BIOGRAPHY
C A M L O E S E R is a New Y ork based choreographer and dance educator . Cam is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Production Company COLE JAZZ, and the Co-Founder and Choreographer for their Dance Company The Jack Cole Dancers. Through the Company , Cam teaches the Jack Cole T echnique across the world in T okyo, London, and in New Y ork City at STEPS on Broadway . Cam currently acts as Resident Director/Assistant Choreographer for the National T our of CHICAGO , and the Associate Choreographer for the Broadway Revival of PIPPIN . In 2022, Cam acted as the Swing/Dance Captain for the UK T our of CHICAGO for their T okyo run. Cam also served as T our Choreographer for the National T our of FINDING NEVERLAND in 2018/2019, and Dance Captain for the National T our of PIPPIN in 2017. Cam had the privilege of acting as the late Chet W alker ’ s Associate, working closely alongside Chet teaching and creating work across the globe up until his passing. Cam assisted Chet in reconstructing the Broadway Revival of PIPPIN for the first Japanese language production in T okyo in 2019, and remounted PIPPIN on Chet’ s behalf in Australia in 2020, as well as again in T okyo in 2022. Cam assisted Chet in teaching in the style of Jazz Dance pioneer Jack Cole in New Y ork as well as in London, and can be seen dancing for Chet in a Jack Cole segment for the critically acclaimed jazz documentary UPROOTED , which was released on HBO Max. Throughout the years, Cam worked with Chet developing his original show JACK COLE: A New Musical . As a choreographer and Jazz Dance dance educator , Cam is dedicated to continuing to foster a deeper understanding and appreciation of where this incredible art form comes from, and to celebrating the rich cultural tapestry and legacies of those who had a hand in leading us all to where we are today
CLASS DESCRIPTION
A Jack Cole Jazz Technique class explores the foundational principles of Jack Cole’s rigorous and nuanced technique and idiom. The class is structured as a true technique progression, beginning with a dynamic warm up that drops the dancer into their humanity, breath, and strength from the inside, stretching and charging the body for the work ahead. From there the class moves into various floor and center progressions that challenge the body to release tension and approach technical work through expansion, functionality, and deep mindfulness. The class culminates in across the floor exercises that explore the application of this work, as well as the various world and vernacular movement styles and polyrhythms that informed Cole's choreography. As these principles are based in non-eurocentric dance forms, the dancer will be challenged to strip away their habitual approach to technical patterns, and widen their capacity for new ways of moving and strengthening the body through humanity, freedom, and sensation.