This workshop is for dancers aged 9 through adult who are at the advanced beginning level of ballet or more.
About the instructor:
Marcus began studying ballet at The Hartford School of Ballet at the age of 13. During the summer months, Marcus studied ballet at Dance Theatre of Harlem and School of American Ballet (SAB).
Marcus’ professional career started as a company member with Dance Theatre of Harlem where he danced the classics from Balanchine. In his time at DTH, Marcus worked with legendary choreographers Agnes de Mille, Geoffrey Holder and Garth Fagan.Marcus was also a company member for The Feld Ballet where he had the opportunity to originate some of Eliot Felds ballets including “Blooms Wake”.
Marcus received his Pilates Instructor certification from Balanced Bodies and received his certification in Fitness from The American College of Sports Medicine. Marcus taught in many NYC health clubs including Definitions for 14 years, Manhattan Center for 8 years and for 6 years taught Pilates and Personal Fitness classes at Re-Center Pilates in Albany, NY.
When Marcus moved from NYC to his Upstate, NY home on a full-time basis in 2012, Marcus has been involved with many organizations including:
* Hudson Valley Academy of Performing Arts in Ancram, NY where he teaches ballet and performs Nutcracker annually.
* Creative Studio in Coxsackie, New York where he teaches ballet and does choreography for the annual Spring recital.
* Coxsackie/Athens High School Drama Club as Director of Choreography and was involved with productions of Annie, The Addams Family, Shrek, Annie Get Your Gun and How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying.
* Catskill High School Drama Club as Director of Choreography and has been involved with productions of Pippin, Beauty and the Beast, Music Man, Little Mermaids, Anything Goes and Sister Act.
* Columbia County Youth Theatre in Chatham, NY where he teaches students who attend the camp enrichment classes and movement for actors.
* The Center of Performing Arts in Rhinebeck, NY as choreographer for productions of Carousel, Dark of the Moon and The Curious incident about a dog in the night.
* The Two of Us Productions, Copake, NY where he was choreographer and performed in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Over the last 3 years, Marcus has collaborated with Choreographer / Director, Dan Safer as assistant choreographer and actor in The History of Empires where he performed at MIT, Cambridge, MA and LaMama Experimental Theatre Club, NYC.
