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Grant Chang
Contemporary Jazz
Biography:
Grant Chang has taught jazz dance for over 20 years in various New York City studios including Peridance Center, Broadway Dance Center, and Ballet Arts. His choreography has earned mentions in Backstage magazine for the play Yi Sang Counts to 13 at the Fringe Festival and DanceTeacher.com called his piece, Miss American’t, which premiered at the Peridance Winter Faculty Showcase, “sassy, tongue-in-cheek.” An all around triple threat, his theatre credits include the role of Ito/dance captain in the production of Mame with Sandy Duncan at the Barrington Stage Co., Rockwell Production's The King and I, and 2G's Concerts of Excellence at the New York State Theater and at Lincoln Center. Commercial work includes roles as a principal salsa dancer in Bacardi's World Passion and principal ballroom dancer in LUXE Soap starring Rachel Weisz. Grant is also an accomplished actor, appearing as a series regular on USA network's critically acclaimed television show Mr. Robot. Films include: Feel, Off Jackson Avenue, The Cut Runs Deep and festival shorts Extinct, IF, and Smoke and Mirrors. He won Best Actor and Best Director for the short film, Finding You at the Asian American International Film Festival's 72 Hour Shootout in 2015. Additional television credits include House of Cards, Deception, Daredevil, Law and Order, Law and Order Criminal Intent, and The Knick.
Class Description:
Jazz dance has truly evolved throughout the years
becoming, along with ballet, a FOUNDATION class for
all
other forms of dance. Grant Chang's
contemporary jazz classes teach students proper
technique,
which is vital for every dancer. Grant prepares
dancers for a
career in the performing
arts by making them more well-rounded and focusing
on
PERFORMANCE (whether it be theatrical or
commercial).
Grant Chang‘s class is taught with
understanding, patience, and a truly open, inviting
environment. The warm-up concentrates on stretching
and
reinforcing all muscle groups through
a series of movements based on traditional
techniques from
jazz while incorporating ballet and some modern.
Exercises
include isolations, pliés,
jazz adagio, and core strengthening. There is always
an
across the floor exercise to develop turns and jumps
skills
and to practice changes of
directions. Combinations are repeated throughout the
week
to give students the opportunity to master them.
Grant
alternates from contemporary
lyrical to funk so students can develop and adapt to
a variety
of styles. There's a great emphasis on technique
and, more
importantly, a greater
emphasis on expressing individuality and dancing
with a real
honest and truthful emotional awareness. Come try it
today!