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| Jerri Brown
Jerri Brown is in her fifteenth year with Star Maker and continues to grow her expertise in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz and lyrical dance. She graduated magna cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business. She was a member of the MMC Dance Company where she performed in Off-Broadway productions. While studying in the city, Jerri taught at the 92nd Street Y and at The Neighborhood Playhouse in NYC. She is a certified group fitness instructor through the American Council of Exercise, the National Exercise Training Association, and Marymount Manhattan College. Jerri is also a certified Pilates Teacher through the Pilates Institute of America and a certified Zumba instructor. She also was an instructor of aerobics and pilates for Johnson and Johnson and AT&T corporate for many years. Currently, Jerri is teaching at Club Metro USA in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
Miss Jerri directed, choreographed and performed in our first Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, in June of 1999. In 2000, 2001, and 2003 she directed and choreographed, the ballets, Cinderella, The Nutcracker and Peter and the Wolf. In 2002 Jerri choreographed an original ballet, "The Business Man's Day Dream," and since then has written "Journey of a Gift", "The Chess Game", "Common Variables" and "Cirque du Chapeau". Most recently, Jerri has adapted movies into ballets with her productions of "Batman", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Peter Pan".
Jerri's expert choreography does not end with ballet. She has choreographed lyrical, tap and jazz for The Entertainers Dance Company members. Her routines have won numerous first place, platinum level and overall awards at Local, Regional and National competitions and has had many of her senior students go on to professional work. Jerri continues to be recognized by colleagues by receiving Top Teacher, Choreography, and Best of Show Awards for her choreography in both group and solo events. In addition, dancing lyrical with the Senior Company in 2001, Jerri and her students won the title of Top Teacher Group with Platinum status at Showstopper's Regional and National competitions in 2001.
Jerri has taught master classes for Hunterdon County Teen Arts, Acrodanse Theatre's Junior Dance Company Summer Camp Intensive, and The Pennslyvania Youth Theatre Dance Intensive and choreographed for the Amwell Community Children's Theatre productions "Sister Act" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" as well as Flemington-Raritan Community Theatre's production of "Godspell."
Three years ago, Jerri became the resident choreographer for the Freedom High School Theater Company in Bethlehem Pennsylvania where she has choreographed "Bye Bye Birdie", "The Wizard of Oz" and "The Sound of Music". This upcoming spring she will be choreographing "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat". Her work at Freedom earned her two consecutive nominations for Best Choreography at the Annual Freddy Awards held at the Easton State Theatre. In 2009, Freedom won a Freddy Award for Outstanding Musical Number for "The Wizard of Oz's" Munchkin land Sequence choreographed by Jerri. Her work with Freedom can be seen in the documentary film, Most Valuable Players as well as on the WB web cast of "High Drama 2".
During the summer months, Jerri is Prestige Productions' Dance Educator for the Easton State Theatre's annual Acting Camp. She also directs and teaches her own dance camps at Northampton Community College's Horizon's for Youth summer program.
Jerri has judged and choreographed for dance competitions and worked with models for A Wish Come True, a costume catalog company that services dance studios across the country. She continues to strengthen her skills by studying rhythm tap with Rochelle Haynes through the accredited tap organization, "Tap Ties". Additionally, she studies with master teachers each year at conventions such as Jump or Nuvo as well as Broadway Dance Center's Teacher Workshop and the New York City Tap Festival.
When Jerri's not teaching, she can be found relaxing at home in Pohatcong with her husband, Jarod and 3 year old daughter, Emily Kaylynn.
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