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Katelin Zelon

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Katelin Zelon (she/her) is a New York City based choreographer, teacher, and performer.

Katelin holds a Bachelor’s of Science in American Dance Pedagogy from Oklahoma City University, where she helped found, co-direct, and choreograph the university’s Broadway Fun for Funds, an annual fundraiser for AIDSand HIV awareness.

Favorite performance credits include dancing at Walt Disney World, CHICAGO (Theater Downt...read more

Katelin Zelon (she/her) is a New York City based choreographer, teacher, and performer.

Favorite performance credits include dancing at Walt Disney World, CHICAGO (Theater Downtown), Cabaret (Clear Space Theatre), A Wonderful Life (Fireside Theater), Anything Goes (The Palace Theater), and Broadway Bares: Strip U.

Recent choreography projects include the U.S premiere of the musical Wind In The Willows (adapted by Broadway Workshop), TWITTER, Oscar Health Insurance, and serving as Associate Choreographer for work on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

Katelin served as assistant choreographer to Al Blackstone for Broadway Backwards (Al Hirschfeld Theatre), as well as the debut of his original Off-Broadway show, Freddie Falls in Love (Signature Theatre). Her choreography, which has been praised for its storytelling and ability to create pictures, has been featured in a number of showcases around the Tri-state area including The Young Choreographer’s Festival, Choreographer’s Canvas, and Leg Up On Life’s Matriarch. Additional projects include The Addams Family (New Theater), The Maritime Aquarium Rocky Horror Picture Show (The Maritime Aquarium), and events for The National Pole and Arial Dance Competition.

Katelin is passionate about teaching and prides herself on her ability to teach dancers of all ages and levels. She has taught Broadway Dance Center’s Absolute Beginner Workshop multiple times and has also worked extensively with their Professional Semester Program students as a guest teacher and choreographer. She served as the private dance coach for both Sean Murdoch (Scottish Premier League Footballer) and Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black and Broadway’s The Color Purple). Katelin currently serves as an adjudicator for Dance Masters of America, Beyond the Stars, and Nexstar Dance Competitions, and travels the country teaching master classes and camps at various studios and theaters.

Find out more about Katelin at www.KatelinZelon.com or by following her @katelinzelon on Instagram.

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Class Descriptions

Theater

Katelin uses her versatile training and passion for storytelling to create a class that both educates and inspires her students. Katelin’s warm up focuses on utilizing a jazz dance foundation to help students learn and retain the terminology and body-awareness of the classic theater dance style. Students will apply the “what, why, and how” these movements are executed in progressions across the floor to continue developing their foundation, while also using their body and focus to show intention and character. Class will end with a center combination, giving students the opportunity to apply what they have learned to confidently explore the musicality, character, and style of the choreography.

With a loving and focused environment, this class will develop a student’s technique and performance quality while providing a comfortable outlet to explore, learn, and appreciate the history, foundation, and fun that is theater dance!