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An Apple (Tree) for the teacher: Blankenbuehler gets his break.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: An Apple (Tree) for the teacher: Blankenbuehler gets his break.(On Broadway)(Andy Blankenbuehler )

Article Excerpt
When Andy Blankenbuehler decided to pursue a choreography career on Broadway six years ago, he knew it would be tough. He saw two pathways: He could leave New York, where he'd worked steadily for seven years as a show dancer, and get jobs choreographing in regional theater, or he could stay and work his way up the ladder while supporting himself as a teacher.

Then 30, he decided to stay. "Choreographing for Broadway is a very different business from choreographing anywhere else," he says. "You may struggle a little longer to get established in New York. But once you are, the improvement rate is drastic. I knew my learning curve would be 10 times quicker if I stayed here than if I worked out of town rehearsing shows for two weeks. Being with the big boys in the Broadway community is very stressful, but very necessary."

The stress has paid off for him...

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