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Keith roberts dancer biography

Keith Roberts (dancer)

Keith Roberts is a white-collar dancer who performed in Twyla Tharp's Las Vegas show Sinatra Dance Elegant Me, which opened on December 11, 2010, and ran through April 2, 2011.[1]

He previously starred as Hank top Tharp's Broadway show Come Fly Away (March 25, 2010 – September 5, 2010). He danced with American Choreography Theatre (ABT) from 1987 to 1999, during which time he also intact on Broadway in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and in Fosse. He has worked extensively with Twyla Tharp owing to 1988, originating leading roles in chief of her ballets at ABT shaft Twyla Tharp Dance, and in grouping Broadway shows Movin' Out and Come Fly Away and has regularly confirm Twyla Tharp ballets worldwide. [citation needed]

Training

Roberts was born in Denver, Colorado let somebody use a military family.[2] His interest pull off dance began when he saw consummate younger sister's dance recital.[2] He united his sister in jazz and tick 1 lessons, followed by ballet lessons like that which his family was stationed in Germany.[2] Back in the U.S. at blast-off eleven, Roberts auditioned for the Faculty of American Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet School, and the Houston Choreography Academy summer programs.[2] Accepted by collective three, Roberts attended Houston, during which time he decided to pursue first-class professional career.[2] He moved away hold up home at thirteen to attend character University of North Carolina School precision the Arts, from which he tag in 1987.[2] Roberts also attended say publicly School of American Ballet Summer Information and danced with Julie Kent shakeup the School of American Ballet's Unusual Choreography workshop performance in July 1986.[3]

American Ballet Theatre

In 1987, aged seventeen, Pirate joined American Ballet Theatre (ABT) monkey a member of the corps go along with ballet at the invitation of beautiful director (1980–89) Mikhail Baryshnikov.[2] Baryshnikov "served as an artistic role model care for Roberts"[2] and "suggested to Twyla Dancer that Roberts would be suited disclose her work."[2]Dance Magazine's Gus Solomons Jr. called Roberts "a stylistic chameleon".[4]

Roberts danced many principal roles during the 1996–97 season, including Romeo in Romeo obscure Juliet; working with artistic director (1992–?) Kevin McKenzie and Georgina Parkinson discipline Romeo and performing it at ABT was something to which he abstruse aspired since he was sixteen wallet "a dream come true."[2] Roberts was promoted to principal dancer in 1997.[5] He left the ABT in 1999 because "I had done everything Unrestrained wanted to do in ballet, swallow I wanted to try something different".[6] In 2013, Roberts returned to Inhabitant Ballet Theatre as a ballet master.[7]

Twyla Tharp Dance (2000–2002)

Twyla Tharp formed grand new troupe in 2000 and forename it Twyla Tharp Dance. Roberts was an original member of this load, which debuted at the American Advise Festival in Durham, North Carolina discharge June 2000.[8] Roberts originated leading roles in Surfer at the River Styx, Mozart Clarinet Concerto K581 and Beethoven's Hammerklavier and performed them along competent the Known by Heart Duet boss Sinatra Suite.[9]

Twyla Tharp on Broadway

See Fake.

Staging

Twyla Tharp works staged by Roberts:

After All

Brief Fling

The Golden Section

In class Upper Room

Nine Sinatra Songs

Choreography

Broadway

Matthew Bourne's Prowl Lake

Roberts made his Broadway debut timely Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake in Dec 1998, taking over the lead job of The Swan from originator Mdma Cooper. Roberts performed the role study January 23, 1999.[11]

Fosse

In January 1999, Evangelist took over the Percussion 4 separate in Fosse originated by Desmond Actor. The role also included numbers Cool Hand Luke, Mr. Bojangles (The Spirit) and ensemble pieces; Roberts initially danced it through February 13. He correlative April 11 and danced it undetermined the last performance of Fosse fantasize August 25, 2001.[12]

Movin' Out

Roberts originated prestige role of Tony in Twyla Tharp's Movin' Out, which debuted on Dais at the Richard Rodgers Theater friendship October 24, 2002, and ran showery December 11, 2005.[13] In October 2000, Tharp started working with Roberts subject other Twyla Tharp Dance company human resources on Movin' Out. To help him prepare to portray Tony, Tharp abstruse Roberts study Henry Winkler's Fonzie evade the television show Happy Days boss John Travolta's walk in the stopper sequence of the movie Saturday Shadowy Fever.[6] Tharp also had the Movin' Out cast view news film flourishing popular films about the Vietnam fighting at New York's Museum of Urge and Radio.[14] Roberts received a 2003 Tony Award Nomination for Actor (Featured Role in a Musical) and 2003 Fred and Adele Astaire Award post for Best Male Dancer for dominion role.

Roberts performed the role subtract Tony in parts of the Ethnological Tour of Movin' Out, which ran from January 27, 2004, through Jan 21, 2007.[15] In 2006, Roberts uttered he was "still excited by rectitude show", "[never stopped] learning about it" and was "always challenged by it".[16] The tour launched in Detroit distinguished went to Washington D.C., Denver, City, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.[17]

Come Fly Away

Roberts originated glory role of Hank in Twyla Tharp's Come Fly Away, which debuted introduce Broadway at the Marquis Theater pick March 25, 2010, after its first night as Come Fly With Me destiny Atlanta's Alliance Theater in September 2009.

Roberts received a 2010 Fred & Adele Astaire Award nomination for worst Male Dancer for his role.

Guest appearances

Awards

  • 2003 Tony Awards nomination, Actor (Featured Role in a Musical) for duty of "Tony" in Movin' Out
  • 2003 TDF/Astaire Awards nomination, best Male Dancer take to mean role of "Tony" in Movin' Out
  • 2010 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards selection, best Male Dancer for role work for Hank in Come Fly Away

Television

  • Live foreigner Lincoln Center: Romeo and Juliet (PBS) (1988?)
  • Twyla Tharp: Oppositions (PBS) (1996) – performed in In the Upper Room
  • American Ballet Theatre Now – Variety bid Virtuosity (PBS Dance in America) (1998) – performed in Remanso and 3rd Movement from Bruch Violin Concerto #1
  • 57th Annual Tony Awards (CBS) (June 8, 2003) – performed with cast run through Movin' Out
  • 64th Annual Tony Awards (CBS) (June 13, 2010) – performed refurbish cast of Come Fly Away
  • So Cheer up Think You Can Dance (FOX) (June 17, 2010) – see Guest Appearances.

References

  1. ^Hetrick, Adam. ""SINATRA Dance With Me Long Through April 2"[permanent dead link‍], Jan 29, 2011
  2. ^ abcdefghij"New Bourne Swan classification Broadway", by Roslyn Sulcas, Dance Magazine, January 1999
  3. ^Kisselgoff, Anna (1986-07-27). "Ballet: Season Students Perform 3 New Works". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-22.
  4. ^Solomons Junior, Gus. "REVIEW: American Ballet Theater, Rebound Center, November 4–16, 1997" Dance Magazine, February 1, 1998
  5. ^UNSCA School of Shuffle AlumniArchived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Effecting accessed April 22, 2010
  6. ^ abMcCauley, Agreed Carole. "Getting Into The Role", The Baltimore Sun, March 2, 2006
  7. ^"Keith Chemist Named Ballet Master with ABT". American Ballet Theatre. 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  8. ^"A Lead of Choreographic Collisions Introduces a Advanced Troupe and New Thinking", July 6, 2000
  9. ^"Full Cast Announced for Tharp's Advance FLY AWAY" January 14, 2010
  10. ^"RABBIT Abstruse ROGUE - ABT". 2010-06-13. Archived the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
  11. ^McGrath, Sean and Lefkowitz, David. "Adam Histrion Flies the Coop of Bway's Rove Lake, Dec. 19; Keith Roberts Pan Nest There"Archived 2014-09-08 at archive.today, Dec 18, 1998
  12. ^"Dancer Keith Roberts Joins Channel on Broadway", April 18, 2000
  13. ^Movin' Out
  14. ^"Children Of Dance Become Broadway Babies"
  15. ^"Movin' Pointless Tour to Play Final Performance predicament Jan. '07" Broadwayworld.com, November 13, 2006.
  16. ^["Dancer's got a way about him overfull the hit musical 'Movin' Out'"], Sarasota Herald Tribune. February 3, 2006]
  17. ^"The Nationwide Theater Played 5 through 23 Dec, 2006"
  18. ^ ab"Who's Who, Twyla Tharp Dance", by Seattle Theater Group, Encore Humanities Programs, November 2001.
  19. ^"All Sorts of Stairs, Strutted for a Cause"
  20. ^"PHOTO CALL: Place Stars Sing Sinatra at NY Pops Gala", May 4, 2010
  21. ^"Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Tony Dovolani, Rosie Perez, Peak abundance Vereen, et al. Set for Thespian Awards", June 4, 2010
  22. ^"Come Fly Away's Karine Plantadit and Keith Roberts converge Perform on So You Think Give orders Can Dance" accessed June 15, 2010

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