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CURRENT CLASSES:
- Monday 1:30-3 pm Int Adv Ballet
- Tuesday 1:30-3 pm Int Adv Ballet
- Wednesday 1:30-3 pm Int Adv Ballet
- Thursday 1:30-3 pm Int Adv Ballet
- Friday 1:30-3 pm Int Adv Ballet
- Saturday 1:30-3 pm Int Adv Ballet
Jack Hertzog received his training from the School of American
Ballet where he studied with Andrew Eglevski, Alexandra Danilova,
and Stanley Williams, among others. He was a principal dancer
at the Metropolitan Opera Company
from 1967-1988, where he worked with Dame Alicia Markova,
Alvin Ailey, George Balanchine, and Anthony Tudor, dancing
the leading roles in such opera ballets as Aida, Adriana
Lecouvreur, Faust, La Gioconda, Samson et Dalila, and
La Traviata. In Dance Pages 01/10/87 Nina Russell
said Jack Hertzog was "thoroughly versed in classical
ballet" and his dancing had "...speed and virtousity...combined
with impeccable timing...enormous flexibility of technique,
perfect control and presentation."
His teaching has included classes at the Metropolitan Opera
Ballet Company, David Howard School, Broadway Dance Center,
and other locations, as well as Master classes at the New
York Dance Congress. The New York Resident recently
wrote, "Jack Hertzog is patient, kind, knowledgeable,
and guides his students through the basics to build a firm
foundation for the future."
Class Description
Int Adv BALLET: The class focuses not
only on the dancers technical development but on artistry, stressing the
use of the head and of port de bras, for example, in responding to music
rather than as ends in themselves. Combinations are choreographed to enhance
the dancer's individual expressive qualities. Thus the class is soundly
structured and designed to facilitate movement. Technique serves artistry
in combinations that encourage the dancer to dance.
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