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 heart
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 he is a Master Teacher with the
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Culture and Tourism.
Watch Brian give a dance workshop to the 4th grade and sing songbook
standards for the seniors!! View the videos on You Tube here.
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State Learning, Education and Curriculum Standards Here! View My ResumeHere!
Brian
specializes in programs and workshops for: American
Social Dance: discover 300 years of dance styles and moves
from elegant to outrageous; dance improvisation and creative ways
to cut a rug that more than cut the mustard: waltz to watusi, charleston
to cha cha, lindy hop to hip hop. Hip, joyous and do-able!
American Popular Song: explore 300 years of song
styles, changing cultures and colorful personalities, performed
and taught with “cool,” interactive formulas and with
doses of humor, mischief and multi-media ingenuity to spice the
process: buggy to boogie, minstrel to jazz, ragtime to rock. Sh
BOOM!
Music Therapy: interactive music performances
for senior citizens in all stages of elder care, packaged with
Brian’s piano artistry, musical vigor and contagious congeniality.
