SONG & DANCE
Broadway Masterclass Series
AUGUST 15, 22, 29 • 1pm - 5pm
3 Summer Intensives for performers
16 years old and up...
Your chance to learn and perform a full song and dance production number taught by the current Broadway team of each show.
AUGUST 15 • 1pm - 5pm
AUGUST 29 • 1pm - 5pm
AUGUST 22 • 1pm - 5pm
THE RUNDOWN
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Each self-contained workshop is a 4-hour journey, giving each performer a chance to experience the process of learning
a production number from a hit Broadway musical that features dance and/or stylized movement.
During each class, students will experience the following:
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An intro about the Broadway musical the number being learned is from.
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Vocal warm up leading into learning vocal parts and harmonies for the production number
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Hybrid vocal and movement warm up led by JT
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A choreography and dance representative from the Broadway team of each show clearly teaches the actual Broadway choreography from their show.
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The end of each workshop day culminates with the performance of a full song and dance number.
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All performers will be asked to perform in smaller groups
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Our panel will watch and give feedback to each performer so they have a takeaway, and the panelists will also award two full scholarships to our next event
FACULTY
JT HORENSTEIN – Producer, director, choreographer and educator. And Just Theatre/Amas Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy "Song and Dance Series" Director. Creative direction for Madison Square Garden and Knicks City Dancers, Chicago Bulls Golden State Warriors, Nike and Nike West Entertainment, Bryant Park Winter Village, US Olympic Ice Dancing and Figuring Skating team, NYC Fashion Week and CES, and Upfront Summit. As a performer on Broadway tours and internationally: Grease, The Who’s Tommy, White Christmas, 42nd St. La Cage, Chess. Liza and Bette World Tours. As a performer and/or choreographer TV Film: “Dancing with the Stars”, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, “Americas Best Dance Crew”, “The Sing Off”, “The Academy Awards”, “Fame”, “Rent”, “Stuart Little”, “Roar”, “Suddenly Susan”, “Mad About You”, “The Nanny”. On Faculty” Edge, Edge Scholarship Pre-professional Program, Broadway Dance Center, Steps, Peridance, LADF and The Pulse convention tours and many private student and studios around the globe. Northwestern University Alum. Jonny Paradiso Productions, Founding Director.
CHICAGO
ARIAN KEDDELL plays Mona and u/s Matron Mama Morton in Chicago on Broadway. Other musical theater credits include West Side Story, Guys and Dolls and Jesus Christ Superstar.
STEVE FREEMAN (Music Director/Conductor/Pianist) is no stranger to working with young performers having been part of the musical teams of both Matilda and Billy Elliot. On Broadway, he has conducted such shows as Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Billy Elliot, Chicago and Grease. He conducted the New York premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night at Second Stage. After joining the original company of Forever Plaid in NYC, he traveled with the show to Los Angeles where he received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Music Director. He also supervised the West End premiere at the Apollo Theatre in London. Other New York credits include the Broadway revival of Damn Yankees, William Finn’s Romance in Hard Times at the Public Theater and Craig Lucas’ 3 Postcards at Circle Rep. He conducted Oklahoma! and A Chorus Line at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Internationally, he supervised productions of Chicago in Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Montreal, Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo and Brazil. Steve made his Carnegie Hall debut as a guest vocalist in A Celebration of MGM Musicals.
MJ THE MUSICAL
ZELIG WILLIAMS is a dancer/choreographer that grew up in Columbia, SC. He has most recently graduated from Pace University with a BFA in Commercial Dance in 2020. His Broadway debut was with the Broadway cast of Hamilton from 2016- 2018. He has also worked for Hugh Jackman and was a part of his world tour in 2019. Zelig
is inspired by dance and is working to achieve the goals that truly speak to him. He’s also excited to be joining the original cast of MJ The Musical and gives all thanks to God for blessing him with this opportunity.
MATTHEW BERZON - music director, copyist, arranger, composer, and a skilled performer, Matthew is a collaborative artist who finds himself most at home when contributing to the collective efforts of making beautiful and exciting music and theater. Matthew recently made his Broadway pit debut in MJ: the Musical, shortly
thereafter making his Broadway conducting debut on the same production. His work in various music departments
has brought him the pleasure of working with the wonderful talents of Michael Starobin, Emily Grishman, David
Holcenberg, Jason Michael Webb, Deborah Abramson, J. Oconer Navarro, Myles Frost, and more.
&JULIET
HALEY BENNETT is a NYC-based music supervisor, conductor, arranger, and coordinator. Recently named one of Broadway's Women to Watch, Haley is currently the associate music director and conductor of the hit Broadway musical & Juliet, as well as the music coordinator for the NBC/Apple TV+ show, “Schmigadoon!” Additional Broadway credits include Diana: The Musical, Come from Away, Once on this Island, Escape to Margaritaville, Dear Evan Hansen, Anastasia, Bandstand, Paramour, and Finding Neverland. International/ National Tours: Once on this Island, Hamilton, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Prince of Broadway. Music Coordinator for the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular, the Ogunquit Playhouse, and various projects for NBC Universal. Broadway cast album coordinator: MJ: The Musical, Diana: The Musical, Once on This Island, Anastasia, and Escape to Margaritaville. Haley is passionate about developing new works of musical theater. B.A. in Psychology from Harvard University.
ESOSA OVIASU - Esosa was first introduced to Commercial choreography through teachers such as Carlos Neto, Candace Brown, and Derek Mitchell. He has since steeped himself in Hip-Hop and House culture under legendary pioneers Ejoe Wilson, Henry Link, and Cebo Carr. He was also the creative director of the Neighbors and EPIC Motion Dance Company, with whom he broadened his dance vocabulary as well as his range of styles. He is currently the associate choreographer for the Broadway show, & Juliet. He is also a faculty member of Peridance Center, Movers Bodega and is a featured dancer for the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway show, Beyond Babel. He hopes to continue to push himself and his students to new heights, in a sustained journey for knowledge and growth.
TUITION
ONE DAY PASS: $250
THREE DAY PASS: $700
Scholarships for this event are available based on need and or experience level
Private coaching is available for an additional fee and reserved in advance.