Chet walker dance biography
- Chet Walker has performed on Broadway since the age of 16, appearing in the revival of "On the Town".
- Award-winning dancer, director, choreographer and teacher Chet Walker was an expert in the work of Bob Fosse.
- CHET WALKER is a multi-Award-Winning Director/Choreographer who has garnered acclaim onstage in theaters across the globe, as well as in television, film, music.
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NY Dance Community Gathers To Honor Choreographer Chet Walker With Evening Of Performance And Tribute, June 10
Presented in partnership by Steps on Broadway, Steps Beyond Foundation, and Broadway Dance Center, the dance community honors the extraordinary legacy of Chet Walker with Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Chet Walker, an evening of performance and tribute on Saturday June 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Steps Studio Theater at Steps on Broadway. The event is open to the public and admission is free.
The evening will feature a program that showcases the talent and creativity that Chet Walker inspired, offering guest performances that exemplify his unique style and influence in addition to esteemed speakers who will share their personal insights and reflections on his immense impact. A touching video montage of archival footage, memories, and heartfelt remarks from family, friends and colleagues will also be compiled, with a reception to follow.
A luminary in the world of dance and choreography, Walker left an indelible mark on coll
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Chet Walker
BIO
CHET WALKER is a multi-Award-Winning Director/Choreographer who has garnered acclaim onstage in theaters across the globe, as well as in television, film, music videos and across all commercial media.
Notably, Chet originally conceived the 1999 Broadway musical FOSSE, which won numerous prestigious awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical - and was most recently nominated for the 2013 Tony Award for Best Choreography for his work on the Broadway Revival of PIPPIN, a show that also won for Best Musical and that Chet has since seen remounted internationally.
As a unique visionary, Chet continues to develop, direct, and choreograph innovative projects across the globe, working alongside numerous esteemed writers, artists and designers.
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STAGE CREDITS
Sweet Charity
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1986
Performer (Swing)
Dancin'
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1978
Dance Alternate [Replacement]
Performer [Replacement]
Pippin
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 1972
Peasant [Replacement]
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Honoring Chet Walker (1954-2022)
Award-winning dancer, director, choreographer and teacher Chet Walker died October 21 at his home in North Carolina. An expert in the work of Bob Fosse, Walker had an acclaimed career that spanned Broadway, television, film, music videos and commercials.
Walker’s Broadway debut was in On the Town at age 16; he went on to dance in Ambassador and Lorelei as well as in Fosse’s The Pajama Game, Pippin and Dancin’ before moving to Los Angeles to teach and perform in commercials. He returned to Broadway to perform in the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity, Fosse’s final production before his death. In 1998, Walker co-conceived and recreated choreography for the tribute musical Fosse, which won the Tony Award for Best Musical in 1999. In 2013, he was nominated for a Tony for his choreography for the revival of Pippin.
Walker choreographed and taught Fosse style jazz all over the world, including spending nearly 20 years directing the musical theater program at Jacob’s Pillow. At the time of his death, Walker was at work on two new musi
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