Paulette
Brockington
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Paulette with Jon Ross, her teaching partner in her Lindy Hop, An Open Class instructional video.
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Syncopations and Breaks
Dancing Lindy to Contemporary Music
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Salsa Meets Swing
West Coast Swing
African Rhythms Meet Swing
East Meets West
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Dance as if no one is watching.
Sing as if no one is listening.
Love as if you have never been hurt.
--Mark
Twain
Paulette Brockington, was Michigan's 2008 K-12 Arts Educator of the Year. She also has the honor of being a finalist for Dance Teacher Magazine 2008 Dance Teacher of the Year in the public school area. Paulette, winner of the 2004 World Swing Dance Championships West Coast Swing Jack and Jill, 2000 World Fast Dance Championships and 2000 Virginia State Open Swing Dance Championships Open Hustle Jack and Jill competitions to name a few, is a director/choreographer, dancer and actress who has had roles in feature and industrial films, television and radio commercials, and many stage productions.
She has been a member of and/or guest artist with modern dance companies, ballet companies, acting companies and opera companies. She is a versatile performer able to perform in modern dance, ballet, jazz, tap, ballroom, ethnic dance and swing. An active artist-in-residence and workshop teacher, she has choreographed and performed receiving honors/awards and grants for her work.
A commission to choreograph a dance work set in the Swing Era ultimately led her to Frankie Manning, an original member of Whitey's Lindy Hoppers who were based at Harlem's Savoy Ballroom, for private study in the Lindy Hop and other dances of the period. This led to an introduction to the world of competitive ballroom dance. She is well-versed in a variety of swing dance styles and is an active swing dance competitor, coach and judge.
She has been a leading force in the
development of swing dance in the Great Lakes area as a teacher, dancer and
competitor. She has had the honor of partnering Frankie Manning on several
occasions. He called her "one of America's premiere dancers." Chazz Young
says she puts the "F" in funk.
In addition to training with artists like Uta Hagen, Mikell PInckney, Judith Jamison, Bella Lewitzky, Joel Hall, and Frankie Manning in theater, concert dance and
ballroom, Paulette has had the opportunity to work with Skippy Blair.
Paulette has adapted a
number of works for the stage, is the
author of and teaches in the video
Lindy Hop, An Open
Class and writer of a number of
articles and
guides.
Far better it is, To dare mighty things, To win glorious
triumphs, Even though checkered with failure. then to live in that grey
twilight, that knows neither victory nor defeat. - (apply to dance contests)
Theodore Roosevelt
Article for the U.S. Open website
I think anybody, anybody that wants to join our military right now
and abide by that code of conduct should be kissed on the mouth and
thanked, including convicts. I say put psychopaths in. Who wouldn't
want Hannibal Lector. I'd take 50,000. Say 'Look over there. That's a
buffet. Have all you can eat....'
- Jason Alexander, actor
Give me a bucket of Chicken and a Count Basie record and I can solve the Palestinian problem. - Norma Miller
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth. - FDR
Take the first step in faith. You don't have
to see the whole
staircase, just take the first step.~
Dr. Martin Luther King
Where is Paulette?
Kiss Me, Ann Arbor, MI July
22
Kriss' Swing Dance Cancer Benefit, Djing, Amber House, 7012 E. 9 Mi in
Warren - $12 at door/$10 students
Motor City Tap Festival performance Aug. 20, Orchestra Hall, Detroit, MI
Labor Day weekend off to Swing Indiana
off to Nova Scotia mid- September
Skye Humphries and Naomi
Uyama
Workshop at Detroit International Institute, 111. E. Kirby, Detroit
October 8-9, 2011
Buy Paulette's instructional DVD.
Paulette with Frankie Manning at 1999's March Madness
Hiphoplindy.com
interview
Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great
because of their passion.
- Martha Graham
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To thy own self be true and it shall follow as
the night the day that thou canst not then be false to any man.
-
Shakespeare
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers