“Brian Harlan Brooks teaches from the heart and soul of dance. His knowledge of dance and his passion for dance reaches dancers of many kinds. He goes beyond the dance floor reaching straight into the hearts and souls of the dancer.” -Dancer: LaTrisa A. Harper pictured above
Teaching has always been an important part of my life’s work. Whether I am teaching aspiring young dancers, challenging professionals to reach a deeper expression, or introducing the art of dance to beginners, I am always in love with the process. I believe dance and the arts can be used as a catalyst for self-empowerment and expression. Helping dancers grow into beautiful expressive artists is as rewarding to me as helping people remove boundaries from their lives through the disciplined freedom of dance. I was lucky to have had some of the best teachers in the world, and I have been blessed to be a part of the growth of many professional artists. I will always be a student! I will always be a teacher!
“Brian Harlan Brooks is a teaching artists that shares and educates from a broad range of personal expertise. He has lived and mastered an understanding of concert dance (modern ,contemporary, and classical) broadway, social and traditional dances and commercial dance. Along with possessing the ability to technically and artistically demonstrate dance with clarity and authority, he is gifted in articulating some of the most complex intricacies of the art form into comprehensive ideas for even the absolute beginner. He is truly a master teacher! ”
-Matthew Rushing Rehearsal Director at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
“Brian Harlan Brooks has a gift. Instead of pushing you to your limits he pushes you to choose to go to your limits. His class is as much psychological as it is physical. He trains the total artist.”
- Angela Robinson -Actress
“Brian Harlan Brooks has the "gift" of teaching.
He is articulate, engaged, highly informed from years of technique with the worlds luminaries in dance. He posses an empathy for his students that only an accomplished dancer can have when grooming a dancer for this profession.
Trust is the one word I use to address my feelings about Brian teaching my students. I trust that he will inspire, educate and transform them every time he does a residency at my institution.- Alora Haynes - Chair of Fine Arts and Entertainment Media at Santa fe College. Producing Member of APAP.