Accent Dance NYC
Jordan Carter is an accomplished arts administrator with extensive experience in community engagement and education within the performing arts sector. Currently serving as the Director of Community Outreach at Accent Dance NYC, Jordan develops initiatives to enhance community involvement in dance programs and fosters partnerships across New York City. Previous roles include Education & Community Engagement Manager at Harlem Stage, where Jordan created innovative community programs and managed multidisciplinary teaching artists, and Teaching Artist at Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, where responsibilities included crafting impactful music production curricula. Educational qualifications include a Master of Arts in Arts Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance from Boston University. Jordan's diverse experience encompasses outreach, program management, fundraising, and student engagement, emphasizing a commitment to fostering inclusive arts experiences in urban communities.
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Accent Dance NYC
Established in 2018, Accent Dance NYC is a movement-based educational and professional performance initiative rooted in the spirit of collaboration and cultural convergence. Through a unique collective of multidisciplinary and multicultural artists, Accent Dance NYC provides a dance-based educational program serving schools and arts education organizations in New York City and neighboring areas which bolsters children's cognitive skills, discipline, learning and communication, while professional choreographic initiatives build bridges among artists from all dance disciplines and backgrounds. Creating new works through a lens that magnifies the creative process and the use of movement as a common language, Accent Dance NYC has commissioned award-winning choreographers and collaborators, and has performed throughout New York City and beyond. Since its inception in 2018, Accent Dance NYC has reached over 2,000 school-age children with its dance programming, impacting the younger generation to move, dance, and dream.