A Two Hour Theater Dance Class Off Broadway

Al Blackstone teaches theater dance, the storytelling branch of jazz that Broadway shows are built on. The session sits in the BDC Inspire series, pitched at intermediate and advanced dancers who already read choreography quickly. Two hours leaves room for a full warm up, a long combination, and several groups running it. Blackstone builds character into the counts rather than layering it on afterward, which changes how the phrase feels by the third pass. You leave with one finished piece of repertoire.

You check in at the front desk, pay the thirty dollar drop in, and pick a spot facing the mirror. The class starts standing, moves through isolations and travelling steps, then breaks the combination into eight counts. Dancers rotate through in groups while the rest watch from the barre wall. Watching the group ahead of you is where most of the correction actually happens, and regulars plant themselves near the front for it. Water fountains sit just outside the studio door.

The class runs Friday morning, September 18, at 322 West 45th Street, a few doors from Ninth Avenue. Arrive fifteen minutes early to register and change, and bring jazz shoes or clean sneakers along with a second shirt. Thirty dollars covers a single class with no membership or package required, which makes a one off visit straightforward. It fits dancers holding intermediate technique who want professional level material. Anyone still learning basic jazz vocabulary should start in a lower level.