Jared Grimes

DANCE JARED GRIMES Emmett Robinson Theatre at College of Charleston May 24, 25, and 27 at 7:00pm; May 26 at 4:00pm Chapter 1: Rhythm Exploration Jared Grimes DeWitt Fleming, high hat and snare kit Chapter 2: Broadway Classy Touch “Orange Colored Sky” by Natalie Cole Karida Griffith, Robyn Baltzer, DeWitt Fleming “Don’t Rain On My parade” by Barbara Streisand Karida Griffith Choreography: Karida Griffith “Rockin’ in Rhythm” by Duke Ellington Jared Grimes, DeWitt Fleming Choreography: DeWitt Fleming Chapter 3: Blending and Commercializing “Torn” by Drehz Jared Grimes, Robyn Baltzer, Karida Griffith, Dewitt Fleming “For You I Will” by Drehz Jared Grimes, Karida Griffith, Robyn Baltzer “The Joint” by Roy Hargrove DeWitt Fleming Choreography: DeWitt Fleming “It Don’t Mean a Thing” by Bill Valenzianos US Swing Band Jared Grimes, DeWitt Fleming, Robyn Baltzer, Karida Griffith Chapter 4: Having Fun With It All “A cappella” Jared Grimes, DeWitt Fleming, Karida Griffith “The Lady Is a Tramp” by Sammy Davis Jr. Jared Grimes Voiceovers by Jared Grimes. All choreography by Mr. Grimes unless otherwise noted. PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. The 2013 Dance Series is sponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. Additional support for the 2013 Dance Series is provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance. These performances are made possible in part through funds from the Spoleto Festival USA Endowment, generously supported by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. 34 DANCE JARED GRIMES JARED GRIMES is making his mark in KARIDA GRIFFITH is from Portland, tap and hip-hop/street jazz. He has danced Oregon. Her stage appearances include alongside such legends as Gregory Hines, Banana Shpeel with Cirque du Soleil, the Ben Vereen, Jerry Lewis, and Fayard Radio City Music Hall Rockettes, New York Nicholas, and toured with Mariah Carey. His City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival with stage credits include Babes in Arms at the Jared Grimes, Black and Blue with Henry Goodspeed Opera House; Twist, directed by LeTang and Dianne Walker, Sinatra: His Voice, Debbie Allen; Scottsboro Boys (workshop), His World, His Way with Des MacAnuff and directed by Susan Stroman; Pure Country directed by Peter Casey Nicholaw, Career Transition For Dancers Gala with Randy Masterson; and his own creation, Broadway Underground. Grimes Skinner, CREATIONS: Choreographic Introductions as producer and was featured in the recent Encores! production of Gentlemen choreographer, New York City Tap Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, Boston Prefer Blondes as well as in last season’s City Center/Jazz at Tap Festival, The Yard, DC Tap Fest, and the Harare International Lincoln Center production of Cotton Club Parade, where he is Arts Festival. Griffith has worked with Dorrance Dance, TADAH, credited as a choreographer. He performed for Barack Obama The Cotton Club’s Sophisticated Ladies (Dormeshia Sumbry- at Ted Kennedy’s birthday and is currently on tour with Wynton Edwards), and Barbara Duffy and Company, as well as on the Marsalis. Children’s Theatre Company Board of Directors. On screen, she has been seen on the Tony Awards with Hugh Jackman, The Today ROBYN BALTZER was born and raised Show, and various other commercial appearances. Griffith is also in the San Francisco area where she began an enthusiastic dance teacher who has a passion for sharing her dancing tap, jazz, and ballet at age 3. She love of dance with students of all ages. Griffith is currently on the went on to pursue dance after her graduation tap faculty at Broadway Dance Center. from School of the Arts High School in San Francisco and the Edge Scholarship Program TONY MAYES (lighting design/production in Los Angeles. She has had the privilege to management) has been producing since train in a variety of styles of dance at San 2001 when he began working with the Francisco Dance Center, Edge Performing Arts Center LA, Steps American Tap Dance Foundation’s Tap City on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center, the Ailey School, and, at the New York City Tap Festival. Since then most recently, New York’s underground nightclub scene. Her he has produced, designed, and performed professional career includes: Cirque du Soleil; Sonya Tayeh Dance in countless productions in New York and Company; assistant to choreographer for So You Think You Can nationally, including recent work with Jared Dance; and dancer for artists such as Carlos Santana, Jackie Chan, Grimes’s Dancing the Tap (World Premiere, CoCo Lee, Brooks & Dunn, Chic, Katie Thompson, and Barbara New York City Center Fall For Dance 2012 festival opener) as Tucker. She is very grateful to be performing with the extremely production manager, lighting, and stage manager. His current talented Jared Grimes and crew. project, associate producer to Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze, is selling out across the DEWITT FLEMING JR. is an acclaimed country in such venues as La Jolla Playhouse and The Irvine tap dancer and has performed and taught Barclay Theatre in California, Theatre 80 in New York City, and the throughout the United States and abroad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of M.I.T.’s 150th Fleming has danced as a soloist with the Anniversary. In between projects, Tony teaches tap dance at Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Princeton Peridance Capezio Center in New York. Symphony Orchestra, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, and with such artists as Wynton Marsalis, Marvin Hamlisch, Christian McBride, and Wycliffe Gordon. The New York Times says he is “a non-stop source of rhythmic variety and surprise...sparks seem to fly from those shoes!” Fleming’s tours include Riverdance as lead tapper and Cirque du Soliel’s Banana Shpeel as featured tapper. Some of his Off-Broadway stage credits include Cotton Club Parade and Dance Bojangles Dance. He has also performed regionally with Alliance Theatre’s Sophisticated Ladies. 35.

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