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316 East 63rd St (Between 1st and 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-5886
316 East 63rd St (Between 1st and 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-5886
Steps on Broadway, founded in 1979, 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.
Founded in 1983, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is one of America’s most prominent, culturally-specific dance companies, serving more than 40,000 people nationwide each year through far-reaching programs that entertain, educate and empower. Our mission is to: promote flamenco as a living art form and a vital part of Hispanic heritage; produce and perform high quality dance works; and provide arts education programs that catalyze connections among young people, while nurturing the new generations of Spanish dance artists and educators. We believe that the universal spirit of flamenco – with diverse influences from Arab, Jewish, Gypsy, Spanish, and Latin American cultures – gives this art form a unique power to build bridges between people.
Specialties The Long Island City School of Ballet (LICSB) provides professional dance education and performance opportunities to residents in and near Queens. Through a broad range of classes, the school's focus is on developing strong technique and physical conditioning while fostering an appreciation for dance and the performing arts. LICSB also offers students performance opportunities with its resident company, Long Island City Ballet (LICB). History Established in 2006 Eric danced for many great ballet companies including Suzanne Farrell at the Kennedy Center, American Ballet Theatre, Dances Patrelly, Ballet for Young Audiences and many more. His school has grown out of his love for the art form. He specializes in training boys and created Sports Dance for Boys to foster appreciation of dance from a natural movement base. All of his classes are taught by professional dancers.
American Youth Dance Theater offers year-round classes, summer camp programs, and performance opportunities for children ages 2-18. Classes include Mommy-n-Me, Pre-Ballet, Graded Level Ballet, Tap, Broadway Jazz/Musical Theater, Hip Hop, and Contemporary. Our ballet faculty consists of American Ballet Theater Affiliate Teachers and the ABT National Training Curriculum is followed in all of our classes. Among the many benefits that this affiliation offers, the greatest part is knowing that our students are being taught according to the highest national standards and that through yearly exams our students and teachers are able to evaluate their progress in relation to quality dance programs nation-wide, which is certainly something that helps us all stay on our toes! The ABT National Training Program was created for the purposes of providing physically and developmentally sound ballet training for students of all levels, recreational through pre-professional.
Fred Astaire Dance Studios have been teaching individuals and couples of all ages to dance for the past 61 years. We specialize in social ballroom and competitive dances, including Cha Cha, Bolero, Swing, Mambo, Paso Doble, Waltz, Tango, Fox Trot, Quick Step, Viennese Waltz, Merengue, Salsa, Rumba, and Samba. Students learn through a variety of instructional programs with private lessons for singles and couples, groups classes, and practice parties with a focus on one-on-one dance instruction. This personalized approach allows us to create a tailor-made program just for you, and our welcoming studio environment makes our facility the perfect place to hone your skill, no matter what level you are currently at. Mornings and weekends are available by appointment. Contact us today to get started!
Director of The Manhattan Ballet School, Inc. and The Manhattan Ballet Company, Elfriede Merman nee von Busse Grapputo As a child, Elfriede Merman was chosen for classical ballet training at the prestigious goverment-sponsored Staats Oper in Munich. Her renoved teachers were Erna Gerbel, Tatiana Gsovsky and Choreographer Pino Mlakar, then ballet master of the Staats Oper in Munich. At this time the Opera House was under the dictatorship of Clemence Kraus and H. Hartman. The opera's conductor, composer Richard Srtauss, was so taken by the young Elfriede that he influenced Mlakar to give her solo roles in the premiers of his Josef Legende and Capriccio and Verklugene Feste and Tyl Eulenspiegel. It was at this time that she met her lifelong coach and friend, Nathasha Boskovich. Later, in Paris, she was coached by the legendary teacher, Olga Preobrajenska and studied with Victor Gsovsky. She danced with choreographer/ballet master Marcel Luipart and in New York joined Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo under the dictatorship of Serger Denham with Leonide Massine as artistic director. With the Ballet Russe Company, she toured four continents with its stars Alexandra Danilova, Nina Novak, Frederic Franclin and Andre Eglevsky. Her solo roles were in Scheherazade, the Polovstian dances from Prince Igor, Les Sylphides, Three Cornered Hat, Carnival, Firebird, La Bayadere and the "Bluebird" variation in Aurora's Wedding. Through her friendship with Rd. Gertrude Bondi, director of The Windsor Mountain School in Massachusetts, she made teh transition from performer to teacher and developed the ballet department of the school. Her students included Liza Minelli, Jane Fonda and Shari Belafonte. Three years later, former New York City Ballet mamber Patricia Savoia joined her, and together they opened The Manhattan Ballet School. The mission of the school, for past forty years, has been to incorporate traditional ballet technique with music, drama, coaching and performance opportunities, based upon Mrs. Merman's extensive background. The Company The Company was a natural result of desire to create original choreography. It became a non-profit organization in 1979. The Company performed in East Harlem during the racial riots of the Sixties, receiving television, radio and newspaper coverage. It has since performed in nursing homes, hospitals and school. In 1984, students from the School participated in a company performance of original works set to music by Bizet, Tchaikovsky and Delibes. The collaboration proved highly successful, and the Company decided to incorporate students in the future productions on an opportunity to perform before audiences on stage. The School In 1963, Elfriede Merman and Patricia Savoia established The Manhattan Ballet School. They developed a method of teaching which, though predominately Russian in style clearly incorporated the best of the French and Cecchetti systems.
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Darleen M. Jobson-Larkin, double majored in dance and Environmental Sciences, as a graduate of Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Her athletic passions liberated her from a back-brace as a child to the Olympic track team (High Jump) as an adult. Join her celebratory dance sessions that shall inspire you to your own epic heights of joy and fitness. TribalWinds Masala Dance rocks the soul and rolls the hips into an ecstatic revolution of playfulness for Women Only. Join Us. Register Now!
B & L Management Company specializes in the urban development, redevelopment and management of residential mid and high rise properties. The family owned company was founded in 1980 by Benny Caiola and his three sons. Mr. Caiola constructed his first, privately-owned residential building in 1974. That successful property was swiftly followed by several others. Since its inception, B & L Management has developed approximately thirty residential apartment buildings located throughout Manhattan. The "one man" operation has grown into a fully staffed office which includes two full-time building managers, a rental office, legal and accounting departments, receptionist and clerks. Mr. Caiola and his three sons still lead the business. The family also owns and operates Rome Construction Company, which is responsible for the construction of all B & L properties. In addition to new con-struction, the Rome team maintains existing properties in the pristine condition that B & L residents enjoy. Looking ahead, B & L Management is in the planning stages for several new mid and high rise properties. The Caiola family and staff welcome the opportunity to serve the needs of the discerning city dweller and the growing demand for quality urban housing.
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