Living American Theater Dance

Living American Theater Dance

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$9.95

20 Minutes - Color

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Once a hit musical show finishes its run on Broadway, the choreography of the notable dance numbers involved would be lost, if not for the efforts of Lee Theodore, founder and director of the American Dance Machine. This dance company is actually a living archive of over 45 dance routines, reconstructed from the original castmembers’ memories, and performed now as worthwhile pieces of choreography outside the context of the original shows. Among the dances that the American Dance Machine has reconstructed are the numbers from “West Side Story” and “The Boyfriend,” and such period dances as the mambo and the Charleston.

11 minutes | Color

Once a hit musical show finishes its run on Broadway, the choreography of the notable dance numbers involved would be lost, if not for the efforts of Lee Theodore, founder and director of the American Dance Machine. This dance company is actually a living archive of over 45 dance routines, reconstructed from the original castmembers’ memories, and performed now as worthwhile pieces of choreography outside the context of the original shows. Among the dances that the American Dance Machine has reconstructed are the numbers from “West Side Story” and “The Boyfriend,” and such period dances as the mambo and the Charleston.

11 minutes | Color