The Inner City Ensemble- Paterson NJ

Inner City Ensemble Alumni Survey

Calling all Inner City Ensemble Alumni!! We are looking to connect with you in 2023! Please complete this survey to help us build our alumni database:

Inner City Ensemble Alumni Survey

It's almost Giving Tuesday! Please keep the Inner City Ensemble in mind as you plan your donations! We've had a very busy and exciting year- please check out our website to learn more:
http://innercityensemble.org/
We are accepting donations via PayPal and Facebook!

In preparation for Cry for Justice, the Inner City Ensemble is partnering with Carolyn McCombs to bring her Unconcious Bias webinar to EOF students at PCCC.

The webinar itself includes a series of virtual polls, data and exercises that allow individuals to assess their perceptions and understanding of general collective biases, as well as their own personal biases that go beyond race, in an effort to encourage tolerance, dialogue and growth.

Here are the talented dancers working on Cry for Justice alongside artistic director Nicholas Rodriguez.

In this photo from left to right: Tamere Chambers, Celine Lugo, Nicholas Rodriguez, Jazlin Cespedes, and Imani McCrorey.

The Inner City Ensemble has been hard at work in preparation for Cry for Justice, a new work that includes dance, poetry, and monologues, created by Nicholas Rodriguez and cast members.

Cry for Justice will address themes of social justice and institutionalized racism.

The Inner City Ensemble- Paterson NJ updated their address.

The Inner City Ensemble- Paterson NJ updated their address.

Please help spread the word.

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners

MacArthur Foundation Announces 2021 ‘Genius’ Grant Winners This year’s 25 winners include Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote “How to Be an Antiracist,” the poet Hanif Abdurraqib and the writer and curator Nicole Fleetwood. The awards come with prestige — and $625,000.

Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment, in Verse

A change in the national direction and a shift in our collective attitude about youth and the arts is already visible in Washington DC today.

Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment, in Verse The youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history will read a work she finished after the riot at the Capitol. “I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen,” she says.

As we begin 2021, I am grateful for the capacity of the human spirit to transcend adversity and achieve resiliency. The Inner City Ensemble recently received generous funding from city and county agencies, as well as several foundations, and from generous donors like you on this platform. Many thanks!

Could Dance Be a Weapon All Over Again?

A must read and share. Dance and dancers always adapt, reinvent and survive.

Could Dance Be a Weapon All Over Again? It’s a scary time for body-based art. What will survive after the pandemic? As dance artists fight the old ways, a new empowerment is in the air.

La Frontera: Stories of Migration in Movement

Honored to be creating a new dance work to original music that will be played live and performed by the Inner City Ensemble.

La Frontera: Stories of Migration in Movement Composer Raul Abbad will compose a piece for New Jersey Youth Symphony and Inner City Ensemble with themes of migration and identity.

Hoping to see friends and alumni on Zoom.

New Jersey Youth Symphony Receives New Music USA Project Grant

We are thrilled to collaborate with New Jersey Youth Symphony and composer Raul Abbas on this project!

https://patch.com/new-jersey/newprovidence/new-jersey-youth-symphony-receives-new-music-usa-project-grant-nodx?fbclid=IwAR2pHAfjYihbBSGnf62ITEZjoxovFQNDSk8Fz1EqX6UAwJNzF2jNsuqcV7o

New Jersey Youth Symphony Receives New Music USA Project Grant One of your neighbors posted in Neighbor Posts. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

We are hosting a screening of "Where Have You Gone, Trayvon?", a work created by Nicholas Rodriguez, which addresses law enforcement and racism, using dance, theater, and spoken word as agents for change. The Company began developing this work in 2016 while in residence at Rosa L. Parks School of Fine & Performing Arts and presented it twice last fall. We believe the dance speaks to the national crisis we find ourselves in now more than ever!
Please join us for a screening and panel discussion on August 6, 2020, 7PM by clicking on the link and registering for the Zoom event.
Registration LINK: https://pccc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0uce-orDoiHNXlF2zZ9Kbn4TrNW4SKgYDj

We hope to see you at one of our free performances of “Where Have You Gone, Trayvon?” this week!

‘Where have you gone, Trayvon?’ Inner City Ensemble Seeks to Raise Social Conscience Through Theater and Dance

Thank you TAPinto Paterson!!
We hope everyone will join us November 13th at 1:30 or 6:00pm for our performance of "Where Have You Gone, Trayvon?" at Passaic County Community College Founders Theater

‘Where have you gone, Trayvon?’ Inner City Ensemble Seeks to Raise Social Conscience Through Theater and Dance PATERSON, NJ- When Nicholas Rodriguez was a young boy in 1970s Paterson, he already knew he loved the performing arts. Unlike some artistic kids, he didn’t have to look far to find his tribe. When...

Opinion | Elizabeth Warren Has a Poet on Her Team. Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea.

The Arts Make a Big Difference.

Opinion | Elizabeth Warren Has a Poet on Her Team. Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea. Political rhetoric has gotten dull and empathy fatigue has set in. A more creative communication approach can combat that.

We can't wait to see you all at our performance tomorrow! Here are some important reminders:

Tickets
If you have already purchased your ticket- thank you so much! If you have not yet purchased a ticket, we encourage you to purchase online through our Facebook event page. Tickets for adults ($15) and students ($5) will be sold at the door tomorrow night as well. If you plan to purchase at the door, it is recommended that you please bring cash.

Parking
Street parking is limited in the area. We recommend parking at 125 Broadway, a public parking garage that has a pedestrian overpass connecting the parking garage to PCCC's main building (via the 3rd floor in the parking garage). Signs will be posted in PCCC's building to help you find the theater. There are small, privately operated parking lots in the area, including one at 186 Ellison St. near the theater.

Check out the Inner City Ensemble and the work they do with Nicholas Rodriguez. A truly transformative experience!

Support our Talented & Dedicated Local Youth!

Support our Talented & Dedicated Local Youth!

THE ENSEMBLE PERFORMS IN PATERSON AT CAREERS IN THE ARTS & BEYOND!

This , please support The Inner City Ensemble, which trains underserved Paterson youth and improves our communities using the Arts! Your donations make our work possible. Support the work of Juilliard graduate and Fulbright Scholar, Nicholas Rodriguez as he mentors local teenagers by clicking on the "Donate" button here or on our page. Our goal is to raise $2,500 by Giving Tuesday! Will you please help us?

Ensemble’s Paterson youth from Rosa L. Parks High School and local grade schools perform at the launch of the Great Falls amphitheater! Pretty amazing – a vision come true all around for the City and the Arts.

Please join us this Sunday October 14th at 1:00pm, we are performing at the Art in the Park Showcase 2018 at the Paterson Great Falls Overlook Park Ampitheater
See you there!!!

Inner City Ensemble students will perform excerpts of "Homeward (Bound)," a work that explores migration and assimilation themes, using dance, poetry and music. Please join us and spread the word!

FREE 'Art in the Park' showcase, featuring local youth and regional arts groups and poets at the newly renovated amphitheater in Overlook Park at the Paterson Great Falls National HIstorical Park on Sunday, October 14th, 1- 4 pm.

We are now set up to accept donations directly through Facebook! Just visit our page and click the donate button!! Or please consider starting a fundraiser through Facebook and encouraging your friends to donate!
If you aren’t sure how it works message us and we’ll help
Thanks for your consideration!

Please join us on August 17th for our Summer Dance Intensive Open House!