Judith Simone   Click Image To Enlarge Judith Simone Contemporary Choreographer and Creator of “Universal Dance Technique,” A Ballet to Jazz Conversion, making the connection between Ballet and Jazz in a clear and concise technique. UDT - a new concept which standardizes Jazz technique by utilizing the basic principals of Classical Ballet. Click Image To Enlarge Technique Judith’s technique is a blend of the basics of classical ballet, the intensity and structure of modern and the excitement and lyricism of contemporary jazz.   Click Image To Enlarge Training Judith Simone started training in Graham Technique at the age of seven in her hometown of Springfield, MA. At ten, she trained and performed with Charles Weidman in Hartford, CT. As a young teenager, she attended Camp Beaupre in the Berkshires for several years where she studied with Deborah Jowitt in Modern, Natasha Boskovic in Classical Ballet and Carola Goya and Matteo in Hindu and Spanish. From 16 to 18, at Connecticut College School of Dance, she trained and demonstrated for the great Alvin Ailey in Jazz and nationally renown Jean-Leon Destine in Haitian. She also studied there with Modern Dance legends Donald McKayle, David Wood and Jose Limon. As a young adult, she trained with Raymond Johnson and Jaime Rogers in Jazz. Click Image To Enlarge Teaching Judith started teaching Modern Interpretive Dance to children at age 16 in Springfield, MA. After moving to San Francisco in the early seventies, Judith taught Jazz at San Francisco Dance Theater, San Francisco Dance Center and Burlingame Park and Recreation. She also taught “Jazz for Ballet Dancers” at Marin Ballet. She was Dance Director at Reed College in Portland, OR in 1974.   Click Image To Enlarge Choreographer Judith performed in her own choreography from age ten through her adult years. She choreographed exciting and crowd-pleasing contemporary works for The Judith Simone Dancers throughout the 80’s in the San Francisco Bay Area.   Click Image To Enlarge Performances Judith started performing as a soloist at age ten in Springfield, MA. She performed at Jacob’s Pillow in Lee, MA as a young teenager with Carola Goya and Matteo in Hindu and Spanish. At 16, she performed at Connecticut College School of Dance with Jose Limon. In San Francisco, she danced for John Pasqualetti’s Pacific Ballet and Raymond Johnson in Jazz. From 1979 – 1984 she performed with her own group, the Judith Simone Dancers. She was also a member of the “New Shoes, Old Souls” dance company which performed during the late nineties and was made up of senior bay area choreographers and dancers. In this group, she was fortunate enough to perform for the great Mark Morris.   Click Image To Enlarge Productions In 1983, Judith produced and directed “Contemporary Choreographers’ Concert” at The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The program included several of her own works and the works of twelve other well-known bay area contemporary choreographers. In 1986, she produced “ High Schools Dancing” at the same venue with ten bay area high school dance groups.