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Founder and Artistic Director
Ms. Rothstein has been performing, choreographing and teaching in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC and Europe for 30 years. Born and raised in New York City, she trained at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. She has studied with jazz masters including Pepsi Bethel (the Clark Center) and Lou Conte ( Hubbard Street Dance Chicago). Teachers who inspired her include Finis Jhnug and Seda Suny (Ballet), Mitlon Myers and Thelma Hill (Horton), Nat Horne, Lynn Simonson, Natasha Barron and Danny Buraszewski (Jazz) and Dan Wagoner (Modern). She was a member of the Joel Hall Dancers for 6 years. She also performed with Bill T. Jones, Talley Beatty, David Holmes and in musical theater, cabaret and industrial shows. Her choreography has been seen in national television commercials, at the Joyce/Soho in New York, the Maryland Festival of the Arts and Dance Place among others. She founded Momentum Dance Theatre as a place to celebrate, explore and educate about the American dance forms of jazz, Latin, modern jazz and hip hop dance. She is the creator, director and choreographer of Momentum's Jazz, Hip Hop Nutcracker, now in its its eight year. She has been on the faculties of George Washington and American Universities, the Washington Ballet, Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, Arlington Center for Dance, Joe’s Movement Emporium and Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, where she was Chair of the Dance and Fitness department for 10 years. She has received grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the Montgomery County Council on the Arts and honors at the Kennedy Center by the International Association of Blacks in Dance. She has been a guest teacher at the Maryland Council for Dance annual conference. Currently, Ms. Rothstein teaches at DC Dance Collective, Results the Gym, Capitol hill Arts Workshop and the Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker training program.
Kim Curtis
Associate Director
Mr. Curtis is Momentum Dance Theatre's Associate Director and co-creator of Momentum's Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker. He an accomplished actor as well as dancer. He trained with the Washington Ballet and danced with Maida Withers' Dance Construction Company. He has also danced with the Washington Opera and with Margaret Haddad Ballet as Guest Artist. He has been a member of the following theater companies: Fraudulent Productions, LeNeon Theater, Cherry Red Productions, Scena Theatre, and Washington Shakespeare Company. He has been seen in movies such as "Random Hearts" and on television in "America's Most Wanted". He is a Certified Pilates Mat Teacher. He brings an integrative approach to his acting and dance workshops, with special attention to use of the voice.
Aquiles Holladay
Assistant Director of Community Programs
Mr. Holladay has lived throughout the world, in Buenos Aires, Peru and Istanbul. He has trained and dances with Kathy Hardy Gray Dance Theater in Northern Virginia. His dance background includes Afro-Brazilian, Latin, modern dance, hip hop, jazz and club dance. A Company member since 2003, he has performed in five seasons of "Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker" and toured with the Company to New York City, performing at the Merce Cunningham Studio. In spring of 2005 he taught in Momentum’s “Dance In Its Time,” a DC Commission funded dance education program at Stuart Hobson Middle School in Capitol Hill. He has been a dance specialist for D.C. Scores and the Higher Achievement Program. He currently teaches at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop and in the Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker training program. He has been a guest teacher for the Maryland Council for Dance annual conference. He is also Assistant Community Programs Coordinator and Lead Instructor for Momentum's 2 week Jazz, Hip Hop Camp. Aquiles is a graduating senior at George Mason University with a major in Dance.
Damien Carter
Assistant Rehearsal Director
Mr. Carter began his movement training at the age of nine with gymnastics. He studied tap dancing with the Anacostia Tappers until high school, where he began ballet, modern, and jazz training with the UDC Dance Company. He currently trains at Joy of Motion with Helen Hayes, Halanius Wilins and Tyrone Murray. A Company member since 2005, he has appeared in three seasons of "Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker". He has taught in Momentum's Jazz Hip Hop Camp. He has been a backup dancer for various local singers and fashion shows. He has a Masters Degree in Social Work and has worked in numerous child and family service agencies. He also serves as stage manager and technical support for Joy of Motion's Jack Guidone Theatre.
651 E St. NE
Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202.785.0035
Email: robertarothstein@verizon.net
