November 2009

Upcoming Events
  • NEW CLASSES! NEW TEACHERS! NEW TIMES!
  • ULTIMATE INTRODUCTORY ADULT WORKSHOPS
  • PERFORMANCE LAB SERIES
  • WORLD AIDS DAY FUNDRAISER
  • THE SCHOOL AT STEPS
  • HAVE YOU HEARD?
  • HOLIDAY AT THE BOUTIQUE - NEW GIFT CARDS
  • 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

    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
    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. . .
  • ULTIMATE INTRODUCTORY ADULT WORKSHOPS
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    Register Now!

    Jan - Feb
    6 Class Series
    $125 per workshop
    $115 early registration discount online or at Steps
    2 Workshops $220

    3 Workshops $325
    Classes for Adults with little or no experience...

    A TASTE OF TAP with RAY HESSELINK
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    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
    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
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    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. . .
  • PERFORMANCE LAB SERIES
  • Performance Lab
    A Lab for Creative Experiments

    Open to ALL interested artists
    Performance: Sat, Nov 21
    Tickets $10 day of performance

    Steps Studio Theater
    2121 Broadway
    3rd Floor, NYC
    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. . .
  • WORLD AIDS DAY FUNDRAISER
  • World AIDS Day
    Teachers & Students Play a Role

    Dec 1-Dec 6
    Steps & DRA partner to fight AIDS
    Take a class and help raise funds

    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. . .
  • THE SCHOOL AT STEPS
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    Training the dancers of tomorrow

    New Classes & Workshops
    Explore Dance

    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. . .
  • HAVE YOU HEARD?
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    Activities of our Faculty & Musicians. . .

    Find out what our
    faculty & musicans are doing

    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.

  • HOLIDAY AT THE BOUTIQUE - NEW GIFT CARDS
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    Steps En Corps Boutique

    2121 Broadway
    3rd Floor
    New! Gift Cards
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    Holiday Sales

    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

  • FOLLOW STEPS ON THE WEB
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    You can now get information on classes and events at the following social networking sites:

    twitter www.twitter.com/stepsonbroadway

    facebook www.facebook.com/stepsonbroadway

    myspace www. myspace.com/stepsnyc

    youtube www.youtube.com/stepsnyc

  • 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. . .

  • 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. . .

  • $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

  • SANTA CLAUS IS COMING OUT!
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    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

       
    Steps on Broadway
    2121 Broadway
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    Looking for a way to help pay for all those classes?
    The Steps on Broadway Work/Study Program may be for you!

    Work 8-10 hours per week at the studio in exchange for unlimited discounted classes!

    *Serious dancers only*

    *Minimum 3 month commitment required*

    To schedule an interview, contact Kristi A. Sutton @ 212-874-2410

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    The Village Voice is Steps on Broadway's media sponsor.

    Pick up your Village Voice at Steps on Broadway.

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    Billy Elliot: The Musical

    "Billy Elliot," you see, isn't a dance show; it's about why people need dance.". . .NY Times

    10 TONY AWARDS!

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    Steps on Broadway
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    Dance Theater Workshop



    ALL TICKETS $10 AT THE DOOR FOR STEPS STUDENTS!
    (must show Steps E-Card at the box office to receive discount)

    check for postcards at Steps (3rd Floor) about upcoming DTW performances/events

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    The Joyce Theater and Steps on Broadway are proud of their ongoing partnership to cultivate dance throughout NYC!

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    check for postcards at Steps (3rd Floor) about upcoming Joyce & Joyce Soho performances/events

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