January 4 - December 26, 2020

Modern Dance-Graham Technique @theAO Studio

Graham Technique @ the AO Studio Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company

Come experience a modern dance-Graham technique class with Ari Mayzick @theAO Studio.  Classes are ongoing at Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company’s new space on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.  The strength and beauty of the Martha Graham technique is offered to serious and leisure dancers interested in learning the basics and beyond. Ari hails from NY where he began his professional dance training at the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance at age of 11 on full scholarship. At 12, he was awarded scholarships to Joffrey Ballet School and SAB. When Ari turned 14, he was invited to dance with the Pearl Lang Dance Theater and then shortly afterwards, the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble. Ari has also danced with Rioult, Scapino Ballet (Holland),  Dance Works (Holland), Washington Opera as a guest soloist, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Les Ballets Grandiva, Buglisi Dance Theater, Dance Iquail just to name a few and is currently a Soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company. Ari is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award of Excellence in Dance; is currently on faculty teaching at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center and is Artistic Director of ARIM Dance, a contemporary dance company he founded.

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