Precision Jazz Summer Intensive

Rachel Tecora Tucker performed as a Radio City Rockette at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. She also danced with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, where she studied under master instructor of the Lester Horton technique, James Truitte. There, she performed works by Ulysses Dove, Talley Beatty, Donald McKayle, Eleo Pomare, Donald Byrd, and Dwight Rhoden. She later joined the national tour of The Wiz, directed and choreographed by George Faison, whom she later assisted on other projects.

While in New York, Tucker was involved in many freelance commercial projects with contemporary choreographers such as Mike Malone, Michael Peters, Karole Armitage, Bobby Longbottom, Jerry Mitchell, Freddie Moore, and Jean-Pierre Reggioro, which allowed her performance opportunities in New York, Las Vegas, France, Germany, and Japan. Tucker is an original member of the Broadway production of Disney’s The Lion King, directed by Julie Taymor and choreographed by Garth Fagan. Tucker continues her work with young artists through master classes, workshops, and dance festivals. She was on faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and is now on faculty at the Manhattan School of Music. She is also certified to teach Pilates and yoga.

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