DANCE CLASSES
FOSSE WORKSHOP with Chase McFadden
Chase (he/him) was the Dance Captain and Swing for the 2022-24 National Tour of CHICAGO the Musical! He lives in New York, but is originally from Los Angeles. In fact, he played Jack in ACT-1's 2014 production of Into the Woods! Chase will coach attendees on Fosse dance styles and teach choreography from Chicago. Chase has his BFA in Theatre & Dance, and will happily answer any questions about theatre school, Chicago, Fosse, etc.
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Learn the unique style of Bob Fosse's iconic choreography!
ALL LEVELS WELCOME!
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$10 for students enrolled in our Spring Musical (Chicago)
$25 for anyone not enrolled
Sunday, December 29 (3:00-5:00pm)
North Hollywood, CA
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* To register, click HERE
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FOSSE WORKSHOP with Mark C. Reis
With his BFA in Musical Theatre and Ballet, Mark relocated to New York, and began a long career working in Summer Stock, National Tours, European Tours, Regional Theatre, Radio City Music Hall, and Broadway! Mark starred in the prestigious original Broadway cast of FOSSE, as well as the iconic Broadway/national tours of CHICAGO, FUNNY GIRL and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR! During this workshop with ACT-1, Mark will coach attendees on perfecting their Fosse style of movement.
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Learn the unique style of Bob Fosse's iconic choreography!
ALL LEVELS WELCOME!
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$10 for students enrolled in our Spring Musical (Chicago)
$25 for anyone not enrolled
Sunday, January 5 (4:00-6:00pm)
North Hollywood, CA
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* To register, click HERE
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WHO IS BOB FOSSE? ​
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Bob Fosse was a legendary choreographer, dancer and director, best known for Tony Award-winning musicals including Cabaret, Chicago, All that Jazz, and an array of Broadway hits. He pioneered a new style of dance that still resonates today, and forever changed the way audiences around the world viewed dance on the stage and in film. Visionary, intense, and unbelievably driven, Fosse was an artist whose work was always provocative and entertaining. His dances were physically demanding of even the most highly trained dancers, full of joyous humor as well as bleak cynicism — works that addressed the full range of human emotions.
Characteristic Fosse style includes angular movements — dancers jutting out their limbs or hips, isolating just one part of their body at a time; the vaudeville humor of hunched shoulders and turned-in feet; the amazing, mime-like articulation of "jazz hands," finger-snapping, sideways shuffling and shoulder rolls.
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Hallmarks of a typical Fosse number include tilted black bowler hats, net stockings, white gloves and props such as canes and chairs. He incorporated all the tricks of vaudeville that he had learned — pratfalls, slights-of-hand, double takes. ​
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