Today's guest is John Selya. John grew up in NYC and trained in the School of American Ballet before joining the American Ballet Theatre. We talk about John's love for surfing, and he tells a great story about his time working with one of my heroes, Mikhail Baryshnikov. We also talk about how he got started working with Twyla Tharp, and a whole lot more...
- 3/7/2017
- by Half Hour Call with Chris King
- BroadwayWorld.com
"Come Fly Away" leads the nominees for this year's Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. The combination of Twyla Tharp's inventiveness and Frank Sinatra's croon prompted seven nominations, more than any other production.The awards will be presented June 7 at a gala the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in New York. Director and choreographer Kenny Ortega is to receive the Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement Award. The evening will feature performances by Ronald K. Brown's dance company Evidence; Tony Dovolani of "Dancing With the Stars"; and the Tony-nominated Lee Roy Reams with women who once danced with Astaire. The complete list of nominees is below.Best ChoreographerBill T. Jones, "Fela"Twyla Tharp, "Come Fly Away"Sergio Trujillo, "Memphis"Marcia Milgrom Dodge, "Ragtime" Steven Hoggett, "American Idiot"Best Male DancerCharlie Neshyba-Hodges, "Come Fly Away"Keith Roberts, "Come Fly Away"John Selya, "Come Fly Away"Maksim Chmerkovskiy, "Burn the Floor"Male Ensemble, "Memphis" (Brad Bass,...
- 5/19/2010
- backstage.com
Ever since the pioneering dance play "Contact" hit the Great White Way in 2000, the notion of a Broadway musical has expanded to include shows that resemble evenings of pure concert dance. With this innovation has come an influx of concert-dance performers and choreographers to Broadway, where they have been strutting their stuff in traditional musicals as well as these genre-defying dance-theater productions.Maverick modern-dance choreographer Twyla Tharp thrilled Broadway audiences with her 2002 hit dance musical "Movin' Out," in which a cast of concert dancers performed to Billy Joel songs. In her latest Broadway outing, "Come Fly Away," Tharp has concocted a full evening of dazzling choreography to the songs of Frank Sinatra. A "danced-through" musical, "Come Fly Away" is performed by distinguished terps from the concert stage, some of whom are making their first foray onto Broadway. Back Stage recently spoke with seven of the show's principal performers to find...
- 4/21/2010
- backstage.com
• Twyla Tharp -- who picked up a Tony in 2003 for choreographing "Movin' Out," set to the songs of Billy Joel -- is back with another dancefest. "Come Fly Away" tells the story of four couples to the tunes of Frank Sinatra. The musical opened Thursday to mixed reviews from the Gotham critics. "Movin' Out" landed 10 Tony nominations, including best musical, but took home just two awards (orchestrations was the other). Among the five acting bids were a lead one for John Selya and a featured one for Ashley Tuttle, both of whom appear in "Come Fly Away." • No surprise that the BAFTAs will be held on Sunday, Feb. 13. As with...
- 3/26/2010
- by tomoneil
- Gold Derby
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