Donald Garverick

Monday 4 – 5:30pm
Open level American Dance Machine (ADM) Theater Dance
 
Bio:
Donald began his dance training when he was in his teens under the guidance of Broadway choreographer, Robert Tucker who taught him the American Dance Machine technique (ADM). Since 1996, Donald has led the life of the musical theatre gypsy, performing in well over 30 regional, summer stock, national tour, and Off-Broadway productions. Early in his performing career, he was asked to join the other side of the creative team by becoming an assistant choreographer and dance captain. After assisting on numerous projects, including Off-Broadway’s Area 51 - The Musical, he has begun to choreograph and teach on his own. Donald is also an accomplished musical theatre writer whose works include Show Choir! - The Musical (www.showchoirthemusical.com) and several new projects. 



Class description:

ADM Theatre Dance is based on techniques taught by the American Dance Machine, a dance company that acted as a living museum, preserving choreography from Broadway Shows. To ensure that their dancers were flexible and well versed in many various styles of choreography, they developed this hour long warm-up. 
Class begins with 5-10 minutes of yoga and stretching, to loosen the body. This is followed by 15-20 minutes of body isolations. The warm up concludes with 30 minutes of barre work, to emphasize proper technique and strengthen the body. The last half hour of class is focused on learning a short combination of choreography, which can range from simple peasant dances to contemporary dance or original choreography by the greats such as Jerome Robbins, Michael Benett, and Bob Fosse. 
This is an open level class meaning that each student is at their own level. Therefore, I ask that each dancer do only what their body will allow them to do and in time, amazing progress will occur.