Black Voices in Dance

text on black background Celebrating Black Artists this JUne 2023, Black Voices in Dance

Steps shines a spotlight on the Black Voices in Dance, bringing a global dance community to you. Both In-Studio and Virtually.

SPOTLIGHTS

MALEEK WASHINGTON •
Int/Adv Contemporary

Friday, 6/2 • 8:15-10:15pm

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

AHMAD SIMMONS •
Int/Adv Theater Jazz

Tuesday, 6/6 • 8:00-10:00pm

Diesel in Ivo Van Hove’s groundbreaking Broadway revival of West Side Story
Original Broadway Cast of Hadestown, and most recent revival casts of Carousel and Cats
Co-starred alongside Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams as Ben Vereen in the Emmy nominated FX mini-series Fosse/Verdon
→ more about Ahmad Simmons

DANELLE MORGAN •
Precision Jazz

Sunday, 6/11 • 4:15-6:15pm

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

KHORI PETINAUD •
Int/Adv Theater Jazz

Monday, 6/12 • 8:00-10:00pm

Broadway Cast of Bob Fosse’s DANCIN’
Part of the original broadway casts of Aladdin and Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Other credits include In the Heights (Kennedy Center), The Color Purple (National Tour), King Kong>
→ more about Khori Petinaud

TOMMY SCRIVENS •
Int/Adv Theater Jazz

Tuesday, 6/13 • 8:00-10:00pm

Performed works of choreographers Earl Mosley, Ronald K. Brown and Tony winner Hinton Battle
Choreography commissions: 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 Tommy Scrivens

KENNA MORRIS GARICA •
Int/Adv Theater Jazz

Wednesday, 6/14 • 8:00-10:00pm

Feature film credits include Idlewild, Bolden, and Sisters
Television credits include Saturday Night Live, MTV Video Music Awards, America’s Got Talent
Recently worked with the Verdon Fosse Legacy, LLC performing the original Fosse works “Mein Herr” and “Bye Bye Blackbird” reconstructed by Valarie Pettiford and Lloyd Culbreath
→ more about Kenna Morris Garcia

SEKOU McMILLER •
Int/Adv Latin Jazz Fusion

Sekou McMiller teaches latin jazz Dance class

Thursday, 6/15 • 8:00-10:00pm

Founder and Artistic Director of the Afro-Latin Dance Company, Sekou McMiller Dance Co
Choreographic fellow for the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation’s New Directions Choreography lab
Featured in the movie In the Heights
→ more about Sekou McMiller

ROBIN DUNN •
Hip Hop & F.A.C.E. Technique

Robin Dunn teaches Hip Hop & F.A.C.E. Technique Dance class

Saturday, 6/17 • 4:45-6:45pm

Perform with more Focus, Attitude, Confidence, Energy and Eye Contact
Build Confidence & be transformed doing the “Inside Work”
Designed to aid students with self discovery, performance technique and movement, this class will begin with a body warm up followed by sensory exercises created to connect students more closely to their inner power. Hip Hop dance choreography will be taught incorporating the F.A.C.E. technique and principles including what Robin calls the ‘Inside Work.’
→ more about Robin Dunn

MICHAELA DePRINCE •
Adv/Int Ballet

Sunday, 6/18 • 4:15-6:15pm

Second Soloist, Boston Ballet
Debuted professionally as a guest principal at the Joburg Ballet in South Africa
At the age of 17, Michaela performed with the Dance Theatre of Harlem
→ more about Michaela DePrince

CHLOE ARNOLD •
Adv/Int Tap

Chloe Arnold teaches Hip Hop & F.A.C.E. Technique Dance class

Monday, 6/19 • 7:00-9:00pm

Emmy Nominated Choreographer
Choreographed over 50 episodes of The Late Late Show with James Corden
Her work can also be seen on other hit TV shows including So You Think You Can Dance, Good Morning America, The Ellen Show, The Talk, A Black Lady Sketch Show, and more
→ more about Chloe Arnold

KAREN GAYLE •
Int/Adv Modern Horton

Wednesday, 6/21 • 4:15-6:15pm

Performed works of choreographers Earl Mosley, Ronald K. Brown and Tony winner Hinton Battle
Choreography commissions: 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

JACOBY PRUITT •
Int/Adv Contemporary

Thursday, 6/22 • 8:00-10:00pm

Joined the Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Company in 2021
Has performed works by choreographers Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Dwight Rhoden, Shannon Gillen, Jae Man Joo, and Lara Murphy among others
He has also been a member of the Ailey II, Sean Curran Company, The Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and Company XIV
→ more about Jacoby Pruitt

GLENN ALLEN SIMS •
Int/Adv Modern Jazz

Saturday, 6/24 • 4:45-6:45pm

23 years as a principal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Television appearances include BET Honors, Dancing With The Stars, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and So You Think You Can Dance
Performed in the White House Dance Series and for the King of Morocco
→ more about Glenn Allen Sims

TAMISHA A. GUY •
Int/Adv Contemporary

Tuesday, 6/27 • 8:00-10:00pm

Currently dances with A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, which she joined in 2014.
2022 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Dance
Selected as one of Dance Magazine‘s Top 25 to Watch and she also received the 2016 Princess Grace Award
→ more about Tamisha A.Guy

WILL B. BELL •
Int/Adv Jazz

Wednesday, 6/28 • 8:00-10:00pm

Worked with television and movie choreographers such as Michael Rooney, Ryan Heffington, Kitty McNamee, Denise Faye, and others
Has worked with and on ABC’s “General Hospital”, Sci Fi’s “Face Off”, Hugh Jackman, Arcade Fire’s Will Butler, Oscar winner Emma Stone
Performed and toured with Japanese pop icon, Koichi Domoto, in “Endless Shock,” the musical, in Japan
→ more about Will B. Bell

CELINE EDMONDSON & FRANCO •
Industry Performance Commercial Hip Hop

Thursday, June 29 • 8:00-10:00pm

Celine Edmondson is an assistant Coach of the Brooklynettes
Performed with Maluma, Meghan Trainor, Lil Kim, DJ Khaled, and more
→ more about Celine Edmondson
Franco has worked with a wide range of choreographers including Frank Gatson, Luam, Rhapsody James, Tanisha Scott, HiHat, Fatima Robinson, and more
Other credits include the BET Awards, MTV Awards, Beyonce, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Kendrick Lamar
→ more about Franco

GUEST CLASSES

MICHAEL CRAWFORD •
Int Contemporary Ballet

Saturday, 6/3 • 4:45-6:15pm

Danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem, Jose Mateo Ballet, Ballet Memphis, American Repertory Ballet, Connecticut Ballet, and Oakland Ballet
→ more about Michael Crawford

TERK LEWIS •
Int Contemporary Jazz

Sundays, 6/25 & 7/2 • 12:15-1:45pm

Most recently Lewis danced in the Lin Manuel Miranda movie, In The Heights
→ more about Terk Lewis

AESHA ASH •
Int/Adv Ballet

Sunday, 6/11 • 3:45-5:15pm

School of American Ballet
→ more about Aesha Ash

LEVI MARSMAN •
Int/Adv Contemporary

Fri, 6/16 & 6/23 • 8:30-10:00pm

Newly commissioned: “When The Saints Come Marching In” for Verb, Ohio Contemporary Ballet
→ more about Levi Marsman

TOMMY SCRIVENS •
Int Theater Jazz

Sunday, 6/18 • 12:45-2:15pm

Archiving the work of Bob Fosse with the Verdon/ Fosse Estate, and a principal member of American Dance Machine for the 21st Century
→ more about Tommy Scrivens

DANELLE MORGAN •
Adv/Int Jazz

Friday, 6/23 • 3:15-4:45pm

Assistant Choreog., Dance Captain & Swing for the Radio City Rockettes
→ more about Danelle Morgan

CHARLES SMITH •
Int/Adv Commercial Hip Hop

Friday, 6/23 • 8:15-9:45pm

Worked with Lizzo, CeCe Peniston, Travis Scott
→ more about Charles Smith

BRANDON O’NEAL •
Int/Adv Jazz

Saturday 6/24 & Sunday 6/25 • 2:00-3:30pm

La La Land, The Lion King, Wicked
→ more about Brandon O’Neal

KELBY BROWN •
Int/Adv Ballet

Sunday, 6/25 • 3:45-5:15pm

Appeared on So You Think You Can Dance, dancing alongside Lady Gaga; has assisted Emmy Nominee Choreographer, Stacey Tookey and Emmy Award Winning, Choreographer, Mia Michaels
→ more about Kelby Brown

RENALDO MAURICE •
Int/Adv Contemporary Vogue

Sunday, 6/25 • 4:30-6:00pm

Ailey II, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Company, and walks the category of BQ Vogue Fem in the underground ballroom culture/community
→ more about Renaldo Maurice

LLOYD KNIGHT •
Int/Adv Modern | Graham

Wednesday, 6/28 • 7:30-9:00pm

Principal Dancer for The Martha Graham Dance Company. Broadway credits include DANCIN’, Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid
→ more about Lloyd Knight