Are You There, Ann-Margret? It's Me! Highlights

This project was just...fun.  Such a blast choreographing in classic Vegas spectacle style.  Camp and cheese and glitter and sequins.  Trying to live up to the legend.  Here's a highlight reel to give a taste of what we did.  My unofficial off-broadway 'debut' as a choreographer.  Fingers crossed that there's a future production somewhere/somehow.  It was truly fabulous!

Camelot media

I choreographed Camelot at the John W. Engeman Theater, directed by Alan Souza. It was my first legit regional theater production. Rehearsing in NYC, 6 weeks of performances. The show was absolutely stunning and I'm incredibly proud of the work we were able to do with the movement. Here are some links to video to show the scale of the physical production.

Interviews #1

Interviews #2

And just a couple photos...

Hair highlights

I love when projects are mutually beneficial and everybody wins. Dance (212) was documenting my summer and as a result of that I was able to get high quality footage from the final dress rehearsal of Hair. A little imovie editing and presto, instant highlight reel! This is an incredible show and I'm so grateful I got to play around and put my own spin on it! And as you can see, the cast is living!

The Expressionists highlight reel

So this is an oldie that I never got around to posting. In one of those random project-generating modes I handed my card out to someone at a Starbucks when I overheard him talking about directing a show. He in turn gave my info to one of his students that was working on a short film. She contacted me and brought me on board. I love when work just falls into place like that!

The movie was a silent film where a modern man wakes up in a world where everyone communicates entirely through vaudevilleian-style movement. He has to learn the rules of this environment by interacting with the other inhabitants. Eventually he discovers how to inhabit the space. The director had an amazing cast of actors from the Signature Theater Company's production of "Orphan's Home Cycle" and I put them through their paces with some pretty involved choreography for non-dancers. We rehearsed and shot it and the director entered it in her school's film festival where it earned her the Best Director award and nominations in the Best Picture and Best Editing categories. Really fun experience staging for the camera and I had a blast and learned a ton! Below is a highlight reel of my contributions to the movie. Just a rough sketch of the plot and some fun choreography moments. Enjoy!