
ABOUT STEPS ON BROADWAY
A legendary dance institution on New York’s Upper West Side
Steps on Broadway, founded in 1979 by Carol Paumgarten and Patrice Soriero, is more than just a dance studio. It is an internationally recognized community of artists, committed to the cultivation of individuality and talent, to the joy, the work, the focus, and the abandon of dance. Classes are offered seven days a week at all levels in ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, tap, theater dance, hip hop, ethnic, and body conditioning.
Steps is the true epicenter of New York’s professional dance community. It is home to many of the best and most world-renowned teachers, and a training ground for generations of aspiring and professional dancers. On any given day, one may take class alongside today’s performers and seasoned veterans from concert dance companies, such as New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Paris Opera, Kirov and Royal Ballets, Boston Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Complexions, and Martha Graham, as well as the opera, Broadway, and the commercial dance world.
Steps is a celebrated space. It’s a state-of-the-art facility with an old-world ambiance and a steady pulse of passion, energy, and inspiration. It is a cultural hub, an artistic resource, and a cosmopolitan treasure.
FACULTY HISTORY
For over 30 years, Steps has been training and supporting dancers and the larger artistic community. Originally located at 56th and Broadway, Steps was a single studio facility until it opened its ballet division in 1981 at the former Melissa Hayden School. In 1984, it moved to its current location at 74th and Broadway. Since its founding in 1979, Steps has maintained a teaching roster of internationally celebrated dance professionals that mirrors the history of dance in the late 20th century.
BALLET
Floris Alexander, Dick Andros, Robert Atwood, Robert Blankshine, Robert Brassel, Fernando Bujones, Diane Cartier, Nenette Charisse, Michael Chernov, Christopher D’Amboise, Madame Darvash, Luc de Layress, Robert Denvers, Simon Dow, Luis Fuente, Nanette Glushak, Cynthia Gregory, Benjamin Harkarvy, Cynthia Harvey, Stephanie Herman, Christian Holder, David Howard, Finis Jung, Gelsey Kirkland, Irina Kolpakova, Evee Lynn, Peff Modelski, Marjorie Mussman, Peter O’Brien, Ernie Pagnano, Galina Panova, Maya Plisetskaya, Lawrence Rhodes, Zena Rommett, Stephanie Saland, Bo Jan Spassof, Marina Stavitskaya, Violette Verdy, Michael Vernon, Douglas Wassel, Rebecca Wright
JAZZ/CONTEMPORARY
Rick Atwell, Natasha Baron, Cecilia Marta, Mia Michaels, Larry Post, Michael Shawn, Jo Jo Smith, Patrice Soriero, Daniel Tinazzi
THEATER DANCE
Velerie Camille, Nicole Fosse, Ann Reinking, Tony Stevens, Lee Theodore
TAP
Honi Coles, Mercedes Ellington, Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, Henry Le Tang, Tony Waag
MODERN
Carmen de Lavallade, Christopher Gillis, Miguel Lopez, Donald McKayle, David Parsons, Margo Sappington, Billy Siegenfeld, Artemis Smith, Sara Sugihara, Joyce Trisler, Doug Varone, Nina Watt, Sara Yarborough
WORLD DANCE
Andrea Del Conte, Lavinia Williams
STAGE COMBAT
B. H. Barry