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Skye Mattox
Skye began her career as a performer when she moved to New York City at age 17. Broadway credits: West Side Story, On The Town (Ivy Smith understudy), and Carousel. Other NYC credits include American Dance Machine, and numerous shows for New York City Center's Encores! series, such as Little Me and High Button Shoes. TV: Smash (Season 2), Fosse/Verdon, The Deuce (Season 3) . In December 2021, she can be seen in theaters as a Jet Girl in the upcoming adaptation of West Side Story directed by Steven Spielberg.
In addition to performing, Skye is incredibly passionate about teaching. She teaches for competitive and recreational studios, performing arts schools, and training programs across the country. She is also on faculty with Broadway Dreams Foundation.
Follow her on instagram @skye_mattox.
Class Description:
Jazz
This brand new class focuses purely on jazz technique and maintenance. Rather than a performance-based theater/jazz class, this class will center around technique fundamentals and exercises to strengthen your speed, stamina, musicality, movement quality and use of dynamics. Students can expect a thorough 40-minute warm-up each class that safely works both strength and flexibility and targets muscle groups specifically used in jazz dance. It is geared toward both students and working professionals.
Come sweat, push your boundaries, celebrate successes and failures alike, and most importantly DANCE in a safe, supportive environment.
Theater
Students can expect a warm up in center that utilizes ballet technique through a classic jazz filter. It is aerobic and focuses on solidifying a proper foundation as they move through many classic jazz exercises to strengthen, stretch and prepare the body for dancing.
The combination will challenge students to think carefully about musicality while they develop skills to hit unexpected lines and accents. We will explore theatricality, drama, and style through movement with contrasting dances each week.