2010 Tony Award Winners!

Congratulations to all the 2010 Tony Nominees and Winners! We enjoyed this year's awards presentation, and can't wait to see what is up next for Broadway!

If you missed last night's performances, you can check out photos and videos from the big night at Radio city online at www.TonyAwards.com


Best musical: "Memphis"

Best lead actress in a musical: Catherine Zeta-Jones, "A Little Night Music"

Best lead actor in a musical: Douglas Hodge, "La Cage aux Folles"

Best revival of a musical: "La Cage aux Folles"

Best play: "Red" (author: John Logan)

Best revival of a play: "Fences"

Best choreography: Bill T. Jones, "Fela!"

Best leading actress in a play: Viola Davis, "Fences"

Best leading actor in a play: Denzel Washington, "Fences"

Best featured actress in a play: Scarlett Johansson, "A View from the Bridge"

Best featured actor in a play: Eddie Redmayne, "Red"

Best featured actress in a musical: Katie Finneran, "Promises, Promises"
Best featured actor in a musical: Levi Kreis, "Million Dollar Quartet"

Best direction of a play: Michael Grandage, "Red"
Best direction of a musical: Terry Johnson, "La Cage aux Folles"

Best book of a musical: Joe DiPietro, "Memphis"

Best original score written for the theatre: David Bryan (music), Joe DiPietro and David Bryan (lyrics), "Memphis"

Best orchestration: Daryl Waters and David Bryan, "Memphis"

Best scenic design of a play: Christopher Oram, "Red"
Best scenic design of a musical: Christine Jones, "American Idiot"

Best costume design of a play: Catherine Zuber, "The Royal Family"
Best costume design of a musical: Marina Draghici, "Fela!"

Best lighting design of a play: Neil Austin, "Red"
Best lighting design of a musical: Kevin Adams, "American Idiot"

Best sound design of a play: Adam Cork, "Red"
Best sound design of a musical: Robert Kaplowitz, "Fela!"

Lifetime achievement: Alan Ayckbourn, Marian Seldes

Regional Theatre Award: Eugene O'Neill Theatre, Waterford, Conn.

Isabelle Stevenson Award: David Hyde Pierce

Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre: Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, B.H. Barry, Midtown North & South New York City Police Precincts, Tom Viola

Body Awareness and Contemporary Movement Workshop

This workshop will focus on providing students with a basic knowledge of anatomy and how it relates to dance. Although designed with the contemporary dancer in mind, the information provided is easily translated to any genre of dance: From Ballet to Jazz, Contemporary to Bollywood. Classes will be lead by Broadway Dance Center faculty and co. directors of :pushing progress a company Calen J. Kurka and Chris Hale.

Also instructing will be Melissa Wolfe-Rosebro, certified Pilates instructor and long time student of anatomist and neuro-muscular therapist Irene Dowd. By making sophisticated information accessible to every student, we hope to provide essential tools for every dancer who has the will to learn and grow

Day one will center on body alignment and basic anatomy. Melissa Wolfe Rosebro will lead the class in a series exercises designed to align and strengthen the body. By discovering the importance of proper pelvic alignment and a re-organizing of the dancers body, each student will learn how to use their body in the most efficient and safest way for them individually. Through this work and her comprehensive knowledge of the body, her background in dance and Pilates, Melissa is able to speak to the dancers in a way that draws them in and facilitates greater understanding of their own instrument; helping everyone unlock the door to access their ability.

Day two will focus on warming up the body. Building on the concepts of day one and incorporating the GyrotonicR methodology and other systems of movement, we'll show the importance of preparing one's body for the work at hand. Class will be lead by Calen Kurka and Chris Hale and they will break down their own warm ups and discuss the importance of mindset while training.

Day three is the culmination of the workshop. By coupling the concepts and techniques explored in the first two sessions with movement, we will demonstrate how to incorporate all of the information into your daily dance life. It is the goal of all three instructors to empower their students through knowledge. We hope to send everyone away with the tools to leap to the next level as dancers hoping to experience longevity in their dance careers.

Waka Waka Dance!

Hello everyone!

We are looking for dancers to help promote the "1 Goal: Education for All" Campaign. Dancers will film a segment of the "Waka Waka" dance, which has been choreographed by Hi-Hat for the official music video of the song "Waka Waka: Time for Africa." The song has been selected by FIFA as the official anthem of the World Cup in Johannesburg this year.

We will be filmed Wednesday in Studio 1 from 8-9 a.m., so please come join us as we raise awareness for 1Goal! The dance is SUPER EASY, and it will be fun to do.

Here's a video of the dance: http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/shakira-remixes-african-hit-for-world-cup/

What: The Waka Waka Dance
When: Wednesday, May 26 from 8-9 a.m.
Where: Studio 1 at BDC
Who: EVERYONE!!! :)
Why: Because you know you love the Waka Waka Dance!

Thank you for the support!

Jason Marquette's Chorepgraphy Receives Accolades at Competition!

Jason Marquette's choreography earned two Platinum 1st place awards at Access Broadway in Valley Forge, PA for "Power's in the People" in the Senior Small Group Tap category and "Campus" in the Senior Tap Solo category. His musical theater piece, "Walking Papers" earned Extreme Platinum and he received the Choreography Award at Dance Xplosion in Hackensack, NJ.

2010 Tony Award Nominees Announced!

Make sure to catch the Tony Awards Sunday, June 13 live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS! For additional information, visit www.TonyAwards.com




The 2010 nominees:

Best Play
In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play Author: Sarah Ruhl
Next Fall Author: Geoffrey Nauffts
Red Author: John Logan
Time Stands Still Author: Donald Margulies

Best Musical
American Idiot
Fela!
Memphis
Million Dollar Quartet

Best Book of a Musical
Everyday Rapture - Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott
Fela! - Jim Lewis & Bill T. Jones
Memphis -Joe DiPietro
Million Dollar Quartet - Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
The Addams Family
Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lippa

Enron
Music: Adam Cork
Lyrics: Lucy Prebble

Fences
Music: Branford Marsalis
Memphis
Music: David Bryan
Lyrics: Joe DiPietro, David Bryan

Best Revival of a Play
Fences
Lend Me a Tenor
The Royal Family
A View from the Bridge

Best Revival of a Musical
Finian's Rainbow
La Cage aux Folles
A Little Night Music
Ragtime

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Jude Law, Hamlet
Alfred Molina, Red
Liev Schreiber, A View from the Bridge
Christopher Walken, A Behanding in Spokane
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Viola Davis, Fences
Valerie Harper, Looped
Linda Lavin, Collected Stories
Laura Linney, Time Stands Still
Jan Maxwell, The Royal Family

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Kelsey Grammer, La Cage aux Folles
Sean Hayes, Promises, Promises
Douglas Hodge, La Cage aux Folles
Chad Kimball, Memphis
Sahr Ngaujah, Fela!

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kate Baldwin, Finian's Rainbow
Montego Glover, Memphis
Christiane Noll, Ragtime
Sherie Rene Scott, Everyday Rapture
Catherine Zeta-Jones, A Little Night Music

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
David Alan Grier, Race
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Fences
Jon Michael Hill, Superior Donuts
Stephen Kunken, Enron
Eddie Redmayne, Red

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Maria Dizzia, In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play
Rosemary Harris, The Royal Family
Jessica Hecht, A View from the Bridge
Scarlett Johansson, A View from the Bridge
Jan Maxwell, Lend Me a Tenor

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Kevin Chamberlin, The Addams Family
Robin De Jesús, La Cage aux Folles
Christopher Fitzgerald, Finian's Rainbow
Levi Kreis, Million Dollar Quartet
Bobby Steggert, Ragtime
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Barbara Cook, Sondheim on Sondheim
Katie Finneran, Promises, Promises
Angela Lansbury, A Little Night Music
Karine Plantadit, Come Fly Away
Lillias White, Fela!

Best Scenic Design of a Play
John Lee Beatty, The Royal Family
Alexander Dodge, Present Laughter
Santo Loquasto, Fences
Christopher Oram, Red

Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Marina Draghici, Fela!
Christine Jones, American Idiot
Derek McLane, Ragtime
Tim Shortall, La Cage aux Folles


Best Costume Design of a Play
Martin Pakledinaz, Lend Me a Tenor
Constanza Romero, Fences
David Zinn, In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play
Catherine Zuber, The Royal Family

Best Costume Design of a Musical
Marina Draghici, Fela!
Santo Loquasto, Ragtime
Paul Tazewell, Memphis
Matthew Wright, La Cage aux Folles

Best Lighting Design of a Play
Neil Austin, Hamlet
Neil Austin, Red
Mark Henderson, Enron
Brian MacDevitt, Fences

Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Kevin Adams, American Idiot
Donald Holder, Ragtime
Nick Richings, La Cage aux Folles
Robert Wierzel, Fela!

Best Sound Design of a Play
Acme Sound Partners, Fences
Adam Cork, Enron
Adam Cork, Red
Scott Lehrer, A View from the Bridge

Best Sound Design of a Musical
Jonathan Deans, La Cage aux Folles
Robert Kaplowitz, Fela!
Dan Moses Schreier and Gareth Owen, A Little Night Music
Dan Moses Schreier, Sondheim on Sondheim

Best Direction of a Play
Michael Grandage, Red
Sheryl Kaller, Next Fall
Kenny Leon, Fences
Gregory Mosher, A View from the Bridge

Best Direction of a Musical
Christopher Ashley, Memphis
Marcia Milgrom Dodge, Ragtime
Terry Johnson, La Cage aux Folles
Bill T. Jones, Fela!

Best Choreography
Rob Ashford, Promises, Promises
Bill T. Jones, Fela!
Lynne Page, La Cage aux Folles
Twyla Tharp, Come Fly Away

Best Orchestrations
Jason Carr, La Cage aux Folles
Aaron Johnson, Fela!
Jonathan Tunick, Promises, Promises
Daryl Waters & David Bryan, Memphis

NBC's The Sing Off Auditions

Have you been working on your vocal skills in BDC's voice classes with Kurt Corrado Robinson or Bettina Sheppard? Here's an opportunity to put all that training to work!

Season 2 Auditions

Seeking a cappella groups of 4-12 members

New York: Saturday, May 22 (Callbacks May 23)
Kimmel Center at NYU
Eisner & Lubin Auditorium, 4th Floor
60 Washington Sq. South (b/w Thompson & LaGuardia)
New York, NY 10012
www.nyu.edu

Nashville: Saturday, May 29th
S.I.R. Studios Nashville
1101 Cherry Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
www.sir-usa.com

Chicago: Monday, May 31st
Superior Street
2744 W. Superior St.
Chicago, IL 60622
www.superiorst.com

Los Angeles: Saturday, June 5th
(Callbacks June 6th)
CenterStaging
3407 Winona Avenue
Burbank, CA 91504
www.centerstaging.com

Line Starts 8:00AM - Doors Open 9:00AM

Radio City Rockette Auditions!

Rockettes:

Radio City Rockettes auditions for the 2010 Radio City Christmas Spectacular coming to New York and LA this April/May. For further details and requirements as well as callback dates visit: www.radiocityauditions.com.

Check out this video on Becoming a Rockette.

New York @ Radio City Music Hall - Thursday, April 29

Los Angeles @ Screenland Studios - Monday, May 3