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Brian
Gillie
performing
artist
and arts
educator
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Brian
Gillie,
music
educator,
historian,
singer,
dancer,
pianist,
drummer
and
entertainer
for
children,
teens,
adults
and
senior
citizens,
presents
music,
song and
dance
programs,
assemblies,
lessons,
drum
lessons
in the
New
Haven
Area,
workshops,
residencies
and
cultural
arts
programs
for
children,
adults,
children's
after
school
programs,
schools,
libraries,
families,
fairs,
festivals,
parties,
private
events,
camps,
museums,
Parks
and
Recreation
Departments,
restaurants
and
clubs,
senior
centers,
nursing
homes
and
retirement
communities.
Brian
specializes
in
presentations
on
American
popular
song,
American
social
dance,
the
history
of rock
‘n’
roll,
dance
choreography
and
songwriting
with a
belief
that
anyone
can
write a
song and
anyone
can
invent
movement
and
create a
dance.
In his
song and
dance
repertoire
you will
learn
about
minstrelsy,
ragtime,
roaring
‘20s,
blues,
jazz,
country
music,
swing
era,
Hollywood
and
Broadway,
Tin Pan
Alley,
ballroom
dance,
folk
dance,
rock ‘n’
roll,
disco,
hip hop
poetry,
hip hop
raps,
hip hop
rhythms,
hip hop
culture,
dance
and
education,
rap
music,
pop
songs
and so
much
more.
Check
out
Brian’s
book on
rock ‘n
roll
vocal
harmony,
his
swing
dance
videos
and
swing
dance
lessons
and his
CD of
family
songs;
and
don’t
miss the
descriptions
of his
songwriting
and
dance
workshops,
drum
lessons
and as a
piano
player
and
singer
vocalist
for
senior
citizen
wellness
and
music
therapy.
Brian is
located
in New
Haven,
CT and
is
available
for
performances
and
instruction
in
Connecticut
area,
CT,
Rhode
Island,
RI,
Massachusetts,
MA, New
York,
NY, New
Hampshire,
NH,
Vermont,
VT, and
Maine,
ME. In
Connecticut
Brian is
also
performing
in
Fairfield
County,
New
Haven
County,
Hartford
County,
Middlesex
County,
Litchfield
County,
Tolland
County,
Windham
County
and New
London
County.
Enjoy
your
stay. |
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Brian
Gillie, a
performing
artist
and arts
educator
of
remarkable
taste
and
sensitivity,
believes
that the
power of
music,
song and
dance
revitalizes
the
soul,
rescues
the
hearts
and
reveals
our
inner
grace.
After
two
decades
of
teaching
and
performance,
tens of
thousands
of
students
and
adults
can
attest
to the
success
of
Brian’s
ideals.
Brian
has
offered
programs
and
training
through
Young
Audiences
of CT
since
1983,
and is
he a
Master
Teacher
with the
Connecticut
Commission
on the
Arts,
Culture
and
Tourism.
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Book: A Guide
to the
Best
Vocal
Harmonies
of Rock
‘n’
Roll:
1955 –
1985.
This is
the
definitive
resource
for
locating
rock’s
best
vocal
harmonies.
Baby
boomers,
harmony
lovers
and
adults
of all
ages
will
appreciate
the
quick
referencing
of
Brian’s
1,650
“best
harmony
picks”
from 485
different
artists,
along
with
over
10,000
additional
song
recommendations.
If the
group/artist
has at
least
one hit
on
Billboard’s,
top-40
survey
within
this
thirty-year
period,
Brian
has
listened
to their
available
catalogue
of songs
to
assess
the
effectiveness
of the
harmonies
from
simple
duets to
full
blendings
of five
or more
voices.
Find the
“logical”
harmony
groups
like
Beach
Boys,
Association,
Queen
and
Earth,
Wind and
Fire,
along
with
hundreds
of
obscure
artists
like
Utopia,
Skylark
and City
Boy.
Brian
includes
the name
of the
CD, best
harmony
selections
from
that CD
and
brief
notes on
the
group’s
style,
sound
and
peculiarities.
The book
is 225
pages in
paperback
and the
perfect
companion
text for
any book
on rock
‘n’ roll
or vocal
groups.
The
foreword
has been
written
by Larry
Hoppen,
lead
singer
with the
rock/harmony
group,
Orleans.
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Videos:
Swing
Dance,
Mama:
Parts 1
and 2:
Brian’s
swing
dance,
instructional
videos
are
among
the best
in
circulation.
Brian
has
taught
swing
dancing
throughout
the
United
States
and
Europe,
and his
two
video
cassettes,
beginner
and
intermediate/advanced,
show why
swing is
still
America’s
favorite
dance.
Learn
dynamic
swing
moves in
a
sequential
and
relaxed
manner
from one
of the
most
respected
swing
dance
instructor/choreographers
in New
England.
Master
and
enjoy
the many
partnered
turns,
twists,
kicks,
jumps
and
fancy
steps,
and
don’t
sit out
another
dance.
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Brian
and
Dance
Long-time
international
performer,
dance
educator
and
swing
dance
choreographer,
Brian
has been
offering
dance
workshops
and
assembly
programs
through
Young
Audiences
of
Connecticut
since
1983,
and he
was
their
Performance
Artist
of the
Year in
1999.
Brian
can
claim a
Masters
Degree
in
Education;
guest
lecturing
in dance
at Yale
and
Wesleyan
Universities;
Adjunct
Professor
of Dance
at
Naugatuck
Valley
Community
College;
and
teacher-trainer
at the
National
Dance
Association
annual
conference.
During
Brian’s
dance
workshops
and
stage
performances,
students
feel
history
come
alive by
learning
authentic
dance
steps
from
American
history
in a
high-energy
atmosphere
filled
with
positive
reinforcement.
Students
gain
confidence
to
improvise
steps
and to
perform
choreographed
routines
while
exploring
the joys
of solo,
partnered
and team
composition.
Brian
also
explores
the many
dynamic
facets
of
culture
and
music
that
have
accompanied
and
influenced
the way
people
have cut
a rug
over the
past
three
hundred
years.
Dance
Program
Dance in
America:
Seen
your
students
dance
lately?
Your
students
will be
dancing
for at
least
half of
this
program.
Originally
a
touring
“hoofer,”
Brian
performs
the only
dance
program
of its
kind,
demonstrating
over
thirty-five
dances
from
ballroom,
roaring
‘20s,
country,
jazz,
Latin,
American
Bandstand,
MTV and
more:
waltz to
watusi,
charleston
to cha
cha and
lindy
hop to
hip hop.
Brian
trains
seven
students
to help
him
perform
many of
the
partnered
and
group
dances
for this
presentation.
History,
humor
and
period
music
accompany
each
selection.
Dance
Workshops: (culminate
with a
choreographed
piece
based on
traditional
structure
and
student
ideas)
Never
Too
Young to
Dance
and
Boogie (grades
K – 2):
Creative
movement
and
choreography
for
these
small
dancers
provides
dance
appreciation
for a
lifetime.
Students
develop
balance,
spatial
awareness,
rhythm,
respect
for
others,
self-confidence
and some
good ol’
funky
moves.
Folk
Dances,
1700 –
1900 (grades
3 – 6):
Spirited
features
of
circle,
line and
square
dances,
the
time-honored
Grand
March,
the
waltz
and the
polka,
prove
that
Revolutionary
and
Civil
War
dances
were not
so
square
after
all.
Social
Dances
of the
20th
Century (grades
3 – 6):
These
dances
range
from
elegant/formal
to
irreverent/outrageous.
Students
encounter
the
daring
and
romantic
facets
of
ragtime,
blues,
jazz,
country,
Latin,
ballroom
and
rock,
including
moonwalk
and
robotics.
Serious
fun!
Swing
Dance
Intensive (grades
4 – 12,
adult):
Older
students
master
the
jumps,
kicks,
spins,
turns
and
fancy
footwork
that
made
swing
America’s
favorite
dance,
and
learn
how to
get the
most out
of this
symmetrical,
partnered
interaction.
Teacher
In-Service
Training: Teacher
training
and
complete
outlines
and
resource
packets
are
available
for all
the
above
workshops.
Feel the
joy of
dance,
and
learn
dance
skills
and
teaching
methods
to use
effectively
with
students
in a
safe,
respectful
and
sequential
manner.
“Our
students
were
genuinely
surprised
by Mr.
Gillie’s
dance
abilities
and
enthusiastic
about
their
interactive
roles.”
North
Center
School,
Southington,
CT.
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Senior
Citizens |
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| Brian
and the
younger Senior
Citizens!!!! |
Retirement
Communities,
Assisted
Living
Facilities,
Nursing
and
Convalescent
Homes,
Adult
Day Care
And
Senior
Centers,
and
Hospice:
Brian is
inspirational
and
passionate
about
honoring
seniors
at all
these
locations
with his
panorama
of
popular
songs
from the
past 100
years.
“Cheek
to
Cheek,”
“Let Me
Call You
Sweetheart,”
“Oh,
What a
Beautiful
Morning,”
“You’re
a Grand
Old
Flag,”
“On the
Street
Where
You
Live,”
“Chattanooga
Choo
Choo,”
“Jailhouse
Rock,”
George
Gershwin,
Irving
Berlin,
Cole
Porter,
Geroge
M. Cohan,
Rogers
and
Hammerstein
and
Elvis
are just
a few of
the
songs
and
personalities
included
in
Brian’s
radiant,
piano
sing-alongs.
No
sleepwalk
down
memory
lane
here.
These
renditions
are as
crisp
and
polished
as the
originals,
brimming
with
Brian’s
piano
artistry,
musical
vigor,
feisty
personality
and
contagious
congeniality.
Brian is
also a
graduate
of Group
Empowerment
and
Health
Rhythms
training,
focusing
on
methods
of
incorporating
music
and
visual
imagery
for
better
health.
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