288_1520658_679222255506463_7411119981552359696_n.rev.1542743766.jpg 3x" data-max-w="792" data-max-h="792"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2872-student-spotlight-on-jaclyn-hongsermeier">Student Spotlight on Jaclyn Hongsermeier</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary"/>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2723-student-spotlight-emani-deandre-mack-20"><img src="/live/image/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2222,3200/17831_Head_Shot_2017.rev.1528743794.jpg" alt="Emani De'Andre Mack ’20" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2222,3200/17831_Head_Shot_2017.rev.1528743794.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2222,3200/17831_Head_Shot_2017.rev.1528743794.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2222" data-max-h="3200"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2723-student-spotlight-emani-deandre-mack-20">Student Spotlight: Emani De’Andre Mack ’20</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary">Any admirer of the arts knows that dance should be more than just movement.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2977-alumni-spotlight-maria-andrews-17-on-her-fulbright"><img src="/live/image/gid/50/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/134,37,380,282/21132_Maria_Andrews.rev.1551810469.JPG" alt="Maria Andrews '17" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/50/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/134,37,380,282/21132_Maria_Andrews.rev.1551810469.JPG 2x" data-max-w="668" data-max-h="439"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2977-alumni-spotlight-maria-andrews-17-on-her-fulbright">Alumni Spotlight: Maria Andrews ’17 on her Fulbright ETA in Malaysia</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary">Maria Andrews ’17, an International Studies and Dance major at MMC, received the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) grant to teach in Malaysia from January to November 2018.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="https://www.mmm.edu/live/news/2825-faculty-member-wins-rosco-gobo-design-contest"><img src="/live/image/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2134/19051_MMC4719.rev.1539708867.jpg" alt="Photo by Jaqlin Medlock '07" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2134/19051_MMC4719.rev.1539708867.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/96/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2134/19051_MMC4719.rev.1539708867.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2134"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="https://www.mmm.edu/live/news/2825-faculty-member-wins-rosco-gobo-design-contest">Congratulations to our own Philip Trevino</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary"/>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="https://www.dancemagazine.com/picking-up-choreography-2627069581.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1"><img src="/live/image/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/3,96,1338,1440/20447_img.rev.1548688587.jpg" alt="Helene Schwartz ’05" class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/3,96,1338,1440/20447_img.rev.1548688587.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/45/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/3,96,1338,1440/20447_img.rev.1548688587.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1338" data-max-h="2000"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="https://www.dancemagazine.com/picking-up-choreography-2627069581.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1">Dance Alumna Interviewed in Dance Magazine</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary">Helene Schwartz ’05 explains why dancers may have trouble picking up choreography.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3133-mmc-student-artwork-impacts-family-immigration"><img src="/live/image/gid/7/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/26,28,878,880/22006_Itzamary.rev.1559761218.jpg" alt="Itzamary Dominguez '19 with her Missing Moments artwork " class="lw_image" width="215" height="150" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/7/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/26,28,878,880/22006_Itzamary.rev.1559761218.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/7/width/215/height/150/crop/1/src_region/26,28,878,880/22006_Itzamary.rev.1559761218.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1200" data-max-h="900"/></a></span><div class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3133-mmc-student-artwork-impacts-family-immigration">MMC Student Artwork Impacts Family Immigration Case</a></div><div class="lw_news_summary">Can a single art project speed up an immigration visa process? <em>Missing Moments</em>, a stunning series by Art major Itzamary Dominguez ’19, just may have. A short documentary by Gabriel Richardson ’21, Dance major with Dance and Media concentration, showcases the inspiring story of a small collection of colored pencil drawings.</div>