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Richard Pierlon

Dance Master & Choreographer

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Richard Pierlon

Dance Master · Choreographer · Jazz Teacher

Richard Pierlon is a dance master, choreographer and jazz teacher trained at the Harkness School of Ballet, the Martha Graham School, the Alvin Ailey School and the New Dance Group Studio. He has worked with Agnes de Mille, Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse, Debbie Allen, Arlene Phillips and Louis Johnson, among others.

His choreography has been seen at the Latin Quarter in New York, Bally's Park Place in Atlantic City, the Riviera in Las Vegas and the Sporting Club in Monte Carlo, and on stages in Japan, Hong Kong, Israel and Amsterdam. He has taught across the United States, Europe, Japan, Israel and Argentina, from Broadway Dance Center to the Dance Caravan national convention tour.

His classes combine ballet and modern dance technique with jazz movement and the emotional content of acting. Every class begins with a warm-up that brings ballet, modern and jazz together in his own style, covering every muscle group, with the emphasis on technique and on the inner meaning of dance.

Available for

  • Jazz master classes
  • Dance convention teaching
  • Ballet technique master classes
  • Contemporary ballet
  • Pas de deux and partnering
  • Variations and repertoire coaching
  • Private and technique coaching
  • Intensives and workshops
  • Choreography for schools, shows, productions and competitions
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Full biography

Choreographer and Jazz Teacher

Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, Steps on Broadway, Broadway Dance Center

Richard Pierlon was trained at Harkness School of Ballet, Martha Graham School, Alvin Ailey School of Dance and New Dance Group Studio. He has worked with Agnes De Mille, Cathy Dobby, Gwen Verdon, Lee Theodore, Bob Fosse, Debbie Allen, Eleo Pomare, Sophie Maslow, Walter Nicks, Arlene Phillips and Louis Johnson, among others. Mr. Pierlon has choreographed at the Latin Quarter in New York; at Bally's Park Place in Atlantic City; at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas (Mardi Gras Room); at the Sporting Club and the Cabaret in Monte Carlo, Monaco; Brick Hall in Nagasaki, Japan; and in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, and Saga City, Japan; at the Convention Exhibition Center in Hong Kong; in Israel; and in Amsterdam, Holland.

As a teacher, he has taught at Professional Dance Center (Tokyo), Ketzeu Hagoof (Israel), Congreso de Baile (Buenos Aires), Dance Master's and Show Stopper (North Carolina), Teri Martell School of Dance (Akron), Tad Dance Studio (Japan), NYC p.f. (New York), Theater Dance (Nagasaki), and Kanako School of Ballet (Saga City, Japan), Perry Dance II (New York), Step's 74 (New York), Fitness Gym (Germany), Sonya Marie Dance Studio (Dothan, AL), Debonaire School of Dance (Warren, Ohio), I.A.C. Studio (Tokyo), Broadway Dance Center (Tokyo), Dance Point (Osaka), Jazz Unlimited (Marlton, NJ), The Amsterdam School of Art (Holland), Waves (Philadelphia), Fancy Dancer (New York), Classical Jazz Theater (Teaneck, NJ), PDTA (Savannah, GA), and Dance Caravan (New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Denver, Pittsburgh, Des Moines, Cincinnati, New York, Myrtle Beach, Orlando.)

Class Description

All of Mr. Pierlon's jazz classes combine ballet and modern dance techniques with jazz movements. Emphasis in every class is placed on dance technique and an awareness of the inner meaning of dance. All classes combine technique with acting's emotional content. Each class' warm-up combines ballet, modern and jazz techniques to create Richard Pierlon's unique style. The warm-up is an essential part of each class: every muscle group is covered.

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