Justin Greer

JUSTIN GREER

Accomplished Broadway actor utilizing his extensive experience to collaborate and choreograph for the stage  Background in classical music allows for very musical approach to movement  Organizational approach based on his experience as a swing and dance captain  Movement is always in service of the narrative and the lyric  Particular success in working with singers who aren’t used to expressing themselves with their bodies  AFDA fight trained and was a fight captain on Broadway  Collaborative, ego-free and inventive

RECENT CHOREOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE______

The Dalton School Little Shop of Horrors November 2015  High School musical in New York City

Wolf Trap Opera The Ghosts of Versailles Summer 2015  Young artist summer program  Worked with opera singers who were less secure in moving their bodies  Sword fighting, Belly dancing and Rococo court dance as well as musical staging

3D Theatricals Shrek the Musical July 2014  Casting, staging, choreography working with both union and non-union actors

First National Tour Anything Goes Summer 2012  Assistant to the Choreographer Kathleen Marshall  Personal choreography teaching for Rachel York, the Reno Sweeney.

Nutley High School Choreographer/Consultant Spring 2009 and 2010  Choreography and Direction of Spring musicals The Producers and Into The Woods  Master class teaching in dance, music, acting, and audition techniques.

Dreamworks Animation Live Dance Captain Fall 2007-Jan 2011  Maintenance of the choreography of “Shrek The Musical” on Broadway and on the National Tour  Assist Choreographer in casting and rehearsals  Management of all swings and a cast of 40  Resolving conflicts, running clean-up and put-in rehearsals, and teaching new company members their tracks

Bravo TV Director of ON WITH THE SHOW June 2001 – June 2005  Extensive master class teaching, Music Direction, Choreography  Press Conferences for various media  Direction and organization of large scale one hour music theatre presentations across the country

BROADWAY PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE______ANNIE Lt. Ward/Henry Morganthau James Lapine, Dir. THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD Dance Captain/Swing Roundabout Theatre ANYTHING GOES Dance Captain/Swing Roundabout Theatre SHREK THE MUSICAL Dance Captain/Pinocchio u/s Dreamworks Animation Live THE PRODUCERS Leo Bloom u/s, Dance Captain Susan Stroman, Dir./Chor. URBAN COWBOY JD Letterlaw Lonny Price, Dir. Melinda Roy, Chor. SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL Orig. Company Frank Galati, Dir. Kathleen Marshall, Chor. ANNIE GET YOUR GUN Moonshine Cowboy Graciela Danielle, Dir. Jeff Calhoon, Chor. HERCULES SUMMER SPECT. Aladdin Buena Vista Entertainment

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS______ Strong communication, interpersonal, and pedagogical skills; positive attitude and manner  Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Broadway, Partnering, Modern, Baroque styles  Extensive performance and teaching artist experience  Plays piano, reads music

EDUCATION AND AFFILIATIONS______August 2005 – June 2006 CUNY Hunter College New York, NY  Earned ten graduate credits toward master’s degree in early childhood education

August 1991 – May 1996 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA  Major Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Vocal Performance (GPA 3.85)  Minor Area: Theatre  Dean’s list (ten semesters)

Active member of Actors’ Equity Association, Screen Actors’ Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the American Guild for Variety Artists

References available upon request