AIF-Enhancement Program

Dance Program #2

Enhancement Program

James Boyd, internationally known dancer, choreographer, and philosopher is launching a new dance training program through his company, Art in Flight Inc. The Enhancement Program is a six-month virtual intensive that guarantees artistic amplification and enhancement. Our Enhancement Program: will provide opportunity to learn custom choreography, receive world class feedback and learn an objective and subjective mindset; providing more career success. Upon completion of the Enhancement Program: an in-person experience will be provided to work with five world renowned choreographers and potentially provide future employment. Art in Flight, with our partners Dancelook LLC, will use your submitted footage over the course of six months to compile a dance reel or commercial for your personal use.

(Art in Flight [Enhancement Program] is an underline opportunity that will support any lifestyle and career in dance)

Choreographer #1

Justin Prescott

Justin Prescott is a NYC based performer, choreographer, and educator. He began his formal dance training at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX. He then went on to train at Ballet Austin, The Ailey School and San Francisco Conservatory of Dance. He received his BFA in dance from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance (Cum Laude) where he performed works by Sidra Bell, Paul Taylor, Doug Varone, and George Balanchine. During his college years, he also studied at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan while working as a soloist for Taipei Royal Ballet.

Shortly after college, he made his Broadway debut in the energetic and revolutionary Broadway hit Fela!. As a performer, Justin has gone on to do multiple Broadway shows such as Motown, After Midnight, Gigi, Cirque du Soleil's Paramour, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Head Over, Kiss Me Kate, Heels and Moulin Rouge. Other credits include POSE on FX, Neil Patrick Harris’ Best Time Ever, NBC’s SMASH, and featured dancer on The Tony Awards. While performing, he has worked as an assistant/dance captain for choreographers Nick Kenkal, Tony Award Winner, Warren Carlyle, and the recipient of the 2011 VMA for Best Choreography, Jeffrey Page.

As a choreographer, Justin’s original work has been featured in Broadway’s Annual Gypsy of the Year, Jennifer Jancuska’s BC Beat, and “The Invitation” presented by Broadway Advocacy Coalition. He’s also created original works for The Ailey School Professional Program, The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, TX, Pace University in collaboration with Dance Lab New York, and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Thanks to his energetic and effective teaching skills, Justin has been sought after as a guest teacher for Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, Houston Academy of Dance, and the summer program, Move {NYC}. He has taught nationally and internationally and through his classes he uses his professional experiences to instruct and inspire. In the Fall, Justin will be joining the faculty in the Theater Arts and Dance program at Loyola University.

Choreographer #2

Desmond Nunn

Desmond Nunn is originally from Alabama but currently residing in New York City. He

attended The University of Alabama as a dance major under the artistic direction of Cornelius Carter. Having trained in many different styles of dance including ballet, jazz, modern and ballroom Desmond performed in the 1st annual Dizzy Feet Foundation Gala headed by Nigel Lythgoe, So You Think You Can Dance. After college he worked for the Huntsville Ballet Company as a principal dancer, and later on as the Ballet Master of the company. After his time with the ballet company Desmond moved to New York City. He then booked a role in The Wiz at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival as a member of the ensemble and the Scarecrow and Wiz understudy. Desmond is currently Dance Captain, ensemble swing and John Laurens/Philip cover in The First National Tour of Hamilton: An American Musical.

Choreographer #3

Taylor Ostronic

Taylor Ostronic is from Kansas City, Missouri. At the age of five she began her ballet training under Laura Reinschmidt at The Classical Ballet School. She continued dancing until the age of fourteen where she left dance to pursue academics. After graduating high school Taylor returned to dance and continued her dance education at the Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. She completed her degree and graduated with a BFA in dance performance and choreography. In 2016 Taylor became an ABT® Certified teacher, having successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 3. Taylor has also enhanced her teaching by pursuing certifications from Dance Education Laboratory and Progressing Ballet Technique. Greatly influenced by her summers working with Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Taylor approaches teaching dance with a mixture of anatomical knowledge and rich imagery. A central focus of Taylor’s teaching practice is that dance is for all bodies and all ages. She has danced professionally with the Kansas City Ballet, Ballet Nebraska, AROVA Contemporary Ballet, and continues to perform with Selah Dance Collective, Swallowtail Dance and Sanspointe Dance Company. Taylor continues to diversify her dance knowledge through continuing to research, learn, and train in different genres of dance including modern, hip hop, tap, and ballroom. Taylor currently teaches at The Dance Foundation.

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