A4D Member Events & News

Our members are so incredibly talented and motivated. They're out there hitting the pavement and carving out their own performance opportunities and finding ways to create opportunities for themselves and other dancers.
AS FEATURED IN THE FEBRUARY 11, 2019 DANCEBLAST E-NEWSLETTER:

CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH GREGORY!
The new company, Progressive Theater, is the vision of A4D’s Dancer To Watch, Gregory Omar Osborne. Its goal is to tell stories that empower the misrepresented; people of color and women, and to captivate all audiences with the focus on the change we want to see in the theater community.
To celebrate this goal, Progressive Theater is proud to present the The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin in honor of Black History Month, February 16 and 17. The production will tell this story with a mostly black creative team. It is being produced in collaboration with the South Orange/Maplewood Coalition on Race.
The musical is directed by Broadway's Jasmin Richardson and features book, music, and lyrics by the Lortel and Drama Desk nominated Kirsten Childs along with choreography by Gregory.
The story is told in a span of thirty years: What’s a black girl from sunny Southern California to do? White people are blowing up black girls in Birmingham churches. Black people are shouting ‘Black is beautiful’ while straightening their hair and coveting light skin. Lead character Viveca Stanton's answer: Slap on a bubbly smile and be as white as you can be! In a humorous and pointed coming-of-age story spanning the sixties through the nineties, Viveca blithely sails through the confusing worlds of racism, sexism, and Broadway showbiz until she's forced to face the devastating effect self-denial has had on her life.
Bring some fun into your life during Black History Month and get your tickets today for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin!
- Sat, Feb 16, 2pm & 8pm & Sun, Feb 17, 2pm
- Burgdorff Center For The Performing Arts
- 10 Durand Road
- Maplewood, NJ 07040
- Tickets: General Admission $20, Students & Seniors, $15
- Purchase tickets online here
Warning: Strong language is used in our production. We want to maintain the integrity of the script and will not change its wording.

CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH GREGORY!
The new company, Progressive Theater, is the vision of A4D’s Dancer To Watch, Gregory Omar Osborne. Its goal is to tell stories that empower the misrepresented; people of color and women, and to captivate all audiences with the focus on the change we want to see in the theater community.
To celebrate this goal, Progressive Theater is proud to present the The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin in honor of Black History Month, February 16 and 17. The production will tell this story with a mostly black creative team. It is being produced in collaboration with the South Orange/Maplewood Coalition on Race.
The musical is directed by Broadway's Jasmin Richardson and features book, music, and lyrics by the Lortel and Drama Desk nominated Kirsten Childs along with choreography by Gregory.
The story is told in a span of thirty years: What’s a black girl from sunny Southern California to do? White people are blowing up black girls in Birmingham churches. Black people are shouting ‘Black is beautiful’ while straightening their hair and coveting light skin. Lead character Viveca Stanton's answer: Slap on a bubbly smile and be as white as you can be! In a humorous and pointed coming-of-age story spanning the sixties through the nineties, Viveca blithely sails through the confusing worlds of racism, sexism, and Broadway showbiz until she's forced to face the devastating effect self-denial has had on her life.
Bring some fun into your life during Black History Month and get your tickets today for The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin!
- Sat, Feb 16, 2pm & 8pm & Sun, Feb 17, 2pm
- Burgdorff Center For The Performing Arts
- 10 Durand Road
- Maplewood, NJ 07040
- Tickets: General Admission $20, Students & Seniors, $15
- Purchase tickets online here
A4D is about more than ‘jobs and auditions.’
It’s a community where dancers are growing into faster, better, and more productive versions of themselves.
Our Meet-Up Leaders
These members have been making themselves valuable to each other and have generously participated on FORUM4DANCERS for as long as we can remember. Collectively, these members are in SAG-AFTRA, EQUITY, have appeared on Broadway, Regional Tours, National Tours, International Tours, TV shows, National Commercials, Cruise Ships, and Industrials. They've appeared in music videos, been back up dancers for big name stars, and have appeared in large production Las Vegas shows. They all started their careers not knowing where dance would take them, but what they've learned along the way, they freely share with other members to help them find their greatest potential. They represent nearly 100 combined years of membership on A4D!
Click on their photos to learn more about these dynamic members! We hope you'll join them as we sit around Grover's table and talk about the things that matter most to all of us! See you at the next Meet-Up!
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Our July 2016 Meet-Up
Meet-Ups are a total win 4 dancers. Sharing works. Whether it happens In Grover’s kitchen, a dance studio, or a neighborhood Starbucks, the results consistently surprise the heck out of us. At the July 24 Meet-Up, A4D's Suzy Miller backed Grover into a corner and probed him for ‘insights’ about his first movie role in ‘The Unsinkable Molly Brown.’ She got the truth. So did a dozen other dancers in the room.
Grover gave himself permission to ‘risk everything’ in front of the cameras. He decided to go for it. That was only part of the pay-off. A year later, the same performance secured a co-starring role with Gene Kelly in ‘The Young Girls Of Rochefort.’ The benefits didn’t stop there.
A4Ders... in various states of hope and laughter... took it all in. Thankfully, Garrett Minniti's cameras were rolling and recorded all the personal treasures that surfaced. Take a look at all the fun that was captured.
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