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WELCOMES Dance Dynamics PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

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Page 1: SDC:DDPAC Welcome Packet

welcomes

Dance DynamicsPerforming Arts Center

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INFORMATION

AUDITION TIP

DAY ONE10:00 - 12:00pm12:00 - 1:00pm 1:00 - 3:00pm 3:00 - 5:30pm5:30 - 7:00pm8:00 - 10:30pm10:30pm

DAY TWO10:00 - 12:00pm12:00 - 2:00pm

2:00 - 3:00pm3:00 - 5:30pm

Class with Andy Blankenbuehler LunchClass with Chris Bailey BreakDinner *Strict time frame

NEWSIES on BroadwayPost-Show Talk Back *Come to the front rows, cast will meet you there

Class with Ryan SteeleVocal Audition Technique with Nikole Vallins *Please bring a 16 bar audition song

LunchAudition Technique Seminar/Mock Audition with Rachel Hoffman, Carly Friedlander and Rachel Bress *Please bring headshot and resume (if available)

Red Bean Studios - Studio 702

Red Bean Studios - Studio 702

John’s Pizzeria

Pearl Studios - Studio 1212Pearl Studios - Studio 1212

LOCATIONS DINNER MENURed Bean Studios320 W 37th Street (between 8th & 9th Ave.)7th Floor - Loft 702

Pearl Studios500 8th Avenue (between 35th and 36th St.)12th floor - Studio 1212

John’s Pizzeria260 West 44th Street (between 7th & 8th Ave.)Phone: 212-391-7560

Nederlander Theatre208 West 41st Street (between 7th & 8th Ave.)

Appetizers: Garlic Bread, House/Caesar SaladsMain Course: Variety of John’s Famous Pizza & Calzone’sDessert: Italian CookiesBeverages: Soda by the pitcher *Note: Alcoholic beverages available - Cash Bar

IMPORTANT CONTACTSNicole Hellman, Group LeaderXXX-XXX-XXXX

Red Bean Studios - Studio 702

Rachel Bress, SDC OwnerXXX-XXX-XXXX

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ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER Broadway: Bring It On, The Musical, Annie, In The Heights (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics, Lortel and Calloway Awards), 9 To 5 (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics nominations), The Apple Tree (starring Kristin Chenoweth), The People In The Picture, City Center’s The Wiz. West End: Desperately Seeking Susan. Film/TV: So You Think You Can Dance, The Sopranos, MTV, and commercials for Wendy’s, Saturday Night Fever, and The History Channel. Concerts: Elton John, Bette Midler, Caesars’ Nights On Broadway. He has performed on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big and Guys and Dolls.

FACULTY

RYAN STEELEBroadway: West Side Story (Baby John), Billy Elliot. Film/TV: Five Dances, Smash.

NIKOLE VALLINS is an independent producer, career/audition consultant and casting director. Producing projects include: I’M IN starring Rachelle Rak at Le Poisson Rouge, D Watts: Spoken Word Preserves at the Helen Mills Theater, Indomitable: James Brown at Le Poisson Rouge, National Asian Artist’s Project’s Oklahoma!, Steven Jamail’s Concert at Hudson Terrace and the monthly concert series Broadway Rhythm and Booze. As a casting director, she has worked at Binder Casting and at Dave Clemmons Casting on such projects as A Chorus Line, Finian’s Rainbow, White Christmas, The Lion King, Gypsy, the NY City Center Encores! Series and the feature film, Hairspray. She is also a co-creator of The Next Step Audition Workshop in NYC. Nikole is on the Artistic Advisory board of Rosie’s Broadway Kids and is a board member of The Performing Arts Project.

CHRIS BAILEY As Rob Ashford’s Associate Choreographer, Broadway: Promises Promises, How to Succeed in Business Without Re-ally Trying and Evita. West End: Guys and Dolls, Evita, Once in a Lifetime. Film: Beyond the Sea (starring Kevin Spacey) Workshops: Marty, Cry Baby and Leap of Faith. He has performed on Broadway in Cry Baby and Shrek the Musical. As a Choreographer: Dancing Shadows (National Korean Theatre Award for Best Choreography), Thoroughly Modern Millie (UK 1st National Tour), Guys and Dolls (UK and Australia 1st National Tours), The Wedding Singer (US 1st National Tour) and Shrek the Musical (US 1st National Tour).

RACHEL HOFFMANRachel Hoffman, CSA, has worked in casting since 1999. She is currently a Casting Director at Telsey + Company, where she has been involved in the casting of Smash, both Sex & The City films, Memphis, Bring It On, Hands On A Hardbody, Baby It’s You, Catch Me If You Can, Sister Act, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Spider-Man, The Addams Family, Wicked, Rent, In The Heights and many others.

CARLY FRIEDLANDERCarly Friedlander has worked with McDonald Selznick Associates as a Junior Agent in the theatre and Equity division for the past three years. In addition to holding a BA in Theatre and Polictical Science from Muhlenberg College, Carly also trained heavily at The Rock School/The Rock School West.

RACHEL BRESSAs a choreographer: Rated P...for Parenthood, Pan Am, Sex and the City, The Electric Company, The Today Show, The View, DittyDoodle Works (NY Emmy and Broadcasters Award) and the NBA All-Star Game half time show. Rachel is currently the Associate Choreographer for the upcoming Broadway Revival of Annie. She has worked closely as an associate with Andy Blankenbuehler, John Carrafa, Christopher Gatelli, Mark Dendy, and Graciela Daniele. She has performed on Broadway in Wicked, Mamma Mia!, 9 to 5, The Pirate Queen and West Side Story.

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NYC FUN FACTS

RESOURCES

GOOD REFERENCE

New York City has 4,000 street food vendors.

The average temperature of New York City’s pavement on a hot sum-mer day is 150 degrees.

100 million Chinese food cartons are used annually in New York City.

Gennaro Lombardi opened the first US pizzeria in NYC in 1895.

Manhattan’s Chinatown is the largest Chinese enclave in the Western Hemisphere.

New York City was was briefly the US capital from 1789 to 1790 and was the site of the inauguration of George Washington as President on April 30, 1789.

The state fruit is the apple.

Joseph Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857

More than 47 percent of New York City’s residents over the age of 5 speak a language other than English at home.

The Federal Reserve Bank on New York’s Wall Street contains vaults that are located 80 feet beneath the bank and hold about 25 percent of the world’s gold bullion.

More than 250 feature films are shot on location in New York City each year.

An average of 4.9 million people ride the New York City subway each weekday.

The New York subway system is the largest mass transit system in the world with 468 stations and 842 miles (1355 km) of track.

Unlike most major subways systems around the world, the New York Subway runs 24 hours a day.

The musicians who perform in the NYC Subway system go through a competitive audition process. Some of the subway musicians have also played at Carnegie Hall.

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STAY TUNED!

RESOURCESStage Door Connections is a New York City based company dedicated to meeting the needs of both aspiring and working professional dancers, and of choreographers, artistic directors, tal-ent agents, management professionals, producers, casting directors and teachers. While other companies offer seminars and work-shops, we serve the needs of the broader dance community. We are committed to building a network that supports performers at every stage of their professional and educational career.

Since launching the company in 2008, we have developed a wide variety of programs and services including Professional Seminars, Career Management Services, Pre-Professional Programs, NYC and Beyond, and SDC Casting. SDA and SDC are

merging in Fall 2012.

New website, features, and programs ahead!

NOTES FROM MY EXPERIENCE...

14 DAY FREE

TRIAL:DANCEDYNAMICS2012

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