Cats, the Tony Award–winning musical that rocked Broadway for 18 years, is returning to the Great White Way on August 2. Slated to choreograph is Tony Award–winner Andy Blankenbuehler (DT, Technique, February 2011) of Hamilton and In the Heights fame. His work will be modeled on Gillian Lynne’s original choreography. Cats returns to Broadway after […]
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This month, as part of its Encores! series, New York City Center premieres Cabin in the Sky, the 1940 musical choreographed by George Balanchine and Katherine Dunham and performed by an all-black cast. Inspired by George Gershwin’s 1935 musical Porgy and Bess, Cabin in the Sky tells the story of a youth named Little Joe […]
The Tony Awards must never let Neil Patrick Harris not host ever again. The four-time MC of Broadway’s Biggest Night sang, danced, rapped and did acrobatics, magic tricks and cheerleading stunts all in an opening number that made me want to shut off the TV right then and there because nothing could possibly top it. […]
A conversation with Matilda’s choreographer Peter Darling doesn’t consider himself a whiz when it comes to working with children. “I suppose I just think of them as very small adults,” he says candidly. But the British choreographer is clearly doing something right. He took home the 2009 Tony Award for his work in the kid-centered […]
Your browser does not support the video tag. Watch Fosse veteran Dana Moore teach pelvic isolations and incorporate them into stylized walks for musical theater jazz. Filmed at Steps on Broadway in New York City.
How I teach musical theater jazz “It’s time to hop on the isolation express,” Dana Moore calls out to students in her theater jazz class at Steps on Broadway in New York City. Standing in parallel first position with eyes facing forward, Moore’s head begins to alternate left, right, up and down. But it doesn’t […]
Seen & Heard At the Dance Teacher Summit Bob Rizzo will teach at the 2012 Dance Teacher Summit. Bob Rizzo A well-regarded jazz and musical theater instructor, Bob Rizzo teaches master classes across the U.S. and in Europe. Dance Teacher: What is your classroom philosophy? Bob Rizzo: I try to stay aware of the needs […]