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Pierre Dulaine & Yvonne Marceau |
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Master Class Artists
| Showdance champions and Broadway dance couple Pierre Dulaine &
Yvonne Marceau founded American Ballroom Theater (ABrT) in 1984 and
established the company's educational arm, Dancing Classrooms featured
in the documentary Mad Hot Ballroom, in 1994.
Internationally renowned
performers and teachers, Dulaine & Marceau are four-time winners of
the British Exhibition Championships, earned the 1993 Dance Magazine
Award, and received the 1989-1990 Astaire Award for Best Dancing on
Broadway, in the roles they created and choreographed as the
mellifluous couple in Tommy Tune's Grand Hotel.
Dulaine & Marceau
have been faculty members at both the School of American Ballet and The
Juilliard School, as well as guest teachers at Alvin Ailey. In 2005
they received the Americans for the Arts Award for education. Most
recently their influence has extended into films with the major motion
picture, Take The Lead, inspired by Pierre's teaching experience in
schools. Ms. Marceau has choreographed for various productions,
including the Julia Roberts film Mona Lisa Smile. |
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