Beverly Durand
Visiting Instructor,
Saturday January 21st, 2006
Beverly is skilled in Argentine Tango, West Coast Swing, and Lindy. Her
specialty is high-flying acrobatics and aerials. She has a
background in jazz, tap, ballet and modern dance in addition to her
social dancing skills.
Although a consummate
performer, often singled out in reviews, Beverly loves social dancing,
and values good connection and lead/follow skills. As for lifts, she can
coach you to perform not only beautifully, but safely as well. She
has studied with the best in the business. She especially loves helping
dancers learn to perform in front of an audience.
Tango credits:
Original Broadway Cast of
Forever Tango
Latin Dance Carnival (Buenos Aires and Japan) with partner Junior
Cervila
Tango Vivo! with Sandor
Feature tango dancer in Tango Magic (PBS) with Sandor
Swango, the fusion (a mixture of West Coast Swing and Tango)
Swing credits:
Original Broadway Cast of Swing!
Regional productions of Swing!
Choreographer and featured dancer in regional productions of
Swing! in Illinois and Ohio with partner Mark Eckstein.
2000 Tony Awards featured dancer for Swing!
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Featured on The Today Show
National Memorial Day concert (PBS) featured with Mark Eckstein
Three time US Open Swing Dance Championships finalist
Other credits
Saturday Night Fever, in the Netherlands-assistant choreographer and
latin feature
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