07/05/2021
EVER FELT SELF CONSCIOUS IN A DANCE CALL?
Cooped up in a tiny apartment this last year
with no space to truly participate in zoom classes?
Feel like dance classes speed by too fast?
Pining for a safe space to dance with other people
in person again where you know everyone
is vaccinated and no one is judging you?
Always hankered for a diverse dance community where
every body type is welcome, LGBTQ+ can feel no shame, BIPOC and AAPI and every identity inbetween feels at home,
and you not only get to know your class neighbors,
but you might just get to make new friends?
Have we got the class for you!
Why, we've got magic to do!
โทcome join us this summer for our newโท
Choreography Comprehension
Workshop Series
We are excited to announce our first in person, fully vaccinated month-long dance workshops, taught by previous Brooklyn Players production choreographers.
Our Summer Workshops Offer:
Body Positive Environment
Fully Vaccinated In Person Group Collaboration
Well Ventilated, Distanced Studio Spaces
with Supportive Small Class Sizes
Each month will be taught by a different choreographer focusing on ONE FULL song of Musical Theatre Jazz Choreography per month.
Think of this workshop as a hybrid between a traditional dance class and a musical theater production rehearsal.
Dust off your dance shoes and join us!
Teaching this July 2021: **(SPACES STILL AVAILABLE)
with KENNA MORRIS GARCIA
Choreographer for BPCMT's productions of Hairspray and Ragtime!
Kenna has had a performing and teaching career that has taken her all over the world. After graduating from the Youth Performing Arts School (Louisville, KY), she attended the University of Oklahoma where she studied modern dance and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy. Kenna continued her dance training in New York after being accepted to the Certificate Program of The Ailey School. Her diverse dance training in modern, jazz, musical theater, ballet, tap, and hip hop has allowed her to have a long and diverse performing career. She has performed with recording artists such as Missy Elliott, Pharrell, and Diddy. Her film and television credits include Saturday Night Live, MTV Video Music Awards, Americaโs Got Talent and feature films Idlewild, Bolden, and Sisters. Kenna has also performed in various Broadway national tours, Off-Broadway, and regional theater productions including the 1st National Tour of Memphis (Dance Captain/ Swing), The Wiz (City Center Encores), and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular as a Radio City Rockette. Most recently, she works with the Verdon Fosse Legacy, LLC reconstructing and preserving the works of Bob Fosse. As an instructor, Kenna has been teaching various forms of dance for over 20 years in studios across the country, Japan, and Europe. She has held numerous residencies in New York City public schools and community programs, and serves as a mentor to young aspiring dancers.
WORKSHOP DATES:
July 5 โ 7-8:30pm
July 12 โ 7-8:30pm
July 19 โ 7-8:30pm
July 26 โ 7-8:30pm
WORKSHOP TUITION:
$80 / month
1 class / week, for a total of 4 weeks
75 minutes dancing / class, 15 minutes to stretch, ask questions,
+ film the choreo for practice at home
Monday Nights at
Alliance of Resident Theatres
138 S. Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Actors and Singers who Move, Movers who Sing and Act,
and Out-Of-Practice Dancers Alike are all WELCOME.
This is a Beg./Int. Mus. Th. Jazz workshop, safe for beginners looking to learn or relearn techniques to dance through your favorite Musical Theatre songs on and off Broadway.
Each month students get the chance to vote on their favorite of three song options offered by their teacher.
JULY SONG:
โRoad to Hellโ โ Hadestown
1- To let us know you are interested contact [email protected]
2- Send $80 workshop tuition to on Venmo.
Tuition Details:
All Students Must Be Fully Vaccinated Against
Covid-19 Prior To Attendance Of First Class. Please by able to provide vaccination confirmation.
Alliance of Resident Theatres requires a daily symptom check and temperature check prior to entry to all rehearsal spaces.
Maximum 15 Students Capacity.
All sales are final.
We cannot negotiate partial tuition at this time.
Teaching this AUGUST2021:
VALERIE WRIGHT
Director/Choreographer for BPCMT's productions of Fiddler On The Roof and Pajama Game!
Valerie's performing credits on Broadyway include Cats; Song and Dance; Steel Pier; Sally Marr and Her Escorts, starring Joan Rivers; Damn Yankees, opposite Jerry Lewis; Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters; ELF; TUCK Everlasting. She also worked Off Broadway in Showing Off; The World Goes โRound; Wandaโs World, with Natโl Tours on Hello Dolly; Song and Dance; The World Goes โRound (Jefferson Award, Helen Hayes nomination); Damn Yankees (Helen Hayes nomination), as well as numerous regional theater appearances.
Valerie wrote and produced her childrenโs album Green Beans On The Floor.
Her stints in Directing/Choreography include Happy Birthday-Off Broadway, T.A.C.T; Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert-Piper Theater; Fiddler On The Roof; Pajama Game-Brooklyn Players; The Bakerโs Wife-Gallery Players; The Best Little Wh******se In Texas-Montclair State University; HAIR-Forestburgh Playhouse, CHAPLIN-Nazareth College (Covid Production), and โBeehiveโ-Forestburgh Playhouse.
She is the Owner/Director of Brooklyn CenterStage Dance Studio in Brooklyn, NY where she lives with her husband actor Mark Lotito and sons Luca and Gio.
WORKSHOP DATES:
August 2 โ 7-8:30pm
August 9 โ 7-8:30pm
August 16 โ 7-8:30pm
August 23 โ 7-8:30pm
SONG CHOICES โ TBD
REGISTRATION DEADLINE โ JULY 26
Likely Returning To Teach
With Us Again This September:
Avital Asuleen
from BPCMT's production of
How To Succeed In Business
Without Really Trying
Avital is a Brooklyn-based director, choreographer, and educator. BA Theatre, MA Comparative History, Brandeis University. Favorite directing credits include: "The Floorshow" (Theatre 71), "Steel Magnolias" (Gallery Players), "How to Succeed," (Brooklyn Players), and "The Teacher From The Black Lagoon" (Theatreworks USA). Choreography highlights: "The Music Man," "Shrek," "Tarzan" (Berkshire Theatre Group), "Legally Blonde" and "Thoroughly Modern Millie" (Polaris Productions), and "The Queen Bees" (Queens Theatre). Asuleen observed Randy Skinner on the Encores! production of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," and was associate choreographer to Lorin Latarro on "Jasper in Deadland" (Prospect Theatre Company). She has taught at Broadway Dance Center, Alvin Ailey's Professional Division, Peridance Studios, and currently teaches Jazz and Tap at Mark Morris Dance Center. She is the founder and Director of New York Theatre Barn's Choreography Lab, the Artistic Director of Combustion Collective, and a certified Nan Giordano Jazz dance instructor.
Class Dates + Song Choices To Be Announced
(in our June guinea pig class, she taught "That Beautiful Sound" from BeetleJuice)
Thanks everyone for perusing this behemoth of an email! The first in a series is always the meatiest.
We wish everyone the best as we recover and rebuild after this unprecedented last year and change. And hope to see you soon, this Summer or Fall!
Once Again, To Reserve a Slot
in Any of Our Workshops, Please:
1- Reply to [email protected] with a copy of your vaccination card.
2- Send workshop tuition to on Venmo.
Take Care!
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