Derek Piquette Contemporary Master Class

Join Derek Piquette's for his AIM exclusive Contemporary Master Class! Derek Piquette Contemporary Master Class DEREK PIQUETTE CONTEMPORARY MASTER CLASS 📅 Sunday, October 25th ⏰ 3:00–5:00 PM 📍 AIM Commack ✨ Ages 11+ 🌎 Open to ALL dancers! 💲 Pricing: $115 We are so excited to welcome Derek Piquette to Art In Motion for an exclusive Contemporary Master Class at our Commack location! Derek is a dancer, choreographer, director, educator, and the Founder of Prodigy, one of North America’s premier dance team conventions connecting dancers with collegiate programs and professional opportunities. His performance credits span television, film, and live entertainment, including Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon!, Netflix’s Julie and the Phantoms, Work It, and Scaredy Cats, Amazon’s The Boys, FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, and NBC’s World of Dance. Derek also spent more than two years traveling internationally as the lead character in Cirque du Soleil’s KOOZA, performing throughout Australia, New Zealand, Spain, China, and Singapore. As a choreographer and creative director, Derek’s credits include Jennifer Lopez’s It’s My Party Tour, Disney’s Backstage, The Next Step Tour, The Next Step, Netflix’s Work It, and New York Fashion Week. He has also provided creative direction and choreography for multi-platinum recording artist Rêve’s national tour and music videos, including “Tongue” and “Whitney.” Derek also performed in Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular starring the Rockettes for two seasons. One of Derek’s proudest career achievements has been serving as Assistant Choreographer alongside Tony Award-winning choreographer Chris Gattelli on Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon!, earning an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Choreography for Scripted Programming. The musical was later adapted for Broadway as Schmigadoon!, receiving Tony Award and Grammy Award nominations, including Best Choreography. As an educator, Derek has become one of the industry’s most sought-after teachers and adjudicators. He has taught at more than 500 dance studios and worked with many of the top collegiate dance teams throughout the United States. His teaching has taken him across the USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, France, England, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and China. Derek’s passion for developing the next generation of dancers continues to drive every aspect of his career, both in the studio and on stage. We are incredibly excited to give our dancers the opportunity to learn, train, and connect with Derek right here at AIM!