Broadway Performer To Teach Master Classes In Marblehead

MARBLEHEAD, MA – This summer, Broadway performer Julie Pappas Smith returns as a guest faculty member to the Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB). During July, the North Shore native teaches master classes on Floor-Barre and Broadway Jazz at the school, located at 115 Pleasant Street in picturesque Marblehead, Massachusetts.

A limited number of time slots for private lessons in those areas and voice are available. Students enrolled in the school's renowned Summer Dance Intensive also attend the Floor-Barre and Broadway Jazz classes.

Floor-Barre classes are held July 17, 19, and 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Broadway Jazz classes are offered on July 17, 19, and 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and July 18 and 20 from 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. To register for the master classes and private lessons, contact 781-631-6262 or send an e-mail to msb@havetodance.com.

"I have worked with Julie Pappas Smith since she was a youngster. She went from our school and continued to study at Boston Conservatory of Music and pursue a professional performing career. Julie teaches at The Miami Performing Arts Studio and brings a wealth of knowledge to dancers. We are very excited to have her return every summer to teach at the Marblehead School of Ballet," said Paula K. Shiff, director of the Marblehead School of Ballet.

Pappas Smith began her professional training at MSB and comes back annually to the school to teach another generation of dancers and performers. With a BFA from The Boston Conservatory of Music in Musical Theatre, Pappas Smith's lengthy credits include performing in A Chorus Line, Beauty and the Beast, and Showboat, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winners Harold Prince and Susan Stroman. Traveling worldwide, she performed with Broadway national touring companies and at Disney World, Tokyo Disney, Royal Albert Hall, and other prominent venues.

She has taught at the University of Miami, Florida International University, New World School of the Arts High School and College, and the Miami City Ballet's summer intensives. As a mentor for Zena Rommett Floor-Barre, she studied Floor-Barre with the technique's originator, Zena Rommett.

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