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| Meet The People that make ArtsCetera So Special! |
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Nanette
De Cillis Director/Teacher Nanette
enjoyed a 15 year career as a professional dancer, choreographer
and producer in the New York City arts community. With Manhattan
Performing Ensemble , the company she co-founded/directed from
1982 to 1989, she produced and performed in events at venues from
La Mama and P.S. 122 to Alice Tully Hall/Lincoln Center and The
Town Hall. Nanette has taught children of all ages, directed a
free after-school performing arts program on the Lower East Side,
and spent several summers as a guest teacher at a children’s
professional theatre camp. The birth of her son in 1991 inspired
her to bring together her interests and launch Brooklyn’s
first Music Together program in 1993. In 1998 she established
ArtsCetera, as a center for arts and arts-related activities for
adults, children and families. Nanette enjoys being active in
the greater Brooklyn community through associations with various
arts and civic groups.
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Liz Bangs is a graduate of Northwestern
University where she received a B.S. in Theatre from the School
of Speech. While at Northwestern, Liz performed with Northwestern's
Mime Company, and in children's theatre. In addition to teaching
with ArtsCetera, Liz works as an actor in New York City, and most
recently appeared in THE SLEEPING GIRL at Playwrights Horizon's
in April. Liz also performs regularly with the Striking
Viking Story Pirates, a children's theatre company that tours
New York area schools, turning stories written by kids into vaudeville-style
musical comedies. The Striking Viking Story Pirates also perform
a weekly show in Manhattan featuring a rotating repertoire of
stories and sketches. Liz has always loved working with children.
A longtime babysitter, Liz is certified in CPR, and in recent
years has had experience as a full-time nanny as well as an early-childhood
development educator.
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Bert Eisenstadt
has enjoyed careers as both a musician and professional dancer,
most notably as a featured dancer with the Sandra Cameron Dance
Company. He delights his ArtsCetera classes with his fluency on
guitar, flute, saxophone, and drums. Bert also holds a “day
job” as Assistant Director of the Writing Center at LaGuardia
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Sharon Enlow received
an MFA in theater directing from Rutgers University’s Mason
Gross School of the Arts. She is also a graduate of the prestigious
William Esper acting studios in NYC, and has worked in children’s
theater as both an actress and director. Sharon is currently writing
a cartoon strip for an internet website; however nothing compares
to the inspiration and joy she has received for the past 8 years
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Jenn Hyjack was born and raised in New Jersey. She received her BA from Rutgers University and MFA in acting from the Actors Studio Drama School. After working in television production for many years, Jenn found the much more fun and rewarding job of teaching kids! Jenn has been teaching Music For Aardvarks classes since 2006. She also performs her original comedy songs at colleges and venues across the country. She was selected to perform at the Boston Comedy Festival and her Green Day parody was featured on the Dr. Demento radio show. She lives with her husband and son in Park Slope.
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Annie Lynch is a professional musician and educator, originally from Cape Cod. She’s a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston where her focus was on voice and world music. Annie's musical experiences have ranged from bluegrass jams in Nashville to a month of intensive studies of traditional West African music in Ghana, West Africa. She has been teaching guitar and voice for more than 7 years and is an experienced instructor of music classes for young children. Additionally, Annie leads the internationally touring Americana group, Annie and The Beekeepers (www.annieandthebeekeepers.com). She has two self-released albums out and another on the way!
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Peira Moinester was
born and raised in Brooklyn and has been making music and working
with children her entire life. In 1999, she found the perfect
way to combine those two things when she met Nanette De Cillis
and began to teach ArtsCetera music classes for infants and toddlers.
In addition, Peira also teaches music at The United Nations Child
Care Collective, The Rockefeller Center Childcare, and PS 321.
In her other life, Peira is a singer, songwriter, and guitar player
in the band In Flight Radio which released it's self titled debut
album in September of 2006. (www.inflightradio.net
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Morgan
Taylor not only composes and sings
many of the songs on the ArtsCetera collections but also produces
them, playing all the instruments. In addition, Morgan has done
the definitive drawings of both Arfie and Pawla, artwork which
will be seen more and more as the collections are released. When
not dealing with dogs, Morgan works with Gustafer Yellowgold www.gustaferyellowgold.com,
a friendly, yellow, pointy-headed Morgan creation, Gustafer immigrated
to Earth from the sun and is making his new life among us. We
think Arfie and Gustafer are probably good friends because of
their “common heritage”. In addition to great stuff for kids,
Morgan co-owns his own production company (Apple-Eye Productions)
with his multi-talented wife, Rachel. He has played bass with
Autumn Defense (with members of Wilco) and sung with Joseph Arthur.
He's released several CD's of “big people's music”, including
a 70-song box set “Box of Monster”.
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