Course Description: Welcome to Broadway Dance: Expanded Edition, now with a larger studio space, longer term and more spots available in the class, giving students the full Broadway Cast experience! Your Broadway Debut awaits for this semester’s production of “West Side Story”!
This class is for dancers who, like our brilliant instructor Marie, love Broadway musicals, featuring only Broadway show tunes from beginning to end. After a short warm up, the class will learn choreography using an original Broadway musical soundtrack (West Side Story!). Students will also learn the history of the musical, the composer, the artists and production anecdotes. All levels are welcome. Part of the experience of being in a musical is to sing, and so students will also be encouraged to learn some lyrics and sing their hearts out! If you love Broadway musicals this is the class for you!
About the Instructor: Marie (she/her) is a professional dancer, signer and dance teacher with 40 years experience, performing in more than 3000 shows over 4 continents. She studied in Montreal, New York and Paris, and holds a diploma from the Canadian Dance Teachers Association with a Highly Commended mention. “My greatest happiness and my highest achievement in life is the ability to stir in my students the joy of dance that animates my life. Whether it is Waltz, Cha Cha, Broadway or Tap, there is no more euphoric experience than moving your body through space to great music. I believe that everyone can enjoy dancing and have their life enhanced through dance. In my classes, I aim to inspire joy, teach technique and introduce choreography in the context of laughter and fun. While I guide and correct, I don’t make my students feel self-conscious or criticized. Dance and music have been my life’s work and my enduring passion. Nothing brings me more satisfaction than sharing that passion with my students. For that reason, at the end of every class I say, from the bottom of my heart: ‘Thank you for dancing with me.'”
Location: Universal Dance Studio (Metro Lionel-Groulx)
Required Materials: Comfortable Shoes!
Required Knowledge: None!