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CURRENT CLASSES:
- Monday 7:30-9 pm Int Adv Street Jazz
- Wednesday 7:30-9 pm Int Adv Street Jazz
- Thursday 3-4:30 pm Adv Beg Street Jazz
- Friday 7:30-9 pm Int Adv Street Jazz
- Sunday 3-4:30 pm Int Adv Street Jazz
Ms. Rhapsody James has choreographed
music videos for various labels including Wayne Wonder (VP Records) Bounce
Along, FannyPack (Tommy Boy)
Cameltoe, Fat Joe/R. Kelly (Jive) We
Thuggin, Latif (Motown) Don’t
Wanna Hurt You, Nancy Jackson (Harmony) Crazy
Praise, and Made Men (Universal)
Holla Boston.
Rhapsody has also had the pleasure of choreographing for Eve's Ruff
Ryder/Cash Money Millionaire Tour, Tina Novak (Arista) Promo Tour, HER
SANITY (Motown) Promo Tour, Latif (Motown) Promo Tour, NBA All Star Weekend,
and Sony Music Industrials. She has done Artist Development for Universal,
Columbia, Epic, Nervous, and Heart Records, as well as The Orange Factory.
She is also the Artistic Director of Rhapsody: The Company, bringing
street jazz to the concert stage with powerful, yet technical performances
and sold-out shows. The Company is comprised of some of the hottest commercial
dancers working today. Rhapsody: The Company is dedicated to blurring
the boundaries between Hip Hop, modern and jazz with their unique contemporary
fusion style of "street jazz" that expresses an eclectic vision
of beauty and rawness. Through dynamic choreography displaying a vision
of complexity and drama, this company will capture you with a positive
energy that excites and sooths your soul.
Rhapsody was born in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx. She has been
dancing since the age of seven and choreographing since the age of sixteen.
In 1997, Rhapsody became one of the two choreographers of the NBA New
Jersey Nets Dance Team, and principal dancer in one of the hottest videos
of the summer, Put Your Hands Where My Eyes
Can See by Busta Rhymes.
She has appeared on MTV's The Grind, VH-1 80's Dance
Party, VH-1 Fashion
Awards and Lip Service.
Her class at Broadway Dance Center was featured on The
Wade Robson Project as “the hip hop class to take
in NYC.”
Rhapsody is featured in a new series of instructional
videos produced in part by Broadway Dance Center. Now available
on DVD/VHS, please visit LiveatBDC.com for
sample footage and additional information.
Visit: www.RhapsodyTheCompany.com
Class Description
Adv Beg STREET JAZZ: Although structured the same as the INT/ADV class,
the main focus of this class will be to build a solid technical foundation
and to begin to develop performance quality and musicality. Discipline,
the ability to “pick-up” choreography and dynamic execution
enables an ADV BEG student to move into an INT/ADV class. You must have
1-2 years previous training in hip hop, jazz and or ballet.
Int Adv STREET JAZZ: Dedication and professionalism are a must for this
class. The warm up builds cardio vascular strength while incorporating
Yoga and A.I. Stretch Techniques. Music such as hip hop, R&B, house,
rock, pop and alternative take the class on a journey of discipline and
strength. Class combinations integrate innovative choreography with the
study of the techniques of staging, formations, use of props and musicality.
You must have 2-3 years previous training in hip hop, jazz and or ballet.
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