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Black Voices in Dance

Annually in February, as well as at various times throughout the year, Steps on Broadway curates a month of classes dedicated to shining a spotlight on Black Voices in Dance, bringing a global dance community to you. These unique opportunities are one of a kind that allow you to take classes in-person and virtually from these master teachers and icons in the dance community

Spotlight • Monday, 1/27 • 3:00-5:00pm

JASON WILLIAMS Int/Adv Commercial Jazz

  • Worked with Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Paula Abdul, Demi Lavato, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé…
  • Original cast of Showstoppers at the Wynn Hotel choreographed by Marguerite Derricks
  • Worked on the X-factor UK with Brian Freidman

More about Jason Williams →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Spotlight • Saturday, 2/1 • 5:30-7:30pm

TERK LEWIS Int/Adv Contemporary Jazz

  • Most recently Lewis danced in the Lin Manuel Miranda movie, In The Heights
  • Assisted Jae Man Joo in creating Circular for Ailey 2
  • Assisted Jill Johnson on choreographing the opera Crossing which premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music

More about Terk Lewis →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Spotlight • Saturday, 2/1 • 6:15-8:15pm

JONATHAN E. ALSBERRY Int/Adv Contemporary Jazz Barre & Center

  • Creative Associate and Stager for Aszure Barton & Artists 
  • Sr. Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
  • Continues staging and creating work at various companies including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

More about Jonathan E. Alsberry →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Spotlight • Sunday, 2/2 • 5:00-7:00pm

RENA BUTLER Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Premiered her first work for The National Ballet of Canada celebrating the music of Grammy Award-winning composer John Adams in March 2023
  • Recipient of the prestigious 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography
  • Created works for BalletX, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Summer Program, and many more

More about Rena Butler →
The last 15 min of the class will be filmed
In-Studio Virtual

Master • Monday, 2/3 • 3:00-5:00pm

DESMOND RICHARDSON Adv/Int Contemporary

  • Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Co-Founder/Co-Artistic Director
  • Broadway – Fosse, Movin’ Out, After Midnight
  • Praised by Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, and The New York Times

More about Desmond Richardson →

Spotlight • Monday, 2/3 • 8:00-10:00pm

Tilly Evans-Krueger Int/Adv Contemporary Theater

  • Associate Choreographer, Dance Captain and Ace in THE OUTSIDERS on Broadway
  • 2024 Chita Rivera Award Recipient for Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Musical
  • Broadway credits include: Moulin Rouge! Off Broadway credits include: Illinois; The Wrong Man; Working: A Musical; The Lucky Ones and Nutcracker Rouge.

More about Tilly Evans-Krueger →

Spotlight • Tuesday, 2/4 • 8:00-10:00pm

MALEEK WASHINGTON Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Has been a member of Camille A. Brown and dancers for 5 seasons
  • Assistant choreographer to Camille A. Brown at the Metropolitan Opera for her directorial debut for Fire shut up In my bones
  • 2022 Princess Grace Award Winner in Choreography

More about Maleek Washington →

Spotlight • Wednesday, 2/5 • 6:30-8:30pm

JAMAR ROBERTS Adv/Int Contemporary

In Studio Only!

  • Former Resident Choreographer Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
  • Won the 2016 Bessie Award for Outstanding Performer
  • Director’s Fellow at NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts in the 2020-2021 season

More about Jamar Roberts →

Spotlight • Wednesday, 2/5 • 8:00-10:00pm

DANELLE MORGAN Precision Jazz

  • Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for the Radio City Rockettes
  • Appearances include The Tony Awards, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, The Wendy Williams Show, among others
  • Recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and was a featured dancer in Town & Country Magazine

More about Danelle Morgan →

Guest • Saturday, 2/8 • 9:30-11:00am

FRANCIS LAWRENCE   Adv/Beg Ballet

  • Dance with companies including, the Australian Ballet Company, Grand Rapids Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, and the Dance Theatre of Harlem
  • Diverse repertoire, from classical masterpieces such as Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Raymonda, and The Nutcracker, to contemporary works
  • Broadway National tour and Australian tour of An American in Paris, I Married An Angel by Joshua Bergasse, and more

More about Francis Lawrence →

Spotlight • Saturday, 2/8 • 5:30-7:30

KAREN GAYLE Int/Adv Modern/Horton

  • Performed works by Earl Mosley, Ronald K. Brown and Tony winner Hinton Battle
  • Choreography commissions include: Marymount Manhattan College, The Harvard Ballet Company, General Mischief Dance Theatre, The Boston Tea Party Opera, and more
  • Artistic director of the xodus dance collective

More about Karen Gayle →

Spotlight • Sunday, 2/9 • 6:15-8:15

JUSTICE MOORE Int/Adv Street Jazz

  • Currently seen in Sunset Boulevard
  • Hamilton on Broadway, Tour, and Chicago as “The Bullet”
  • Once Upon a One More Time on Broadway

More about Justice Moore →

Guest • Monday, 2/10 • 3:15-4:45pm

ASHLEY GREEN Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Currently, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
  • Member Whim W’Him Seattle Contemporary Dance where she received a Princess Grace Award in Dance
  • named one of “25 to Watch” by Dance Magazine in 2021

More about Ashley Green →

Spotlight • Monday, 2/10 • 8:00-10:00pm

ELLENORE SCOTT Adv/Int Contemporary Theater

  • Broadway credits include Anne of Green Gables, Funny Girl, Mr. Saturday Night. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors, Titanique
  • Other choreography credits include: Single All the Way (Netflix), Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical
  • Performance credits include numerous television shows (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Smash, Glee!) and was a finalist and All-Star on So You Think You Can Dance?

More about Ellenore Scott →

Spotlight • Tuesday, 2/11 • 8:00-10:00pm

EHIZOJE AZEKE Int/Adv Contemporary Theater

  • Direction/Choreography: Day After Your Departure (HBO) – Choreographer, Lady In The Lake with Natalie Portman (Apple +)
  • Film Performance Credits include: In The Heights, Tick Tick Boom with Lin Manuel Miranda, Bolden
  • Television Performance Credits include: Succession (HBO), Vinyl (HBO), The Get Down (Netflix), Tell Me a Story

More about Ehizoje Azeke →

Spotlight • Wednesday, 2/12 • 6:30-8:30pm

DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE Adv/Int Contemporary Jazz

  • Recipient of the Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award
  • American Ballet Theatre premiered Moultrie’s piece “Indestructible Light.”
  • Created and staged works for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Atlanta Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Ailey 2, and more

More about Darrell Grand Moultrie →

Guest • Thursday, February 13 • 11:30am-1:00pm

LLOYD KNIGHT Int/Adv Modern | Graham

  • Principal Dancer for The Martha Graham Dance Company
  • Broadway credits include DANCIN’, Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid, Big Deal
  • National Tours of Sweet Charity, Honky Tonk Nights, Guys and Dolls, among others

More about Lloyd Knight →

Spotlights • Friday, 2/14 • 8:00-10:0pm

ESOSA OVIASU Int/Adv Street Styles

  • NYC-based Choreographer, & Juliet, and The Muny
  • Associate Movement Director for Ogunquit Playhouse’s Da Vinci Code
  • Featured dancer for the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway show, Beyond Babel

More about Esosa Oviasu →

Spotlight • Saturday, 2/15 • 6:00-8:00pm

CLEAR TALENT AGENCY Adv/Int Street Jazz

COMMERCIAL JAZZ

  • with FATIMA WILSON, Agent
  • Fatima Wilson is currently representing artists working in Choreography & Dance at United Talent Agency
  • with MAYTE NATALIO, Choreographer/Teacher
  • Choreographer credits include Suffs, How To Dance In Ohio

 

More about Fatima Wilson →
More about Mayte Natalio →

Spotlight • Monday, 2/17 • 8:00-10:00pm

EBONY WILLIAMS Adv/Int Contemporary Performance

  • Emmy Award Winning Choreographer
  • Joined Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet as the company’s first African American female dancer
  • Other credits include In the Heights (film), Jagged Little Pill (Broadway)

More about Ebony Williams →

Guest • Tuesday, 2/18 • 3:30-5:00pm

JOHN MANZARI Int/Adv Tap

  • Recently appeared in the Broadway Revival of Funny Girl
  • Other credits include The Tap Dance Kid, Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, 42ND Street, Maurice Hines: Tappin’ Thru Life
  • Television credits include Law & Order SVU, the PBS specials Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future & The Kennedy Center at 50

More about John Manzari →

Spotlight • Tuesday, 2/18 • 8:00-10:00pm

YANCY GREENE Open Hip Hop

  • Trained at institutions such as Alvin Ailey, Broadway Dance Center, PMT and EXPG.
  • Credits include Saturday Night Live, FX’s POSE, and 2018’s VMA‘s with Travis Scott.
  • Has taught throughout NYC and in various schools in Brooklyn through CORA dance based in Red Hook Brooklyn

More about Yancy Greene →

Spotlight • Wednesday, 2/19 • 6:30-8:30pm

TIFFANY REA-FISHER Adv/Int Contemporary

  • Artistic Director of EMERGE125, a Mellon Foundation grant funded dance company
  • Commissioned by Dance Theater of Harlem, Dallas Black Dance Theater, NYC Department of Transportation, Utah Repertory Theater, The National Gallery of Art in D.C.,
  • As the resident choreographer with the Classical Theatre of Harlem, she has contributed to their productions of Macbeth, The Three Musketeers, A Christmas Carol In Harlem, Antigone, The Bacchae, among others

More about Tiffany Rea-Fisher →

Spotlight • Wednesday, 2/19 • 8:00-10:00pm

TOMMY SCRIVENS Int/Adv Theater Jazz

  • Archiving the work of Bob Fosse with the Verdon/ Fosse Estate, and a principal member of American Dance Machine for the 21st Century
  • Performed with Columbus Dance Theater contemporary ballet company, as a guest artist with BalletMet, Columbus, Collide, and Parsons Dance
  • Featured in movies, musicals and TV shows including The Big Gay Musical movie, City Center Encores’ production of “Where’s Charley?” and “Fiorello”

More about Tommy Scrivens →

Guest • Friday, 2/21 • 3:00-4:30pm

DEWITT FLEMING Int/Adv Tap

  • Currently on Broadway in A Wonderful World
  • Toured the world as a featured dancer with Riverdance, Cirque Du Soliel
  • Featured on the Emmy award winning show Boardwalk Empire, and the award winning documentary Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance

More about DeWitt Fleming →

Spotlight • Saturday, 2/22 • 5:30-7:30pm

SHEILA BARKER Int/Adv Jazz

  • Educator, choreographer, master teacher and a distinctive force of energy in the dance industry
  • Her dancing and choreographing includes soap opera, industrials, music videos and recording artists
  • Has performed on Broadway, Off Broadway and on Television

More about Sheila Barker →

Spotlight • Sunday, 2/23 • 5:00-7:00pm

RENA BUTLER Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Premiered her first work for The National Ballet of Canada celebrating the music of Grammy Award-winning composer John Adams in March 2023
  • Recipient of the prestigious 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography
  • Created works for BalletX, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Summer Program, and many more

More about Rena Butler →

Guest • Monday, 2/24 • 2:00-3:30pm

MARC SPAULDING Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Faculty, Point Park University
  • Concert and Theatrical performance credits include: Dreamgirls 1st National Tour PHILADANCO, Westside Story International Tour, Donald Byrd/The Group
  • Choreographic works have been presented at Nabla Festival NYC: In The Liminal Space, Point Park University, PHILADANCO- “Danco on Danco” Company Showcase

More about Marc Spaulding →

Guest • Monday, 2/24 • 3:30-5:00pm

CHANTELLE GOOD Int/Adv Contemporary

  • Currently performing in MJ The Musical (Broadway)
  • Off-Broadway credits include: Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Freddie Falls in Love (directed/choreographed by Al Blackstone), Regional: ALIEN/NATION (directed by Michael Arden)
  • Danced for artists including JLo, Snoop Dogg, H.E.R., and Gary Clark Jr.

More about Chantelle Good →

Guest • Monday, 2/24 • 6:30-8:00pm

MARSHALL L. DAVIS, JR Int/Adv Tap

  • Associate choreographer to Savion Glover for the Broadway show Shuffle Along
  • Tap choreographer and featured hoofer in Simply Sammy, a ballet choreographed by Darrell Grand Moultrie
  • Most recent creative work-in-progress is Revelations In Rhythm

More about Marshall L. Davis Jr. →

Spotlight • Monday, 2/24 • 8:00-10:00pm

KHORI PETINAUD Int/Adv Theater Jazz

  • Broadway Cast of Chicago and Lempicka
  • Part of the Broadway casts of Aladdin and Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’
  • Other credits include In the Heights (Kennedy Center), The Color Purple (National Tour), King Kong

More about Khori Petinaud →

Guest • Tuesday, 2/25 • 3:30-5:00pm

RICHARD YODER Int/Adv Tap

  • Recently seen on Broadway in Once Upon A Mattress
  • Also on Broadway in White Christmas, On the Twentieth Century, Shuffle Along…and all that followed, Hello Dolly, My Fair Lady, among others
  • Worked with nearly every Broadway Tap choreographer, including Savion Glover, Randy Skinner, Warren Carlyle and others

More about Richard Riaz Yoder →

Spotlight • Wednesday, 2/26 • 8:00-10:00pm

DANELLE MORGAN Precision Jazz

  • Assistant Choreographer, Dance Captain and Swing for the Radio City Rockettes
  • Appearances include The Tony Awards, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, The Wendy Williams Show, among others
  • Recently appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and was a featured dancer in Town & Country Magazine

More about Danelle Morgan →

Spotlight • Thursday, 2/27 • 8:00-10:00pm

JAMES ALONZO WHITE Int/Adv Street Jazz

  • Choreography credits include: Mad Apple – Cirque Du Soleil, Disney Cruise line, Norwegian Cruises, MSC Cruises, Footloose, Dream Girls, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, among others
  • Released a visual entitled “Brand New Day” featuring NYC’s finest dancers, inspired by the iconic film, The Wiz during the pandemic in 2020
  • James has taught all over the world in places like France, Norway, and Los Angeles

More about James Alonzo White →

Past teachers have included:

EHIZOJE AZEKE
SIDRA BELL
RENA BUTLER
DIARRA CUMMINGS
Ja’BOWEN DIXON
CELINE EDMONDSON
KENNA MORRIS GARCIA
KAREN GAYLE
GERMAINE GOODSON
DERICK GRANT
YANCY GREENE

TAMISHA A. GUY
LLOYD KNIGHT
TERK LEWIS
JOHN MANZARI
AMY MITCHELL
MAYTE NATALIO
BRANDON O’NEAL
KHORI PETINAUD
BRIANA REED
JAMAR ROBERTS
DWIGHT RHODEN

MICKEY SAKAI
COURTNEY SAULS
ELLENORE SCOTT
JANETE SILVA
GLENN ALLEN SIMS
CALEB SMITH
ROBERT TAYLOR JR.
MALEEK WASHINGTON
JASON WILLIAMS
RICHARD YODER