PERIDANCE FACULTY
Current
Jeffrey Gugliotti
Contemporary Jazz
BIOGRAPHY
Jeffrey Gugliotti is a Choreographer and Teacher based in New York City. He received his degree in Dance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst while also performing and teaching throughout New England. Jeffrey is currently the Co-Artistic Director of ELSCO Dance, a contemporary fusion dance company, alongside creative partner Ellenore Scott. His choreography has been performed up and down the east coast at StylePointe NYC, the Boston Contemporary Dance Festival, and the University of South Carolina among others. His work was also featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The View, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Jeffrey is most recently the Associate Choreographer for the Off Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical, Mr. Saturday Night at Barrington Stage, and the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Jeffrey’s Contemporary Jazz class aims to develop both technique and texture. Focusing on breath, dynamic, and musicality, Jeffrey pushes the dancers to expand stylistically and explore all facets of Contemporary Jazz and Jazz Fusion. Through a guided warmup, improvisation across the floor, and combinations changing each week, he aims to help the dancers work on their adaptability and range, finding different movement qualities while developing their technique.