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On Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings at Steps on Broadway, dancers of all ages gather for a classic Luigi-jazz warm-up. The warm-up is recognizable by its emphasis on épaulement and its incorporation of Luigi’s “invisible barre” version of second position, with palms down as if pressing on a ballet barre during tendus and frappés in […]
Adult recreational programs are surging in the dance community, creating a space for this demographic to train seriously—and be taken seriously. A growing number of summer programs, specifically, offer a chance for adult dancers to practice with intensity. And while they may differ from pre-professional summer programs, these intensives are strengthening dance’s future. What Adults […]
Many, but not all, of the most sought-after open-class teachers in cities like New York transition to teaching from high-profile performance and choreography careers. Their built-in fanbase fills classrooms with students who aspire to similar stages. For teachers who have a different path, though, building a teaching career in a major city can be a […]
As a musical-theater teacher, Rachel Leigh Dolan feels a certain obligation to honor the music she’s using in class. After all, it’s right in the name of the genre, she points out. “I take that label seriously,” she says. “There’s never a time when music isn’t intentional.” That means that a song is always her […]
Tracie Stanfield doesn’t want students to just dance to music. She wants them to partner with it. “It should be a duet,” says the contemporary lyrical and contemporary jazz teacher. “I want it to look like they inspire the music—not that they’re dancing to the lyrics.” Dancers of all backgrounds take Stanfield’s fusion classes at […]
Steps on Broadway’s youth training program has a new leader—New York dance community mainstay Jennifer Kreichman. In many ways, it seems her lifetime of experience prepared her for this very moment. Kreichman spent her youth commuting between Long Island and New York City training in schools like the American Ballet Theatre school, The School of […]
Pamela Levy has come full circle since her days as a graduate student in the ABT/NYU Master’s Program. She was in the first cohort when the program launched in 2008, and in August 2022 she was appointed its director. In her new role, Levy shares her expertise as an alumna as well as a dance […]
For musical theater dancers in New York City, Billy Griffin’s class is a breath of fresh air. Amidst the daily grind of auditions, striving to achieve goals, and coping with the inevitability of rejection, he offers a space void of judgment. “I want dancers to leave having fallen in love with themselves,” he says of […]
On any given weekday between 11:30 am and 1 pm at New York City’s Steps on Broadway, Nancy Bielski offers an advanced-intermediate professional ballet class that keeps even ballet’s biggest superstars on their toes. By the end of tendus, her students (a mix of freelance ballerinas, former professional dancers and a revolving door of off-season […]
Carol Paumgarten, founder of Steps on Broadway, the renowned studio and hub of the international dance community on New York City’s Upper West Side, died on September 24 following an extended illness. She is survived by her husband, Nicholas, her sons, Nicholas Jr. and Alexander, and four grandchildren. Paumgarten, alongside Patrice Soriero, opened Steps’ first […]