Jazz Dance for Musical Theater Class @ Pulse (Housatonic, MA)
About this Event
11/4 Jazz Dance for Musical Theater Class @ Pulse (Housatonic, MA)
Wednesday weekly, 10:00-11:30am
Berkshire Pulse
420 Park St
Housatonic, MA 01236
Designed for all levels, the class will explore jazz dance found in musical theatre through the ages. From the 20’s and 30’s through the Golden Age to Contemporary, combinations will be choreographed to inspire and enhance the abilities of the participants. Class will start with a full-body warm-up focusing on balance, strengthening the center, dexterity, spacial/body awareness, and particular emphasis on isolations and connecting isolations to the center. Across the floor will focus on technique and steps that will be employed for the combination of the day, including development of character, dramatic action, and imagination. Though some combinations may continue into the next class, each class will be self-contained, making drop-ins welcome.
(No class November 11th or November 25th)
IMPORTANT: If you register on Eventbrite, you can hang out with the instructor & other Q-MoB subscribers after class, possibly go to lunch, & Q-MoB can help you get a ride or carpool to/from class. But you must purchase a ticket for this class either or at Pulse in-person: Purchase Pulse Class Passes or. Single drop-ins $20 each. If you are low-income, you can contact Pulse to request a discounted Card-to-Culture tickets.
INSTRUCTOR: George Pinney, nominated for a Tony Award and a National Broadway Theatre Award for choreography for Blast!, George Pinney received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for the PBS broadcast of Blast!
Professor Emeritus and creator and former Head of the B.F.A. in Musical Theatre in the Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance at Indiana University, George has directed and/or choreographed for Broadway, the West End of London, national and international tours, regional theatres, and more than one hundred university productions.
Recognized as a master teacher, George was awarded the prestigious Friedrich Herman Lieber Award for Distinguished Teaching, five Indiana University Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence in Teaching, and membership in the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching.
With years of research and study in pedagogy and methodology, George approaches each student as a unique individual, working to develop each student’s potential for success. His outlook is global and holistic. The College of Arts and Sciences’ recognition of George as Professor of the Year underscores both his work with students and his contributions to Indiana University. His students have made their mark on Broadway, the West End, national and international tours, regional theatres from coast to coast and around the world, as well as in television and film.
Pinney’s current interests focus on new musical theatre works. His production of Front Page Flo, for which he was one of the book writers as well as director and choreographer, was a hit at the Adirondack Theatre Festival in 2018. George was also the lead book writer for Tuning In, which enjoyed highly successful runs at the Bloomington Playwrights Project in Bloomington, Indiana, and at the Adirondack Theatre Festival.
WHAT TO BRING
- Comfortable clothing you can move freely in
- Water bottle (plastic or metal, not glass)
- Footwear you can move freely in on a dance floor
OR : Please also donate $10-$20 to help assure Q-MoB can continue to offer more than 25 activities & multiple resources & services to rural queer men all over the region. If you want to support Q-MoB's work of offering more than 20 activities, resources, and referrals, please consider becoming a monthly sustaining donor. By donating $25/mo, $35/mo, $50/mo, $75/mo, $100/mo or more you can help to sustain the incredible variety of activities, services, and resources Q-MoB provides and assure all of these activities are accessible to men regardless of their age, income, or ability, and best of all you can get into all regular Q-MoB activities FREE.
MEETING THE INSTRUCTOR: If you register here on Eventbrite, Instructor George Pinney will hang out with Q-MoB registrants after class to talk about his vision of getting intergenerational amateur queer men together to play with music, dance, & performance.
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