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meet the
choreographers
Heartstrung (created with Talita Cabral)
and the public art installation Labyrinth
for Reflection and the Generation of Love
[No. 9]. She holds a New Jersey teaching
certificate for high school English, is a
2012 Teach for America New Jersey
corps member, and is co-artistic director
of SMUSH Gallery, an art space
dedicated to creative and community
work in Jersey City.
Maiella received the title of America’s
2016 Female Dancer of the Year at
American Dance Awards. In her concert
performance career, she has performed
featured roles in works by many eminent
choreographers such as Stacey Tookey,
Martha Graham, Larry Keigwin,
Nancy Lushington, Jaclyn Walsh,
Jason Luks and Frederick Earl Mosley.
Maiella has also performed at venues
such as Symphony Space, Barclays
Center, Prudential Center, MMAC and
NJPAC. Some of her choreographic
adventures include: American College
Dance Association’s Midnight Showing
(2018), Montclair State University’s 2019
Dance Collage and Montclair High
School Dance Company’s Trace (2020).
NJPAC presents
victoria theater
lizzie & jonathan tisch stage
Friday, June 10, 2022
8PM
Ana Gabriel
Por Amor A Ustedes
Kristilee Maiella, native of
Landing, NJ, holds a Bachelor of Fine
Arts in dance from Montclair State
University where she was a recipient
of the Linda Roberts Outstanding
Senior Dance Award, as well as the
Montclair State Scholars academic
scholarship. Maiella began her early
dance education at a competition
dance studio, where she trained in
both classical and commercial styles
of dance. In her time competing in
regional and national competitions,
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