Pictured: Souvenir de la voix by YENDOR
Photo credit: Rachel Fawn Alban, Courtesy of the Newark Artist Collaboration

State of the Arts presents two new episodes in July! Premiering Wednesday, July 6, an episode featuring Audible and the Newark Artist Collaboration, artist Monica Camin, and the Resistance Revival Chorus. Beginning Wednesday, July 27, a special tribute to the dancer and choreographer, Nai-Ni Chen. With her company, she created dances that honored tradition while exploring new realms of modern dance.

Resistance Revival Chorus photographed by Oluwaseye Olusa

Resistance Revival Chorus photographed by Oluwaseye Olusa

Audible and the Newark Artist Collaboration, Artist Monica Camin, & the Resistance Revival Chorus
The spoken book company Audible collaborates with Newark artists to create large-scale artworks downtown, from a comic-book mural, to historically inspired billboards, to child-friendly sculptural seating at the Newark Public Library. Resistance Revival Chorus, a collective of more than 60 women and non-binary singers, shares their woman-centric music of resistance with audiences across the country. And, artist and sculptor Monica S. Camin. Born and raised in Argentina, she is the daughter of German-Jews who escaped the Holocaust. Monica explores her evocative family history in an exhibit at the Monmouth Museum.

Monica Camin painting in her studio

Monica Camin painting in her studio

NJ PBS
Wed, 7/6 @ 8:30 pm
Thurs, 7/7 @ 11:30 pm
Sat, 7/9 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, 7/10 @ 9:30 am

WNET Thirteen
Sun, 7/10 @ 11:30 am

ALL ARTS
Mon, 7/11 @ 10:30 am & 3:30 pm
Wed, 7/13 @ 10 am & 3 pm

 

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Nai-Ni Chen in a black and white image

Nai-Ni Chen

Nai-Ni Chen Remembered
The internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Nai-Ni Chen died tragically in a swimming accident late in 2021. In this special program, we profile Nai-Ni’s remarkable life and artistry. Born and trained in Taiwan, she came to the USA in her early 20s, melding her own centuries-old traditions with the contemporary dance she enthusiastically embraced in New York City. She founded the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in Fort Lee, New Jersey in 1988. The multi-racial and multi-national company continues to perform their founder’s work, as well as traditional Chinese dances.

NJ PBS
Wed, 7/27 @ 8:30 pm
Thurs, 7/28 @ 11:30 pm
Sat, 7/30 @ 7:30 pm
Sun, 7/31 @ 11:30 pm

WNET Thirteen
Sun, 7/31 @ 11:30 am

ALL ARTS
Mon, 8/1 @ 10:30 am & 3:30 pm
Wed, 8/3 @ 10 am & 3 pm