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Broadway Jazz
Advanced-Beginner
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10:00-11:30AM
Bio
Sue Samuels (Teacher, Choreographer, Performer) has
established herself as one of the staples of the performing
arts
community of today. With over 35 years of experience, her
expertise is often sought after for mentoring and coaching
purposes by professionals and aspiring artists from around
the
world. Her students have included numerous stage, film and
tv
stars including Melba Moore, Brooke Shields, and Irene
Cara.
Performance and choreographic credits include lead dancer
and
assistant choreographer in such shows as Got Tu Go Disco
at the
Minskoff Theater on Broadway, The Johnny Hallyday Show
in
Paris, The Brazil Export Show in Rio de Janeiro to name a
few.
Televised credits include “All My Children”, “Jerry Lewis
Telethon”, “Contemporary Women”, “the Arthritis Telethon
with
Melba Moore”, “Zoom”, and numerous commercials and
industrials for Dr. Pepper, 7 Up, Wheat Thins, Head &
Shoulders,
Adidas, Glaxo, Members Only among others.
Sue Samuels was the co-founder/owner of Jo Jo’s Dance
Factory
in New York City for ten years, which later became Broadway
Dance Center. Ms. Samuels was also the director of the Jazz
Department and founded the Jazz program for children at
the
Ft. Lauderdale Ballet in Florida, and ran her own children’s
program in Boca Raton for five years. Ms. Samuels was
commissioned to teach at New York University in the Cap 21
program with theater majors, as well as Olympic Gymnastic
Instructors in Tokyo, Japan. Other teaching credits include
The
Broward Civic Ballet, Frank Hatchett’s Professional Childrens
Program, Dance Masters Association, and The Dance
Company of
Haiti. She continues to travel around the world for master
classes
often held for Teachers & Instructors.
The blending of jazz dance with her classical ballet training
makes her style unique. This classical jazz style emphasizes
strong and proper body alignment and clean technique by
teaching a jazz barre warm-up. She accompanies the floor
exercises on Conga Drum. Her choreography features the
dynamics of musicality and focuses on creating an overall
visual
picture. Ms. Samuels’ training began with the Broward Civic
Ballet in Florida where she performed with the company for
six
years and became the first soloist. She also studied in New
York
with the distinguished Madame Swoboda of the Ballet Russe
de
Monte Carlo. Her jazz training includes JoJo Smith, Frank
Hatchett and Michael Shawn, as well as tap with Judy
Bassing,
and voice with William Daniel Grey.
Sue’s dance company Jazz Roots Dance can be seen performing in New York City.
Class Description
This classical jazz style emphasizes strong and proper
body
alignment and clean technique through placement stretch
and
strength exercises during a jazz barre warm-up. The floor
exercises are accompanied by live percussion on Conga
Drum.
The class continues with jazz isolations and across the floor
work on turns, kicks and jumps. With an emphasis on
musicality
and creating an overall visual picture, the class culminates in
a
choreographed combination to contemporary dance music,
which gets the students dancing and having fun!
Strong technical and theatrical training for Broadway and for dance company work.
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