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Jason Anthony Rodriguez is a Dominican-American actor and dancer born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City. He earned his B.A. in Arts Management with a focus in dance from SUNY Purchase and trained in acting at the Susan Batson Studio.
...Read moreJason Anthony Rodriguez is a Dominican-American actor and dancer born and raised in Washington Heights, New York City. He earned his B.A. in Arts Management with a focus in dance from SUNY Purchase and trained in acting at the Susan Batson Studio.
Best known for his work on Ryan Murphy’s Emmy- and Golden Globe–nominated series Pose on FX, Jason starred as “Lamar” and served as the show’s Movement Coach for all three seasons, in addition to choreographing for Season 2. His television credits also include a guest-starring role as “Enrico” in the series finale of HBO’s The Deuce.
A five-time New York Times feature, Jason has been profiled by Siobhan Burke, Gia Kourlas, and Illise S. Carter. As Kourlas wrote, “Mr. Rodriguez is a subtle scene stealer as Lamar on the FX show Pose.”
Mentored by Benny Ninja, Javier Ninja, Dorit Koppel, and Kevin Wynn, Jason has performed and modeled for designers including Willy Chavarria, Bronx & Banco, Carolina Herrera, Opening Ceremony, UGG, Romeo Hunte, The Blonds, Laurence & Chico, and Landeros during New York Fashion Week.
He has also served as Movement Coach for the Colors & Care campaign featuring JT and appeared in campaigns for Vogue Eyewear, Adidas, Lululemon, FILA, Nike, Restylane, Snipes, Gilead Sciences, and more.
As an educator, Jason has taught across the United States and internationally in the Dominican Republic, Barbados, Japan, and Vienna.
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New Way Vogue is one of 3 styes of voguing. The style is recognized by executing precision, contortion and flexibility while voguing.
Couple of names whom pioneered the style are Willie Ninja, Benny Ninja, Javier Ninja, Mecca Ninja, Aviance, Jose, Luis and Derrek Xtravaganza.
Classes begins with an ab conditioning series followed by a stretch series. We then stand to exercise the elements of voguing within a structure and weave a phrase of movement to practice the dance form. Though students learn through structure, voguing is improvisation based. It was created to be a free form of expression by the LGBTQIA+ community to rebel against societal oppression towards them.
The structure is there to help students explore the dance form but the goal is to express freely and confidently. Voguing was inspired by models in a magazine. I say a strong voguer is a model who understands movement and themselves.
So come and find your best self through voguing and have a good time discovering this dance.