Chase Brock

Chase Brock is an American choreographer working in theater and concert dance.

Chase Brock
Chase Brock
OccupationsDancer, choreographer
Years active2000 - present
SpouseRob Berman

Chase Brock is an American choreographer working in theater and concert dance.

Early life

Brock is originally from East Flat Rock, North Carolina.[1] In the late 1990s Brock attended the Broadway Theater Project, a musical theater summer intensive created by veteran actor, dancer, and choreographer Ann Reinking.[2]

Career

Theater

Brock made his Broadway debut dancing in the 2000 revival of The Music Man, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.[3][4]

As a nascent choreographer Brock assisted Reinking on the Broadway revue The Look of Love in 2003, structured around a compilation of songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.[5] The same year he assisted choreographer Kathleen Marshall on the Broadway revival of Wonderful Town.[6]

In 2011 Brock joined the Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark during its extended preview period to provide additional choreography.[7][8] The 2013 revival of Picnic was Brock's first Broadway credit as principal choreographer.[4][9]

Brock served as choreographer for the stage adaptation of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2014, as well as its subsequent remount at the Paper Mill Playhouse the following year and German-language productions in Stuttgart and Vienna.[10][11][12][13]

Brock choreographed the 2015 tryout of the musical Waitress at American Repertory Theater, directed by Diane Paulus.[14] Brock was replaced by Lorin Latarro when the production transferred to Broadway.[15]

Be More Chill premiered in 2015 at Two River Theater with Brock as choreographer.[16] In 2018 the production was remounted Off-Broadway and subsequently transferred to Broadway.[17][18] Brock stayed with the show for its London debut at The Other Palace in 2020.[19] He was scheduled to continue with the piece for a revamped production in Chicago, but the show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20][21] The 2021 West End revival of Be More Chill featured Brock's choreography, as did the 2022 Japanese tour.[22][23]

In 2019 Brock choreographed another Disney stage adaptation—this time of the animated movie Hercules—as part of The Public Theater's Public Works series.[24] The 2023 Paper Mill Playhouse production featured choreography by Brock and Tanisha Scott.[25]

Chase Brock Experience

In 2006 Brock founded the Chase Brock Experience, a contemporary dance company showcasing his choreographic efforts.[1] On the company, Brock has said "My theatre work … pays the bills—and my company work [is] where I make passion projects in dance."[26]

Other projects

Brock choreographed the 2010 game Dance on Broadway for Nintendo Wii.[27]

Personal life

Brock is married to conductor Rob Berman. The couple owns a railway station converted into an artist's residence.[28]

Choreographic works

Concert dance

  • 2007: Slow Float[29]
  • 2008: "Dusk," "The Four Seasons," "Mission: Implausible," "Warner Variations"[30]
  • 2009: "After Dark," "Curious Episode," "Double Solo," "Seeing Stars," "What A Wonderful World";[31] "American Sadness"[32]
  • 2010: "Mirror, Mirror," "Testify," "Whoa, Nellie!," "Zombie"[33]
  • 2012: The Nutcracker[1]
  • 2014: The Song That I Sing; Or, Meow So Pretty[29]
  • 2015: Splendor we only partially imagined[29]
  • 2017: Men I've Known[29]
  • 2018: The Girl With The Alkaline Eyes[34]
  • 2022: Big Shot[35]
  • 2026: "Come Home"[36]

Theater

Year Title Venue(s) Notes Ref.
2005 Yank Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Theatre Festival [37]
New York Musical Theatre Festival [38]
2006 Shenandoah Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. co-choreographed with Jeff Calhoun [39]
2008 A Little Night Music Center Stage, Baltimore [40]
This Beautiful City Studio Theatre, Washington, D.C. [41]
2011 Lost in the Stars New York City Center [42]
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Foxwoods Theater, Broadway additional choreography [43]
The Blue Flower Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway [44]
2012 Pippin Kansas City Repertory Theatre [45]
2013 Venice The Public Theater, Off-Broadway [46]
The Cradle Will Rock New York City Center [47]
The Tempest Delacorte Theater [48]
Tamar of the River Prospect Theater Company, Off-Broadway [49]
Much Ado About Nothing The Public Theater, Off-Broadway [50]
2014 The Mysteries The Flea Theater, Off-Broadway [51]
2014 Irma La Douce New York City Center [52]
The Winter's Tale Delacorte Theater [53]
The Hunchback of Notre Dame La Jolla Playhouse [10]
2015 Paper Mill Playhouse, New Jersey [11]
Be More Chill Two River Theater, New Jersey [16]
Twelfth Night Old Globe Theatre, San Diego [54]
Gigantic Theatre Row, Off-Broadway [55]
2016 The Wildness: Sky-Pony's Rock Fairy Tale Ars Nova, Off-Broadway [56]
Do I Hear a Waltz? New York City Center [57]
The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. [58]
My Fair Lady Bay Street Theater, New York [59]
2017 A Midsummer Night's Dream Delacorte Theater [60]
Darling Grenadine Goodspeed Musicals, Connecticut [61]
2018 Der Glöckner von Notre Dame Apollo Theater, Stuttgart [12]
SOUL: The Stax Musical Center Stage, Baltimore [62]
Be More Chill Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway [17]
2019 Lyceum Theatre, Broadway [63]
2019 Hercules Delacorte Theater [24]
2020 Be More Chill The Other Palace, Off-West End [19]
2021 Shaftesbury Theatre, West End [22]
2022 Japan national tour [23]
2022 Der Glöckner von Notre Dame Ronacher, Vienna [13]
2023 Hercules Paper Mill Playhouse co-choreographed with Tanisha Scott [25]
2024 Esther The George Theater, Houston [64]

Filmography

Year Title Episode Role Notes
2015 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver "Paid Family Leave" choreographer
2019 Encore! "Fiddler on the Roof" self - theater director
2020 Dash & Lily "Hanukkah" choreographer
2021 The Joy is in the Work: Remembering Ann Reinking director

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2013 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Choreographer The Blue Flower Nominated [65]
2014 Joe A. Callaway Award Choreography Tamar of the River Nominated [66]

References

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