Chet Walker will present three moments of dance, and discuss his relationship with legendary choreographer Bob Fosse and his work on the A.R.T.’s upcoming production of Pippin in December. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with Walker and A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus.
Choreographer Chet Walker was a close collaborator of Bob Fosse. He co-created and choreographed the Tony and multi-international-award-winning musical Fosse, and appeared in Fosse’s musicals The Pajama Game, Pippin, Dancin’, and Sweet Charity. His other Broadway credits include Lorelei, The Ambassadors, and On The Town. He is the recipient of the L.A. Dramalogue Award for Best Choreography for Best Little Whorehouse In Texas; Sweden’s equivalent of the Tony Award for Best Choreography for Annie Get Your Gun; and Chicago’s Joseph Jefferson Award for his co-choreography of Pal Joey at the Goodman Theatre. He has also choreographed and directed works for Cirque du Soleil, Compania Internacional de Teatro Musical in Buenos Aires (where he is co-Artistic Director), Jacob’s Pillow (where he serves as Director of the Jazz Program), for television in the US and internationally. He is also Artistic Director of WALKERDANCE, a nonprofit Musical Theatre Dance Company.
Co-Presented by the A.R.T. and the OFA Dance Program.
Need to know
Harvard Dance Center, 66 Garden St.
7:45 – 8:45PM
TICKETS:
Free tickets will be distributed at the Harvard Dance Center Box Office beginning at 7:00PM on Wednesday, November 7
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call the Dance Center at 617.495.8683 or email dance@fas.harvard.edu
Notable dates
Harvard Dance Center, 66 Garden St.
7:45 - 8:45PM
TICKETS:
Free tickets will be distributed at the Harvard Dance Center Box Office beginning at 7:00PM onWednesday, November 7
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call the Dance Center at 617.495.8683 or emaildance@fas.harvard.edu