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November 2009
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New Classes, Performances,
Ticket Discounts
& more
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NEW CLASSES! NEW TEACHERS! NEW TIMES!
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Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Musical Theater, Contemporary, Street Styles, Pilates |
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Check website for daily updates & bios
Single Class: $16.50
Single Master Class: $18.00
Discounts on multiple class packages
Photo by R. O'Connor
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Dance - all styles, all levels, for all ages
Master Classes
Chet Walker: thru 11/20, Adv Int
Theater Dance, Mon/Wed/Fri 2:30-4:30pm
David Marquez: 11/23-12/2 &
12/21-12/30, Adv Theater Dance, Mon/Wed
2:30-4:30pm
Ballet
Guest Teacher! Paul Boos: thru 11/23,
Adv Int Ballet, Mon 10:30-12:00
Guest Teacher! Ginger Thatcher: Fri 11/27,
Int Ballet, 1:30-3:00pm
Jazz, Theater Dance, Modern, Street
Styles, Ethnic
New Teacher! Fernando Carrillo:
11/19-12/17, Adv Int Horton, Thu 3:00-4:30pm
Guest Teacher! James Kinney: thru
11/22, Int Theater Dance, Sun 1:00-2:30pm
Guest Teacher! Ryan Kasprzak:
12/6-12/20, Int Theater Dance, Sun
1:00-2:30pm
New Level! Derek Mitchell: Int Contemp
Lyrical Jazz, Tue/Thu 6:00-7:30pm
Additional Classes! Debbie
Roshe:11/27-12/18, AdvJazz, Fri
2:30-4:00pm
Tap
New Class! Max Pollak: Beg Rumba Tap,
Mon/Thu 10:00-11:30am
New Class! Ray Hesselink: Basic Tap,
Sun 10:00-11:00am, starts 11/22
New Level! Ray Hesselink: Beg Tap, Sun
11:00am-12:30pm, starts 11/22
New Class! Adam Metzger: Adv Beg Tap,
Wed 7:45-9:15pm
Pilates, Yoga & Exercise
New Class! Amanda Turner:
Kripalu-based Yoga, All levels, Mon
11:00am-12:00pm & Wed 11:00am-12:15pm
New Class! Brett Willbanks: Hatha
Vinyasa Yoga, All levels, Sun 3:00-4:00pm
New Teacher! Jen Lott: Gyrokinesis,
All levels, Wed 10:00-11:00am, starts 11/18
Please check website for
classes/workshops and
schedule updates
For Faculty Bios. . .
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ULTIMATE INTRODUCTORY ADULT WORKSHOPS
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| Register Now! |
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Jan - Feb
6 Class Series
$125 per workshop $115 early registration discount online or at Steps
2 Workshops $220
3 Workshops $325
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Classes for Adults with little or no experience...
A TASTE OF TAP with RAY HESSELINK

Join Ray Hesselink for this exciting
workshop. Just bring your shoes, wear
comfortable clothing and get out on the dance
floor!
Ray Hesselink is a performer,
choreographer and teacher. He originated
roles in Imagine Tap! and the
off-Broadway hit, Batboy: The Musical.
He is the tap coach for the Broadway musical,
Billy Elliot, and has choreographed
for many venues
including New York Musical Theater Festival,
The Duke Theater, Symphony Space, and the
Yale Drama School.
Jan 17-Feb 21
Sun 2:30-4:00pm
THE REAL BALLET BASICS with KATHRYN
SULLIVAN

Classical ballet concepts made easy! Learn
ballet fundamentals in a fun and clear way
from experienced STEPS teacher and
choreographer.
Kathryn Sullivan performed with the
Boston Ballet, Les Grands Ballet Canadiens,
Connecticut Ballet, and Les Ballet de Nancy.
She has taught at Broadway Dance Center, La
Guardia High School of Performing Arts, New
Jersey Ballet, and has done master classes
and judging for Professional Dance Teachers
Association and Dance Masters of America.
Jan 17-Feb 21
Sun 4:00-5:30pm
JAZZ ESSENTIALS with LISA HARVIE

All you need is comfortable clothing, jazz
shoes and a little attitude!
Lisa Harvie has crossed the country on
a U.S. National Tour of West Side
Story and appeared in regional
productions of Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate,
Footloose, Scrooge and Singin' in the
Rain. She played the role of Louise in
Carousel at Stages St. Louis and
performed in My Fair Lady for Houston
Theatre Under the Stars as well as in Atlanta
at the Fox Theatre and for Dallas Summer
Musicals. In addition to her musical theater
credits, she has danced with the Ottawa
Ballet and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens at
Canada's National Arts Center.
Jan 16-2/27 (no class 2/13)
Sat 5:00-6:30pm
After completing the workshop . . . join
Ray, Kathryn
and Lisa in their basic & beginner classes.
Visit our online
schedule.
Register Now. . .
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PERFORMANCE LAB SERIES
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| A Lab for Creative Experiments |
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Open to ALL interested artists
Performance: Sat, Nov 21
Tickets $10 day of performance
Steps Studio Theater
2121 Broadway 3rd Floor, NYC
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Dance, Music, Theatre, Performance Art, Multidisciplinary Works
The Lab Series provides an opportunity
for emerging and established artists from all
live performance disciplines to experiment
and experience their work in front of an
audience.
The series provides space and
minimal technical support for artists to
present a specific and unique work of art in
a supportive environment. Artists receive
CONFIDENTIAL, written feedback from the
audience.
Performance: Sat, Nov 21
Tickets: $10 day of performance
NEXT LAB: February 20 & 21
Application deadline: February 5
For more information & application. . .
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WORLD AIDS DAY FUNDRAISER
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| Teachers & Students Play a Role |
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Dec 1-Dec 6
Steps & DRA partner to fight AIDS
Take a class and help raise funds
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25 Steps Faculty Participating. . .
December 1st is internationally recognized as
World AIDS Day; a day dedicated to raising
awareness of HIV and AIDS. Join Steps and
its faculty, December 1-6, as we partner with
Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA) to raise
money for organizations that assist those
living with AIDS.
The following faculty will be contributing $1
for every student who attends the classes
listed below. Steps on Broadway will match
each dollar raised. Come to class and be a
part of this great fundraiser.
Ballet
Robert Atwood - Tue 12/1 & Thu 12/3, Beg
Ballet @ 9:30am & Sat 12/5, Adv Beg Ballet @
10am
Wilhelm Burmann - Tue 12/1-Sat 12/5,
Adv Pro Ballet @ 10:30am
Edward Ellison - Sun 12/6, Int Adv
Ballet @ 12:30pm
Emilietta Ettlin - Wed 12/2, Int Ballet @
3:00pm
Lisa Lockwood - Wed 12/2, Int Ballet @
1:30pm
Kathryn Sullivan - Wed 12/2, Beg Ballet @
9:30am & Fri 12/4, Adv Beg Ballet @
11:45am
Jazz
Inga Marie Gerson - Sun 12/6, Beg Jazz @
1:00pm
Jana Hicks - Tue 12/1 & Thu 12/3, Adv
Int Contemp Jazz @ 6:00pm; Fri 12/4, Adv Int
Contemp Jazz @ 4:30; Sun 12/6, Adv Int
Contemp Jazz @ 3:30pm
Joyce King - Tue 12/1 & Thu 12/3, Beg Int
Jazz @ 11:30am
Nancy Koch - Sat 12/5, Beg Jazz @
11:00am
Joe Lanteri - Tue 12/1 & Thu 12/3, Adv
Int Jazz @ 4:30pm
Brice Mousset - Fri 12/4, Int Contemp
Jazz @ 7:45pm
Todd Shanks - Thu 12/3, Adv Beg Jazz @
7:45pm
Max Stone - Sat, 12/5, Adv Int Contemp
Jazz @ 5:30pm
Suzi Taylor - Wed 12/2, Int Adv Jazz @
12:00pm
Wes Veldink - Wed 12/2 & Fri 12/4, Adv Int
Contemp Jazz @ 11:30am
Patti Wilcox - Wed 12/2, Adv Int Jazz @
6:00pm
Theater Dance
Jeff Shade - Tue 12/1 & Thu 12/3, Int
Theater Dance @ 7:45pm; Wed 12/2, Int Theater
Dance @ 1:00pm & Beg Theater Dance @ 7:30pm; Fri
12/4, Adv Beg Theater Dance @ 1:00pm
Tap
Germaine Goodson - Wed 12/2, Basic Tap @
1:00pm
Ray Hesselink - Tue 12/1 & Thu 12/3, Int
Theater Tap @ 2:30pm; Sat 12/5, Int Adv
Theater Tap @ 4:00pm; & Sun 12/6, Basic Tap @
10:00am, Beg Tap @ 11:00am & Int Theater Tap
@ 12:30pm
Claudia Rahardjanoto - Tue 12/1, Adv
Beg Tap @ 2:30pm & Thu 12/3, Beg Tap @ 2:30pm
Derek Roland - Tue 12/1, Int Tap @ 1:00pm;
Fri 12/4 Int Adv Tap @ 1:00pm & Beg Tap @
2:30pm
Jeff Shade - Tue 12/1, Beg Tap @
6:00pm & Thu 12/3, Adv Beg Tap @ 6:00pm
Modern, Street & Ethnic
Karen Gayle - Wed 12/2, Int Horton @
1:30pm
Todd Shanks - Tue 12/1, Adv Beg Funk
Fusion @ 7:45pm
Victorio Korjhan - Wed 12/2, Beg
Flamenco @ 7:45pm; Sun 12/6, Beg Flamenco @
3:30pm & Int Flameco @ 5:00pm
Yoga
Amanda Turner - Wed 12/2,
Kripula-based Yoga @ 11:00am
Check www.stepsnyc.com next week for
fundraiser updates
Learn more about World AIDS Day. . .
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THE SCHOOL AT STEPS
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| Training the dancers of tomorrow |
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New Classes & Workshops
Explore Dance
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What's Happening. . .
YOUNG DANCER, TECHNIQUE CLASSES &
WORKSHOPS
New Class! Pre-Dance 1 with Vanessa
Salgado (age 4)
Sun 10:15-11:00am
Ballet 1 with Tomiko Magario (ages
8-10)
Sun 10:30-11:30am
New Class! Hip Hop 1 with Laya Barak
(ages 9-12)
Thu 5:00-6:00pm
Int/Adv Theater Ballet with Matt
Williams (ages 12-18)
Sat 1:00-2:00pm
Teen Pilates with Robin Powell
(ages 12-18)
Sat 1:30-2:30pm
Beginning Teen Ballet with Lonne
Moretton (ages 12-18)
Mon 6:30-7:30pm
Adv Jazz with roberta mathes (ages
12-18)
Thu 7:30-9:00pm
Song and Dance Workshop Workshop with
Jeff Edmond
Ages 12-18, Thu 7:30-8:45pm
Ages 9-12, Fri 5:00-6:15pm
Comedy Improv with Jeff Edmond
(ages 12-18)
Fri 6:15 -7:30pm
Contact the SAS office for complete information
and registration 212-874-3678 or email
lizzy@stepsnyc.com
EXPLORE DANCE: Create your own
dance experience
Now offered during the year (ages
9-15)
Beg Tap - Sun, 12:30-1:30pm
Beg Ballet - Sun, 1:30-2:30pm
Beg Hip Hop - Sun, 2:30-3:30pm
Single classes or discounts on multiple class
packages available
Contact the office for complete
information and registration
212-874-3678 or email lizzy@stepsnyc.com
Learn more. . .
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HAVE YOU HEARD?
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| Activities of our Faculty & Musicians. . . |
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Find out what our
faculty & musicans are doing
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News From Our Faculty & Musicians. . .
Vladimir Shinov (SAS Musician)
and his wife Marina Porchkhidze
performed a lunch time concert at the JASA
Senior Center as part of Steps on Broadway's
artist series.
Patricia & Leslie Lockery's
(Theater & Tap Faculty) NYC's Dance
makers will be presenting Gotta Dance
on 1/25, 1/26 & 1/28 at MMAC Theatre, 248
W 60th St. Stay tuned for more
information.
David Howard (Ballet Faculty)
was featured in the August 2009 issue of the
British magazine Dancing Times.
Joyce King's (Jazz Faculty)
company, JKing Dance Company, will be
performing on 11/21 as part of PMT Fall Dance
Series. Joyce will be doing a jazz dance
residency for the Performing Arts School in
Brooklyn.
Brice Mousset (Jazz Faculty) is
working with Jermaine Browne on the next
Victoria Secret Fashion Show in Nov.
David Guggino (SAS Faculty)
performed on the "Live with Regis &
Kelly".
Wes Veldink (Contemporary
Faculty) will
be teaching at Centro Danza di Maura Paparo
in Milan at the end of Nov., in the south of
Italy at Vividanza in Reggio Calabria in
Dec., at the Nadine Bommer Academy in
Tel Aviv, Israel and at Balletto di Roma in Rome
in Jan 2010. He is currently teaching on a
U.S. tour with Monsters of Contemporary.
Finally, Wes just completed editing, Full
Circle, a short dance film he directed
and choreographed.
His production company, Calm & Sense
Productions will submit the film to dance
film festivals in the U.S., Europe and
Asia.
Barbara Duffy (Tap Faculty)
taught in Europe during Oct/Nov.
Lori Belilove (SAS Faculty)
releases her DVD EveryWoman Series: The
Red Thread and the companion CD 24
Preludes of Frederic Chopin by the John
Link Project this month.
roberta mathes (SAS & Steps Jazz
Faculty) choreograped Verismo Opera
company's Un Ballo in Maschera
featuring her students from beyond dance @
bergenPAC.
Patricia Klausner's (Director of
Marketing) company, Shotgun Productions,
has a new show opening at Theatre Row.
Santa Claus is Coming Out! runs Nov
29-Dec 20. See ticket
offer below.
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HOLIDAY AT THE BOUTIQUE - NEW GIFT CARDS
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| Steps En Corps Boutique |
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2121 Broadway 3rd Floor
New! Gift Cards
Lanteri New York
Holiday Sales
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Give the gift of dance. . .
Steps on Broadway now offers Gift
Cards that
may be used to pay for classes, workshops and
special events at Steps or The School at
Steps and for merchandise at the Steps En
Corps Boutique. The card, with a monetary
value of your choice, may be purchased at the
front desk, the boutique or at The School at
Steps, or by calling 212-874-2410, or
visiting www.stepsnyc.com. Gift cards will
be available immediately after Thanksgiving.
Did you know that Steps En Corps Boutique
is the exclusive retailer of LANTERI New
York?
Discover how the LANTERI New York designs
will accentuate your bodylines - always
elegant and stylish, with a fashionable
edge - tops, pants, shorts & unitards. Stop
by and check them out!
SALES
25% off all Badger products Nov 18 through
Dec 23.
Keep your skin soft this winter with our
newest product - Every Day Body Moisturizer -
Vanilla Coconut, Creamy Cocoa, Nutmeg &
Shea Butter. It is
ultra-concentrated and certified organic.
Badger products make great stocking
stuffers.
50% off all Children's Dancewear Nov 18
through Dec 23.
Ballet and jazz shoes, leotards and more.
On sale now! Fill in your library with
missing dance
magazines.
The boutique is selling older issues of
Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, Dance
Spirit and Pointe Magazine for
$1.00 each.
The boutique is open:
Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday & Friday:
9:30am-6:30pm
Thursday: 10:30am-7:30pm
Saturday: 9:30am-5:30pm
Sunday: 10:30am-5:30pm
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FOLLOW STEPS ON THE WEB
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www.
myspace.com/stepsnyc
www.youtube.com/stepsnyc
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NEW PREFERRED VENDOR
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We welcome Grishko's new store located
at:
309 W 50th St., 2nd fl.
New York, NY 10019
T: (917) 262-0783
Present your Steps E-Card and
receive a 12% discount.
Learn more about Grishko products. . .
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BURN THE FLOOR - TALKBACK TUESDAYS & DISCOUNTS
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy is back along with Kym
Johnson of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars"
starting Nov 27.
Now STEPS students can ask their burning
questions on TALKBACK TUESDAYS!
Immediately following the Tuesday evening
performance the audience will be able to
converse with the cast, learn about the
evolution of the show, what it takes to be a
ballroom dancer, and much, much more! www.burnthefloor.com
Save over 30% NOW by purchasing tickets
online at www.broadwayoffers.com and use
discount code BFIMM77
BURN THE FLOOR has broken box office
records at Broadway's Longacre Theatre!
Buy tickets online. . .
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$10 TICKETS @ THE JOYCE
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RASTA THOMAS' ROCK THE BALLET
Starring The Bad Boys of Dance
Dec 15-Jan 3
This holiday season, experience a deliciously
different show that combines amazing ballet
technique with musical theater, video, rock
and hip hop. Rasta Thomas' Bad Boys of
Dance ignite the stage with athletic
jumps and turns in this show for dance lovers
and first
time theatergoers of all ages.
TICKETS START @ $10
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street
JoyceCharge: 212-242-0800
Visit Joyce.org for
a full performance schedule and more
information.
Photo: Rasta Thomas' Rock the Ballet by
Marty Sohl. Picture courtesy of Alonzo King's
Lines Ballet.
Purchase Your Tickets Now
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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING OUT!
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Hilarious!
Philadelphia Inquirer
A delightful upending of the St. Nick
myth!
Provincetown Magazine
Diverse City Theater, Penguin Rep
Theatre & Shotgun Productions
present
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING OUT!
by Jeffrey Solomon
directed by Joe Brancato
A theatrical mock-u-mentary, is about the
worldwide scandal surrounding the outing of
Santa Claus. Writer-performer Jeffrey Solomon
traces the intensely personal struggle of the
great holiday icon, as he tries to reconcile
his love relationship with Italian toy maker
Giovanni Geppetto with his passion for giving
to the world's children.
Nov 29-Dec 20
The Kirk Theatre @ Theatre Row
410 W 42nd St., NYC
30% discount use code
HOHO
For more information visit santaclausiscomingout.com
graphic design by David Derr, D2 Studios.
Buy Tickets Now
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Steps on Broadway
2121 Broadway
3rd Floor
New York, New York 10023
212-874-2410
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