About Marie Alonzo

Marie Alonzo is the founder and artistic director of Tangerine Dance Collective, a modern dancer, choreographer, scholar and educator. Born in the Philippines, Marie was raised in Italy and eventually settled in New York City attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts earning her BFA and MFA in Dance.

She has performed and toured with HT Chen & Dancers, Asian American Dance Theater, Hikari Baba Dancers, Second Avenue Dance Co., Maude Baum & Co., and performed works by Don Redlich, Ruby Shang, Joan Finkelstein, Cliff Keuter, Remy Charlip, James Cunningham, Yung Yung Tsuai, and Rozalind Newman.

Since 1986 Marie’s works have been presented in New York, Princeton and throughout the United States and Canada. She has also been produced several times by the Chen Dance Center/Mulberry Street Theatre, NYC and commissioned by Ear to the Ground Series, supported by the Jerome Foundation.

Marie is a founding member of the West Windsor Arts Council and in 2004 she co-founded the “I’ll have what she’s having…” Dance Project, a dance cooperative of NJ 40Up women choreographers. Marie also earned her EdD from Teachers College, Columbia University. As a scholar Marie has presented papers at conferences and classes at Texas Women’s University, Teachers College, Michigan State University, the University of Quebec, Princeton University, Barnard College, University of the Philippines and University of North Carolina.

In 2009 she performed at the Lincoln Center Festival with Shen Wei Dance Arts as guest dancer. Also a certified Classical Pilates instructor, Marie is on the faculty of Princeton Dance and Theater Studio and an adjunct at Raritan Valley Community College. Marie is Program Director for DanceVision, bringing quality dance education to the central NJ community. She has facilitated the collaboration with The Parkinson Alliance in bringing to the community Princeton Dance for Parkinson's, a special class for people with Parkinson's Disease. Her works have been presented at the 92nd St Y, Dance New Amsterdam, Dance Steps, Miami Salsa Congress, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Morristown Theater and Loree Dance Theater.