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Jonny Cohen, born and raised in the Greater Boston area, started his dance training with hip hop at the age of six with his identical twin brother, and continued his training in modern and ballet at Hofstra University while receiving a B.S. Degree in Dance Education.
...Read moreJonny Cohen, born and raised in the Greater Boston area, started his dance training with hip hop at the age of six with his identical twin brother, and continued his training in modern and ballet at Hofstra University while receiving a B.S. Degree in Dance Education.
This training at Hofstra gave him the opportunity to work with artists such as Fredrick Earl Mosley, Doug Varone, and David Parker, Heather Waldon, Robin Becker, and Amy Marshall. At school he set several pieces for a multitude of Student showcases, dance teams, and clubs.
Outside of school, he continued his training at Generation IV and Broadway Dance Center’s Professional Semester, learning and performing choreography from Teddy Forance, Devin Jamieson, Jeff Lapes, Noel Bajandas, Emma Portner, Theresa Stone and Miles Keeney. For his professional semester at Broadway Dance Center he recieved the opportunity to set choreography amongst his peers marking his debut in New York City in 2016. Soon after, Jonny’s choreography, alongside his brother Billy, was included in a segment of MTV’s Episode 2 of Lit! sponsored by Beats by Dre. Since signing to Bloc Talent agency, Jonny has worked with J Balvin and Bad Bunny for the MTV VMAS, BTS at the United Nations, was a Character and Principal Dancer in season 2 of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, choreographed by Marguerite Derricks, was a Principal Dancer for The Crowded Room, choreographed by Tanisha Scott, and has been apart of more tv shows and musical acts!
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Class Descriptions
Jonny’s class has two aspects of emphasis: learning (or relearning) the reasons “why” we love to dance as well as using foundational hip hop movement to connect to music and choreography.
Class will start with a Head to Toe warmup which will include stretching and cardio. The class will follow up with “Call & Response” in which Jonny will perform a variety of Hip Hop grooves. Depending on the choreography and theme of class for the day, we will learn about distinct creators, contributors, origins and the history of particular movement that will be taught in class.
Above all, Jonny wants to make sure the students are feeling comfortable to express themselves, and are learning something new in the process!
The main emphasis of Jonny’s classes are building hip hop foundation and applying these foundations to choreography.
Class will start with a Head to Toe warmup which will include stretching and cardio.
The class will follow up with “Call & Response” in which Jonny will perform a variety of Hip Hop grooves (many of which will be taught at length and will be present in the upcoming choreography). Depending on the choreography and theme of class for the day, we will learn about distinct creators, contributors, and the history of particular movement that will be taught in class.
Above all, Jonny wants to make sure the students are having fun, are feeling comfortable to express themselves, and are learning something new in the process!