This film highlights an incredible week in LA that included business meetings; the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre with Sean McLeod and Kierstyn Zaykoski taking part in the national IABD Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative with the Mellon Foundation and the Nonprofit Finance Fund; Sean McLeod and Denise Saunders Thompson launched, and Karen Brown, Thomas Warfield, and Devon…
Edward Rosado, Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre 1st Company and Junior Associate speaks on behalf of the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre at the Decentralization Grant Program Luncheon. Finger Lakes Community Arts Grants announced the recipients of its 2018 Decentralization Grant Program Thursday. Thirty-seven organizations and artists in Cayuga, Seneca, Onondaga, Wayne and Yates counties will receive a…
Article by: Bonita Gooch In one of her first interviews after being promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet, Misty Copeland was quick to recognize those that came before her. “I’m just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path for me, and they may not be seen or recognized,…
The New York Institute of Dance & Education and Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre will conclude the 2017 New York Dance Festival with the “A Day In Dance” gala concert from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 21, in Exchange Street Plaza, Auburn. The event moves downtown from West Middle School. The festival, which began July 10,…
Exciting news! Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, under the direction of Sean McLeod, will arrive in Italy this week! Sean will join guest teachers Lorella Doni (ballet) and Matteo Dal Prà (hip hop and break) in leading Master Classes in collaboration with ASD Accademia (Marta Mettifogo and Silvia Mettifogo), Stage Door ASD (Amber Rose Perkins) and myself,…
International Producer and American Choreographer Sean McLeod teaches Master Classes for his friend and colleague the renowned Cleo Parker Robinson, working with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and community members in Denver, Colorado. The Cleo Parker Robinson Dance School: The year-round school was founded in 1970 as part of the vision of Cleo Parker…
International performers Kierstyn Zaykoski and Edward Rosado perform with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre in Sean McLeod’s acclaimed work “Popeye,” an excerpt from “Nursey Rhymes Suite.” The New York Institute of Dance & Education and its affiliated Kaleidoscope Dance Threatre are holding workshops and a tryout in New York City over the next few days.…
Sean McLeod leads Skaneateles middle and high school students in a musical theater workshop as part of the “Sean McLeod’s Broadway: A Project for Community” Artist in Residence. Photo Credit: Sarah Jean Condon SKANEATELES — Perhaps the old saying is true — the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. A couple…
Jerami Kipp, International Performer and New York Choreographer, the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, and local community performers, perform “Silver Bells” at Christmas in the Finger Lakes. Photo credit: Gwendolyn Craig AUBURN | Jamie Beth Velazquez is used to being on stage. Saturday night, however, she was in the audience, watching numbers she used to perform…
International Producer and American Choreographer Sean McLeod and the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre work with Skaneateles Middle School students to develop confidence and the traits for success during a Musical Theater Workshop. (PC: Christopher Malone – Skaneateles Journal) From the Skaneateles High School auditorium stage, Sean McLeod addressed a group of middle school and high school students.…
The Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre/Sean McLeod Dance Experience performs last year at the West Middle School Auditorium, in Auburn, NY. The Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre/Sean McLeod Dance Experience will celebrate its 25th season with a pair of kickoff performances at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, in the Skaneateles High School auditorium, 49 E.…
Sisters is a piece that was created many years ago for a company of young female dancers who were all having different personal struggles in their lives. Struggles because their dad wanted them to be this and didn’t want them to be that. The boyfriend who was saying “I called you at 9 o’clock, where…
Inside the Dancer’s Studio is taking a look back at the Pre-Audition Workshops NYC. In September, Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre’s Sean McLeod Dance Experience will be holding pre-audition workshops and auditions in NYC to seek additional dancers for company positions, including the company’s 25th Anniversary Season. Dancers must be willing to take risks, embrace “Yes” and…
It all started in 1848 with the first Women’s Rights Convention. The backbone of American democratic tradition that changed forever how women would be seen. This year Seneca Falls, New York and the landmark it represents was once again celebrated with it’s Convention Days, “Be Moved by Women and Water.” A commemoration that took place…
Sean McLeod – Étude De Mouvement Overview film-performed by the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre – part of the Sean McLeod Dance Experience. Directed and choreographed by American Choreographer Sean McLeod.
The New York Dance Festival: Pre-Audition Workshops – NYC with Sean McLeod, world-renowned International Producer and American Choreographer. The capital of the world played host again as we continued share our approach to Dance NYC with a series of New York Dance Festival: Pre-Audition workshop sessions with Sean McLeod, world-renowned International Producer and American Choreographer.…
International producer, American choreographer, global motivator and central New York native Sean McLeod was honored with a Collaboration Award at the CNY Nonprofit Awards 2015, presented by M&T Bank and produced by the Central New York Business Journal and BizEventz. The awards were held at SRC Arena at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse. Additional sponsorship…
International Producer, American Choreographer, and celebrated Motivational Speaker Sean McLeod takes time off of the tour and shares an afternoon at a Junior High School in Central New York with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre Tour on Self-Esteem Through Movement. This is more than just your average lecture, it’s a reset of the entire school culture.
Community of Color Honors Awards 2015! “Imagine a place where each time you entered a room you saw people who represented the diversity of a community. Imagine that in this place there are people of all ages, races, colors, and backgrounds, focused on a common goal or idea. Imagine that in this place there are…
International Producer, American Choreographer, and celebrated Motivational Speaker Sean McLeod takes time off of the tour and shares an afternoon at a Junior High School with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre Tour on Self-Esteem Through Movement.