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April 4-7, 2013: "Powers of Ten" Choreographed by May O'Donnell at Montclair State University

December 12, 2012: Dance NJ Strong - benefit concert for Sandy relief

Dance New Jersey and Raritan Valley Community College present

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December 12, 2012

7:30 p.m.

The Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College

118 Lamington Road in Branchburg

$10 and a non-perishable food item for Food bank Network of Somerset County  ALL proceeds benefit the New Jersey Recovery Fund, helping support nonprofits and communities as they rebuild after Hurricane Sandy.

The concert showcases performances by New Jersey dance companies and artists including:

Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, Freespace Dance, 10 Hairy Legs, lustig dance theatre, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Nimbus Dance Works, moe-tion dance theatre, Ballet Forte, Dance Innovations, New Jersey Ballet, Roxey Ballet, Claire Porter, Loretta Fois/Sabatino Verlezza and dance students from Raritan Valley Community College

Tickets and Information:  www.dancenj.org

September 15, 2012: DANCE NOW at Joe's Pub in NYC / Sabatino Verlezza + Claire Porter Encore Performance !!! at 7pm



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January 7, 2012: Performance at Gibney Dance's 2012 APAP Showcase in New York City

August 25, 2011: Dancing to the Songs

At The Shaker Heights Library Bertram Woods Branch Verlezza Dance members Sabatino Verluzza and Tracy Pattison will teach the basic steps so you can sway to the romantic sounds of the fine romance composers. This program is in conjunction with the ALA exhibit of A Fine Romance, Jewish Songwriters American Songs, 1910 - 1965.

July 15, 2011: Lecture Demonstration at Hawken School

June 13, 2011: Performance in New York City

WORD/PLAY

Performances by
Claire Porter
And friends, Jen Katz, Robert Moulthrop, Mary Suk and Sabatino Verlezza

May 27, 2011: Tis a Gift Performance

Verlezza Dance will premiere excerpts of a new choreography Tis a Gift by Artistic Director, Sabatino Verlezza on May 27, 2011, 2:00pm at Onaway Elementary School in Shaker Heights. The work is inspired by the music and the traditions of the Shakers. Verlezza Dance, founded and still working in NYC, has resided in Shaker Heights since 2003.

February 26, 2011: Performance at American Dance Guild Festival

Susan Thomasson, Sabatino Verlezza and Claire Porter are performing ON THE MAP

February 4, 2011: Lakeland Community College Film Festival

Sabatino Verlezza will introduce the evening screening of the film "Bread and Tulips." The theme for Lakeland Community College film festival is romantic comedies. The presentation to cover dating and courting rituals in Italian culture.

January 23 & January 29, 2011 Performance at Dobama Theatre

Verlezza Dance is part of the inaugural season of GYMworks in Dobama Theatre’s new permanent home in Cleveland Heights.  The program will include works to the music of Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder, Beethoven, Debussy, Sokolov and Etezady.