Christopher Huggins

Analysis of Guest Choreographer

The week of November 13 through the 18, 2006 invited guest choreographer, dancer and teacher Christopher Huggins visited Grambling State University. Mr. Christopher Huggins is a currently resident of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts High School in Washington D.C. Mr. Huggins experience in dance is extensive and spans over 18 years. Furthermore his credentials extend from attending the Julliard School at Lincoln Center and were a former member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. In addition to that, he has worked as a dancer teacher and choreographer in five European countries including Japan and throughout the United States.

While Mr. Huggins stay at Grambling State University was not long lived he brought some new moves of exercising to the Orchesis Dance Company and enthusiasm to the young women faces from what I thought. The master classes were offered each day beginning Monday, November 13, 2006 through Friday, November 17, 2006 from 9am to 11am and from 11am to 1pm in the women's gymnasium on the campus of Grambling State University. Not only did Mr. Huggins offer master classes he also teach intermediate and advanced classes to those who abilities were at different levels. Mr. Huggins planned to teach master dance classes lessons and choreograph a new work on the Orchesis Dance Company titled " Divas of Soul", to make its debut Spring 2007.

When I went in to watch the Orchesis Dance Company perform on Monday Wednesday and Friday I've noticed something different each day. I also noticed on each day Mr. Christopher Huggins came with the same intensity each day he was there to work and teach the dancers and that exactly what he did. He had is music ready and his dancers ready as well as they try to grasp each thing he was teaching them. He individually help the dancers learn the moves if they could not do it right as told. Some thing