Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City’s premier dance company, focuses its work on the intersection between high-level dance and innovative ways of involving communities and audiences. Nimbus presents dance performances and programs to diverse audiences locally and on tour: serving present dance audiences and building future ones. Performers with Nimbus Dance Works are top-tier dance artists drawn from widely recognized companies including American Repertory Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, the Martha Graham Dance Company, and others. Through critically acclaimed performances throughout New Jersey and the Northeast, programs for Jersey City youth and seniors, partnerships with Jersey City institutions such as The Jersey City Museum and the Jersey City Board of Education, and collaborations with notable composers and visual artists, Nimbus weaves together artistic excellence and community impact. The company receives funding from multiple foundations including The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the Prudential Foundation, as well as from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and has been honored by an official proclamation of support by the City Council of Jersey City. Nimbus Dance Works presents annual home seasons in Jersey City and is company in residence at Grace Church-Van Vorst. This summer the company will perform at the Jacob's Pillow Inside/Out Festival, and hold its first New York season, at the new Peridance/Capezio Theater.

About Samuel Pott, Artistic Director

Samuel Pott founded Nimbus Dance Works in 2005, drawing on a deeply held personal belief in the role that the arts can play in bringing people and communities together. Originally from New York City, Samuel Pott began his dance training at the University of California, Berkeley, and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1999. Mr. Pott has performed as a lead dancer with many ballet and contemporary companies, including New Jersey’s American Repertory Ballet and the Oakland Ballet. He has performed featured roles from a wide range of dance styles and choreographers, including works by Marius Petipa, Martha Graham, Jose Limon, Twyla Tharp, Charles Moulton, Lauri Stallings, Val Caniparoli, and many others. In addition, he has created numerous original roles in contemporary works. His choreography has been shown in New York City and throughout New Jersey, New England and California. Recent projects include a commissioned work for Martha Graham II to be performed at the Joyce Theater in June with original music by Daniel Bernard Roumain. A member of the New Jersey Arts Council’s Arts in Education roster of artists, Mr. Pott has taught dance to all age groups and at the elementary, high school, college and professional levels. He is a certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method. In 2008, Mr. Pott received a Choreography Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. He currently performs as a soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company, and as a freelance dancer throughout the United States and abroad.

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