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Oren Korenblum is an award-winning choreographer, performer, tap dancer, dance instructor, and the founder of the Oren Korenblum Dance Company in New York City. He is a Bloch Educator/Influencer and the first male tap dancer to represent the Bloch brand.
...Read moreOren Korenblum is an award-winning choreographer, performer, tap dancer, dance instructor, and the founder of the Oren Korenblum Dance Company in New York City. He is a Bloch Educator/Influencer and the first male tap dancer to represent the Bloch brand.
Oren has been in show business for over two decades, performing, choreographing, and teaching around the world. He is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA) in New York City. He also trained as a tap and jazz instructor through the International Dance Teachers Association (IDTA) and studied ballet with the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD).
In 2022, Oren received the Outstanding Choreography Carbonell Award for Come Out! Come Out! The New Musical at The Foundry in Florida.
His choreography credits include: Important Bridegroom (Off-Broadway), Anything Goes, Milk and Honey, Cinderella, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hairspray, One More Yesterday (original production), and many more. He has also choreographed for NBC’s Red Nose Day, Town Hall NYC, dance competitions and conventions, music videos, schools, and other platforms.
Oren has performed in Off-Broadway shows including Sugar (Spats Palazzo), My Princess Diana (Ensemble), and Broadway by the Year concerts (featured tap and jazz dancer). He has appeared in numerous regional productions of classic musicals such as 42nd Street, Mary Poppins, Cats, Oklahoma!, Singin’ in the Rain, Spamalot, The Music Man, A Chorus Line, and many more. He toured across the U.S., Mexico, Colombia, and Israel with The Aluminum Show dance company, and has performed internationally in commercials, television, and dance shows.
As a dance educator, Oren has taught nationally and internationally for over 20 years, working with students of all ages, styles, and levels. He served as director and choreographer for AMDA’s High School Program.
Learn more at www.orenkorenblum.com
Follow him: @taporen on Instagram and TikTok
Class Descriptions
Oren’s tap classes are fun and challenging with exercises that strengthen technique and style and engage your brain. He understands how to break down dynamic combos into teachable sections. Oren starts class by touching on fundamentals of technique and then pushes all his dancers to achieve their next level of success in musical theatre tap! Regardless of your level or past tap experience, Oren will make sure you are challenged. His class is incredibly helpful for musical theatre performers maintaining and improving their tap skills in a safe space.
In Theatre Jazz class with Oren Korenblum, you’ll work on traditional jazz technique, warm-ups, body strengthening, stamina, rhythm, flexibility, and style.
In musical theatre, you must train yourself at every physical level and style while also telling a story.
Over the past two decades, Oren has performed, choreographed, and taught dance all over the world. He has worked with dancers and movers of all levels and ages, creating a safe space for everyone to do their best in the dance environment.
The outcome doesn’t matter. Every class is different because every day in life is different, but showing up for yourself is the greatest success. Judgment and fear are out of the room! Joy and confidence will lead to success, and success means enjoying your time in dance class.
Oren welcomes all artists, at any level of musical theatre, to join him in his class!