Rehearsal Director. Xx. Xxxxx received his BFA from The Juilliard School under the direction of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, and upon graduation he was awarded the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Prize for choreography. He performed with Xxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx Dance, and The Irish Modern Dance Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in Movin' Out, before touring nationally and internationally with the show. He also toured with Swing! The Musical. Xx. Xxxxx has taught at the Kirov in DC, Columbia College in Chicago, Joffrey Ballet Academy, and for the Xxxxx Extension. He is currently working on his Master’s in Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College. He joined Ballet Tech’s faculty in 2015. BALLET TECHNIQUE AT BT Ballet Tech’s faculty embraces and teaches a blended style of ballet, utilizing influences from Italian, Russian, French, English & American schools of training, which presents students with a full breadth of techniques rooted in Classical Ballet. In Ballet Technique class, students learn proper body alignment, coordination, artistry, flexibility, and ballet vocabulary, with an emphasis on strength, speed and agility, control, xxxxxxx, and memory retention. Each technique class consists of barre work, center exercises, and travelling movements across the floor. As students progress to higher levels, the work becomes more challenging: they learn more elaborate sequences of movement, more advanced ballet vocabulary, and more complicated rhythms and music. DANCE TRAINING POLICY Families are expected to make Ballet Tech their child’s primary school for dance study. In the experienced estimation of Ballet Tech’s faculty, the BT dance curriculum offers students the proper amount of training for their age and developmental stage. However, families may enroll their children in supplemental dance classes outside of Ballet Tech provided that those classes do not conflict with any element of Ballet Tech’s dance schedule – including dance classes, rehearsals and performances. Elementary School Students Families of Elementary School students should be particularly cautious about enrolling their children in ballet classes at other schools/institutions. There are different schools of ballet technique, including Cecchetti, Vaganova, Royal Academy of Dance, and various neo-classical American styles, and because every ballet school teaches different ballet techniques, training at multiple schools at this stage in their training can be confusing for young students. Middle School Students Ballet Tech’s Middle School dance sch...
Rehearsal Director. Xx. Xxxxx received his BFA from The Juilliard School under the direction of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, and upon graduation, he was awarded the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Prize for choreography. He performed with Xxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx Dance, and The Irish Modern Dance Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in Movin' Out before touring nationally and internationally with the show. He also toured with Swing! The Musical. Xx. Xxxxx has taught at the Kirov in DC, Columbia College in Chicago, Joffrey Ballet Academy, The Chicago High School for the Arts – ChiArts, Roosevelt University, and the Xxxxx Extension. He recently completed his Master’s in Behavioral Sciences at Mercy College. He joined Ballet Tech’s faculty in 2015. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx is a graduate of New York’s LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts and received both a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from SUNY Purchase and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Xxxxxxx University/American Dance Festival. Xx. Xxxxxx was a 2018-2019 School of American Ballet National Visiting Fellow. As a Dance Educator, she has been successfully teaching Ballet and Xxxxxx technique for over a decade to students in grades 2-12. Her students have been accepted into and received scholarships to attend some of the best university dance programs and summer intensive programs around the country. She was on faculty for the University of the Arts Pre-College Summer Institute for 8 years and was recently a Resident Artist at Xxxxxxxx University. Her professional concert dance credits include Xxxxx XX, Xxxxxx Xxxx/The Group, Xxxxx Xxxxx Dance, Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Dance Company, and Xxxx Xxxxxx’x Diversity of Dance. She was a featured dancer in Disney’s The Lion King. Additional theater credits include The Skylight Music Theatre's production of Five Guys Named Moe (Choreographer), Xxxxx Jupiter Theatre’s Tin Pan Alley Rag (Dance Captain), and If This Hat Could Talk. Xx. Xxxxxx performed for the television broadcast of CBS’ Xxxxxxx Center Honors where she performed for President Xxxxxxx in honor of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx. She also toured internationally as a soloist with the Spiritual Singers of Harlem and danced for the NBA team, New Jersey Nets. In collaboration with Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, she has performed at the Danspace Project and in the installation BLEED at the Whitney Museum of American Art. During her career, she performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America. Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxx is a dancer and teacher based in Brook...
Rehearsal Director. An individual who auditions and selects Corps Dancers, coordinates rehearsal scheduling, maintains the Corps Dancers by conducting class, assists in rehearsal, knows the choreography, and sees to the safety and well-being of the Corps Dancers.
