June 25, 2014 No Comments Glendale Community College Dance Uncategorized

Title: GCC Dance Guest Artist Residency with Helene Phillips
Location: Glendale Community College FC 101 Dance Studio
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Description: GCC Dance Guest Artist Residency with Helene Phillips
Master Classes in Jazz Dance
August 29- September 1, 10-11:30 AM
Free and Open to the Public!
Helene Phillips is a true visionary with an incredible talent for keeping her body of work passionate, committed, and most importantly, “real.” From performing to choreographing, to directing, she has contributed to some of the worlds most acclaimed productions! Helene’s credentials speak for themselves.
Beginning in the 1980’s, Helene was quickly named one of the top dancers of her time. She was one of the original “Solid Gold” dancers as well as lead dancer in such movies as “Stayin’ Alive” with John Travolta, “Dr. Detroit” with Dan Akroyd, and “Going Berserk” with John Candy.
This experience opened up many doors for Helene whose career rose to new levels starting with assistant choreographer on the film, “A Chorus Line” featuring Michael Douglas. From there, she quickly segued to calling all the shots on Michael Jackson’s 3D film “Captain EO” and working with Madonna on her “Who’s That Girl” world tour. As a choreographer Helene was nominated for an Emmy for her work on “Papa’s Angels” starring Scott Bakula and Cynthia Nixon.

Start Date: 2014-08-29
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Date: 2014-09-01