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Jazz Dance with Kyle Garrison
- Ages:
- All ages
- Cost:
- Free with museum admission, reservation required
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About This Program
Join dancer-choreographer Kyle Garrison and explore the high-energy fusion of jazz dance! Garrison’s choreography incorporates jazz techniques with elements of modern dance and Hip Hop. Because every jazz dancer interprets and executes moves and steps in their own way, you’ll discover your own personal jazz “style” and leave energized.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kyle Garrison received his training at the University of the Arts, Theatre West Virginia, Winthrop University and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts where he mastered the diverse dance styles of Lester Horton, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor and jazz. Garrison has been a teaching artist for North Carolina Dance Theatre (now Charlotte Ballet), North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. He also served as a dance educator for the Governor's Award-winning Janice Wyatt Summer Arts Institute at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. As a lecturer, Garrison taught modern, jazz, hip-hop and musical theatre for several years at Winthrop University.
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