BBP: From Boston to Broadway to Paris

After training as a dancer in Boston, Millard Hurley enjoyed a remarkable career on Broadway. In France, his teaching skills are widely recognized, but few dancers appreciate the extent to which his stage experience has shaped and guided his pedagogy. This lecture, illustrated with images, will be conceived as a dialogue between Millard Hurley and Daniel Housset.

Millard Hurley

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Millard Hurley began studying dance at the Boston Conservatory of Music. He continued his training at the National Center for Afro-American Artists, the New York School of Ballet, and the Dance Theater of Harlem. He danced with several companies, including the Dance Theatre of Boston, and was hired as a dancer/vocalist on Broadway in renowned musicals such as Raisin, On Toby Time, Bubbling Brown Sugar and A Chorus Line, where he played the role of Richie. In France, he teaches jazz dance and pedagogy at several training centers: Studio Harmonic, I.F.P.R.O, CAFEDEM in Bordeaux and IFEDEM in Paris. He is also often asked to give workshops in Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Italy and Germany. In 1997, he acted and sang in the musical Time is Money. The same year, he was assistant choreographer for Robert Hossein's La Vie en Bleu.