Cast and Creative Team Announced For ON YOUR FEET! at The John W. Engeman Theater

The John W. Engeman Theater announces the cast and creative team of ON YOUR FEET! Performances begin on Thursday, June 14, 2022, and run through Sunday, August 28, 2022.

ON YOUR FEET! is directed by Dana Iannuzzi (Engeman: Aida, In the Heights, Grease, and Jekyll & Hyde; Regional: Greenbrier Valley Theatre, Timberlake Playhouse, Baldwin Wallace University, NYMF, and The Players Theatre) and choreographed by SANDALIO ALVAREZ (Engeman: In The Heights, Newsies; Broadway: The Lion King, In The Heights; Regional: Alliance Theatre, The Walnut Street Theatre, Riverside Theatre, Bristol Riverside Theater; TV/Film: "The Lopez Show," "The Today Show," "So You Think You Can Dance").

The ensemble includes Mathew Bautista, Stevie Bovo, Camila Cardona, Anthony Cataldo, Sharlane Conner, Sofia Jarmel, Jasmine Maldonado, Susan Oliveras, Vincent Ortega, Facundo Ortigoza, Oscar Rodriguez, Rodolfo Santamarina, Luca Silva and Marina Vidal.

by Stephi Wild - Broadwayworld.com (Click here to read full article)

First Look at IN THE HEIGHTS Directed by OBC Member Stephanie Klemons at The Madison Theatre

The Madison Theatre at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, Long Island has launched its Signature Theater Series with Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony Award-winning musical In The Heights.

In The Heights is currently running through June 12 directed & choreographed by original Broadway cast member & dance captain Stephanie Klemons (also Associate Choreographer on Miranda's Tony-winning musical Hamilton, in addition to being in the original cast).

by Chloe Rabinowitz – Broadwayworld.com (Click her to read full article)

National Hispanic Heritage Month 2021

“September 15 through October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month to recognize the contributions of people of Hispanic heritage to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States. These dates were chosen because they coincide with national independence days in several South and Central American countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Chile.

In celebration, MMDG staff and dancers have compiled a list of artists and dance groups who inspire us.

Artists: Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Andrea Guajardo, Carlos Falú, Daniel Fetecua Soto, Herman Cornejo, Javier Padilla, Luis Lara Malvacías, Monica Giavanna Douglas, Omar Román de Jesús, Oscar Antonio Rodriguez, Roman Mejia, Samantha Chapa“

by Rachel Lee – MMDG Digital (Click to read full article)

SPEAKOUT: PROTEST PLAYS AND MORE Virtual Festival to be Presented by MultiStages

MultiStages will present "SPEAKOUT: Protest Plays & More," a virtual festival of multicultural multidisciplinary commissioned works, live on June 21 and recorded from June 22 to 25. Conceived and curated by Artistic Director/activist Lorca Peress, the program is a 90-minute turntable of short plays, dance works and poetry exploring the essence of protest and activism in the modern period since the killing of George Floyd, the pandemic, the surge in hate crimes on Asian-Americans and more.

by BWW News Desk – Broadwayworld.com (Click to read full article)

Theatre Dance Vietnam Presents DANCING THROUGH... Featuring Performers From HAMILTON, NEWSIES and More

“DANCING THROUGH..." is a virtual theatre dance production, presented by Theatre Dance Vietnam. Broadway meets Vietnam during a global pandemic. The performance explores the last century of theater dance and its prevalence beyond Broadway.

Directed by Elizabeth Troxler; associate director, Logan Pitts. Choreographed by Richard Stafford , James Kinney, Ryan VanDenBoom, Michael Mindlin, Kristyn Pope, Danielle Diniz, Andrea Brodine, Jill Kenney, and James Alonzo White. Filmed under COVID safety guidelines by Tim Fuchs Productions at The Tank, with lighting design by American Ballet Theatre's Brad Fields and Stephen Weeks.”

by BWW News Desk – Broadwayworld.com (Click to read full article)

A Pre-Covid Glance On Choreographing Solitude: Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance Paints Edward Hopper for the Stage

“Dancers Lila Simmons and Oscar Rodriguez perhaps disclosed one side of Edward and Josephine’s dynamics in Lavagnino’s fourth vignette of Office at Night (1940)…. In the scene, Rodriguez portrayed a solemn businessman at a translucent desk, in the twilight of a late working afternoon. Himself and a woman, likely his secretary, entered a rigid tango as they grappled with the professional implications of their affair. And in one moment, our great passions had become a dance with ourselves, on ghost flights with masks, and in cars driving Purelled steering wheels.“

by Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes – ibtwnmag (Click to read full article)

Mastering dance: The benefits of an MFA for already established dancers

“Oscar Rodriguez is a Venezuelan-born, Costa Rican-raised, New York-based dancer. After an already successful career back home, Rodriguez moved to New York to attend New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and obtained his Masters of Fine Arts in Dance. Dance Informa sat down with him to discuss what drove him to get his MFA when already an established artist, and where it’s taken him.”

by Holly Laroche – Dance Informa Magazine (click to read full article)