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Shea Sullivan

CURRENT CLASSES:

• Monday 3-4:30 pm Adv Beg Theatre
• Wednesday 3-4:30 pm Adv Beg Theatre
• Friday 3-4:30 pm Adv Beg Theatre Tap
• Saturday 3-4:30 pm Int Tap
• Sunday 9:30-10:45 am Basic Tap
• Sunday 10:45 am-noon Beg Tap
• Sunday 3-4:30 pm Adv Beg Tap

Shea Sullivan was the long time assistant to the late Dr. Henry LeTang, a Tony Award winning choreographer and Tap Master. Shea assisted Dr. LeTang on many projects, her favorite being the movie Bojangles, starring Gregory Hines. Shea travels throughout the country and abroad giving master classes, private lessons and teacher workshops. She has taught for all the top dance conventions such as DMA, NYCDA, Showstoppers and her choreography has resulted in many top awards including the gold medal at the Tap Dance World Championships.
Shea is also a Theatre, TV and Film choreographer. Credits include, NY: (upcoming) Come Up and See Me Sometime: The New Mae West Musical, the feature film- The Big Gay Musical and Broadway Bares. (Recent) DanceBreak 08’ (New World Stages), Bernice Bobs her Mullet (NYMF), I Got Love (Laurie Beechman), Dancing on a Dream (Duke on 42nd Street Theater), Get Lifted featuring John Legend and the NY Knicks Dancers (Hammerstein Ballroom), Pali Poker III featuring members of the Radio City Rockettes (Capitale). Regional: Wizard of Oz, The Music Man, Babes in Arms, Anything Goes, Bye Bye Birdie, Thoroughly Modern Millie. TV: Tap Mania (WB 11), Real Simple Life (PBS), The Peep Show (Pilot). Assistant Choreographer: Showtime film Bojangles starring Gregory Hines (choreo: Henry LeTang), A Musical Celebration of Broadway (Drama League benefit, choreo: Maria Torres). Proud member of The Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.  Shea is the President of, SAS Productions, Inc.

Gregory Hines had this to say about Shea Sullivan: “Shea Sullivan is part of the new breed of tap dancer/choreographer, who can dazzle with speed or funk….but she also has her roots in the great back in the day classic style of masters like Henry LeTang and Eleanor Powell. Shea can do it all.”

Visit Shea at www.SheaASullivan.com or www.SASproductions.org for info on Tap Instructional DVDs with Shea Sullivan!

Class Description

All Levels TAP: Shea's tap classes focus on various styles of tap such as Rhythm Tap and Musical Theater Tap. Technique and a strong emphasis on the fundamentals of tap will be included in each class. Students will have the ability to work on their listening skills as well as strengthening their tap sounds, quality and style. The basic level will focus on learning and building on basic tap vocabulary and at the end of each class putting the steps into a routine.

Adv Beg THEATRE TAP: This class will focus on taking the student from the audition process to the performance of musical theatre tap. Emphasis will be placed on style and execution of steps, tap vocabulary, story-telling and performance. Each class will include a warm up, a section dedicated to helping the students pick up steps more quickly, technique development and a routine. Shea’s musical theatre tap style has been inspired by the styles of Henry LeTang, Hermes Pan and Ann Miller.