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Robbie Roby's choreography credits include: Broadway Backwards (New Amsterdam Theatre; NYC), Sister Act (2020 MSUA Tour)....Read more
Robbie Roby's choreography credits include: Broadway Backwards (New Amsterdam Theatre; NYC), Sister Act (2020 MSUA Tour). His regional credis include: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Tuacahn Center for the Arts, La Mirada Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO), Shrek (Walnut Street Theatre, Sacramento Music Circus), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (The 5th Avenue Theatre), Hairspray (Sugar Loaf PAC), and Little Shop of Horrors (Sacramento Music Circus). Select associate credits include: Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz (Paper Mill Playhouse), The Flamingo Kid (world premiere, Hartford Stage), The Tempest (Shakespeare in the Park, NYC), Beaches (world premiere, Signature Theatre), and Carnegie Hall Family Holiday Concert: NY City Pops. As a performer, Robbie was the dance captain for the Broadway/Touring productions of Hairspray, Billy Elliot, and Monty Python’s Spamalot.
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The main objective of this class is the integration and practical application of singing, acting, and movement techniques to various styles of traditional and contemporary musical theater pieces.
The class is segmented in three sections: First, students receive individual sheet music , and, with the help of an accompanist, learn the appropriate melodies, harmonies, dynamics, and character associations to a specific section of a song. Second, students are lead through a physical warm-up, with an emphasis on classic Jazz/yoga bases series. Third, students learn original choreography in connection with the previously learned song, and gradually blend the vocal with the movement, resulting in a true triple-disciplinary experience!