Lawrence Leritz was born on September 26,1962 and is an American actor, dancer, singer, producer, director, fitness expert and choreographer.
22 Facts About Lawrence Leritz
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Lawrence Leritz moved to New York City with scholarships to the Harkness Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and School of American Ballet, studying with Alexandra Danilova, Stanley Williams and the Bolshoi's Maris Liepa.
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Lawrence Leritz was invited to work with the dance choreographers George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Alvin Ailey, Robert Joffrey, Ruth Page, Frederic Franklin, John Neumeier, Lee Theodore, Joe Layton and Sir Frederick Ashton.
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Lawrence Leritz continued his dancing career on the international stages, starring with Ruth Page's Chicago Ballet, Israel's Bat-Dor Dance Company and with the Paris Opera on its US tour to the Metropolitan Opera and DC's Kennedy Center.
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Lawrence Leritz appeared as guest artist and choreographer for Placido Domingo's Los Angeles Music Center Opera and danced in the Joffrey Ballet version of Michel Fokine's "Petrushka" with Rudolf Nureyev at the New York City Center.
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Lawrence Leritz created his own company, Dance Celebration, which represented the United States at the International Choreographic Competitions in Paris, performing his signature ballet, "Worth A Song," receiving special congratulations from President Jimmy Carter at The White House in 1979.
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Lawrence Leritz produced The 50th Anniversary Gala of The American Guild of Musical Artists, featuring over 300 stars of ballet and opera at The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center in 1986.
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In 2006, Lawrence Leritz was included in Harvard University's George Balanchine Collection of The New York City Ballet at The Harvard Theatre Collection and The Harvard College Library.
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Lawrence Leritz was featured in The New York Times dance article, Your First Dance Crush, July 2013.
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Lawrence Leritz directed and produced two editions of "Broadway Showstoppers" at NYC's Hudson Theatre and The Town Hall.
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Lawrence Leritz returned to co-star at The Muny with Broadway's Judy Kaye, John Reardon, John Schuck, Beth Leavel and his dance partner, Lorene Yarnell in Cole Porter's Can-Can, receiving excellent reviews.
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Lawrence Leritz appeared in The Joe Layton Tribute at Off-Broadway's St Luke's Theater hosted by Bruce Vilanch, in The Madeline Kahn Tribute, singing at New York's Metropolitan Room and co-hosted the Off-Broadway tribute to dance legend Ruth Page.
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On television, Lawrence Leritz had the honor of leading NBC's 2017 annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the Taxi Driver.
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Lawrence Leritz co-starred in the 2017 comedy short film, The Pitch.
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Lawrence Leritz is the Spectrum Records recording artist of the dance hit single "Crank It Up" produced by Cory Wade, performing on tour with The Weather Girls, Laura Branigan, Sylvester, Natalie Cole and starred at the Las Vegas Stardust Hotel during its final months.
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Lawrence Leritz made his recording debut with the NYC club hit, "It Takes Two To Tango".
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Lawrence Leritz choreographed the one-act ballet "Alone" for The Hamburg Ballet, receiving its US premiere in 2018.
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For Goodtimes Entertainment, Lawrence Leritz choreographed and co-produced two live action children musicals, Treehouse Trolls Birthday Day and The Forest Of Fun and Wonder.
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In "A Broadway Holiday Concert" for Huntington Disease NY, Lawrence Leritz choreographed highlights from Grease with several original Broadway cast members.
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For television, Lawrence Leritz produced three seasons of the annual event "Day of Compassion", for which Time magazine honored Lawrence Leritz as their 1996 Local Hero.
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Lawrence Leritz directed and produced a tribute, hosted by Tyne Daly, to honor Welcome Back, Kotter's Ron Palillo's life and career at NYC's The Triad Theatre, October 3,2012.
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Lawrence Leritz produced three staged industry readings of Ron Palillo's play, "The Lost Boy" for the New York stage.