"Fosse on Film" Master Classes @ BDC
The Verdon Fosse Legacy, LLC is back with a series of "Fosse on Film"-inspired master classes at Broadway Dance Center in which students will learn iconic Fosse rep under the direction of Fosse veterans. Don't miss your chance to train in one of Broadway's most acclaimed techniques!For Advanced DancersAges 16+All classes are on Sundays from 6-9pm
$35pre-register hereStudents must register and pay for each class separatelyThere are no exchanges or refunds for this class
July 10th, 6-9pm"Son of a Preacher Man" from "Liza with a Z"with Valarie Pettiford
July 24th, 6-9pm"There'll Be Some Changes Made" from "All That Jazz"with Dana Moore
August 7th, 6-9pm"Two Lost Souls" from "Damn Yankees"with Lloyd Culbreath
August 14th, 6-9pm"Steam Heat" from "The Pajama Game"with Dana Moore
August 21st, 6-9pm"Once-A-Year Day" from "The Pajama Game"with Lloyd CulbreathFor additional information or questions, please email BDCWorkshops@bwydance.com or call the registration office at 212-582-9304 x24
Valarie Pettiford, a Drama League, Outer Critics, and TONY nominee for Fosse, can currently be seen recurring on two hit TV series, The Blacklist on NBC, and the new hit Comedy Born Again Virgin on TV one.
Valarie's Broadway highlights include: Sophisticated Ladies; Big Deal; the first National tour of Dancin'; the 30th anniversary tour of West Side Story, as Anita; and the revival tour of Show Boat, as Julie. She is an NAACP Winner for best actress in the LA production of Michael John La Chuisa's The Wild Party as Queenie.
Valarie's TV credits include: 4 seasons and 3 NAACP image nominations as Big Dee Dee on the hit TV series Half and Half. She can be seen as Aunt Geneva in the hit movie Jumping The Broom, and guest starring on Blackish, True Blood, Treme, Criminal Minds, and CSI, just to name a few.
Valarie is a Bistro winner for the Cabaret Debut at the Metropolitan Room. She can be seen touring with her sold-out one women show around the country. She has 2 CD's available on ITunes, and for the last 3 years she has been hired by The Verdon/Fosse Legacy to reconstruct Fosse's choreography through Master classes.
Dana Moore is a veteran of the Broadway stage. she was last seen on Broadway in Not Guilty (Hunyak) in chicago. Dana was also featured in Fosse (now on DVD), which chronicled Bob Fosse’s work from stage, film and television.
Dana's other Broadway credits include: A Chorus Line, Sweet Charity, Bob Fosse's Dancin', On Your Toes, The Will Rogers Follies, How To Succeed […], Singin' in the Rain, Dangerous Games, Sugar Babies and Copperfield.
Dana has toured with Chicago and Falsettos and appeared in the following films: The Producers: the Movie Musical and Woody Allen’s Everyone Says I Love You. Dana is a Musical Theater faculty member at Marymount Manhattan College and conducts master classes in cities across the USA. Internationally, Dana has worked as teacher and choreographer for the International Dance Intensive in Cyprus, Badar Dance Institue in Oslo, Tapage Dance Company in Toulouse, and the Jazz Musical Theatre Program at Jacob’s Pillow in Massachusetts. Dana is also a founding company member of Chet Walker’s Walker Dance Company.
Lloyd Culbreath, a veteran Fosse dancer, has worked in the entertainment industry for over 30 years. Currently, he is lead instructor for the Fosse Master Class Series sanctioned by the Verdon Fosse Estate. Lloyd’s Broadway credits include DANCIN’, Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid, Big Deal, National Tour of Sweet Charity, Honky Tonk Nights, Guys and Dolls, On The Town (Assistant Choreographer), Man of La Mancha (Assistant Choreographer), National Tour of Chicago (Dance Captain) and Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life.