Cynthia M. Flach
Cyndy
M. Flach enjoys a national reputation as a director and choreographer of
stage musicals. Cindy is a graduate of Webster University and has worked extensively in the
South and Mid-West. With over 170 stage musicals to her direction and/or
choreographic credit, she has worked with
summer stock, universities and community theatres. She has been on the dance
faculty at the University of South Carolina
Department
of Theatre and Dance since 1988.
EDUCATION:
B.A. Psychology,
DANCE EXPERTISE: Tap, Musical Theater, Jazz, West African and Irish
DANCE TRAINING:
St. Louis, Mo. -Webster University -1975-77
New York- 1980-2003:
Jazz -Luigi, Lynn Simonsen, Matt Mattox, Donald McKayle, Richard Levi, Nat Borne, Phil Black, Frank Hatchett, Bob Audy Tap- Danny Daniels, Bob Audy, Phil Black, Henry LeTang, Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, Mercedes Ellington, Brenda Bufalino, Germaine Salsberg, Savion Glover, Bubba Gaines, Bettye Morrow, Honi Coles, Victor Griffin, Mary Jane Brown, Buster Brown, Fred Strickler, Germaine Goodson
Musical Theatre -Chris Chadman, Chet Walker, Robert Tucker, Susan Stroman, Lisa Gennaro, Lee Theodore, Kathleen Marshall, Bill Bastings
Modern - Ruth Currier, Fred Mat thews, Martha Graham School, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Katharine Dunham, Nikolais/Louis Theatre Lab
Flamenco- Jean Pierce, Fazil
Los Angeles (1985-1988):
Jazz -Joe Tremaine, Roland Dupree, Jackie Sleight, Carol Conners, Keith Clifton
Tap- Michael McBain, Pat Rico, Tony Copolla, Al Gilbert
Chicago (1977-86)
Jazz -Gus Giordano, Lou Conte, Hubbard Street Theatre
Musical Theatre -Lou Conte, Hubbard Street Theatre
AWARDS:
Capstone Area Award for Excellence in Teaching –University of South Carolina -1997
Mortar Board Award for Excellence in Teaching -
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
TEACHING:
University of South Carolina, adjunct professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, 1990-present
University of South Carolina Dance Conservatory, instructor, 1994-present
Columbia Ballet School, instructor, Columbia S.C., 1997-present
Palmetto Performing Arts,
Dance director,
Artist in residence, South Carolina Arts Commission, 1996-present
Tri-District Arts Consortium, theatrical choreographer, 1996-present
Staff choreographer,
Columbia College, Columbia, S.C., visiting professor, 1994
University of Missouri-Columbia, adjunct dance professor, Department of Physical Education, 1982-1987
Stephens College, Columbia, Mo., visiting professor, Department of Dance, 1986
Helias High School, Jefferson City, Mo., dance teacher, 1977-1980
Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo., visiting professor, 1980-1982
Dancenter, Owner/Director, Jefferson City, Mo., 1981-1988
Capitol City Dance, co-owner, Jefferson City, Mo., 1978-81
DIRECTING and CHOREOGRAPHY CREDITS (selected from a total of 170)
DIRECTION AND CHOREOGRAPHY
Will Rogers Follies -Workshop Theatre, Columbia, S.C. –Fall 2004 (work under way)
Jerry's Girls -Workshop Theatre -2003
Smokey Joe's Cafe -Workshop Theatre -2002
Casual Classics 2 (Broadway) -
Guys And Dolls -Town Theatre,
Stepping Out -Workshop Theatre -2000
Five Guys Named Moe -Workshop Theatre -1999
Gershwin By George -Opera
Ain't Misbehavin' -Workshop Theatre -1998
Beehive -Workshop Theatre -1997
Nunsense 11- A Childen's Theatrical Performing Arts Corps
(ACTPAC),
DIRECTION:
The Life -Workshop Theatre -2002
Bubbling Brown Sugar -Workshop Theatre -2001
How to Eat Like a Child -Workshop Theatre -2001
Dreamgirls -Workshop Theatre -2000
Dames at Sea -
King Mackerel and the Blues Are Running -Town Theatre -1999
Crazy 'Bout Cole -
Rodgers and Hammerstein -
La Serva Padrona -Opera at USC -1995
Women Composers In 17th Century
The Barber of Seville (assistant director) -Opera at USC - 1994
The Coffee Contata -South Carolina Opera Theatre -1993
The Secret Marriage (co-director) -South Carolina Opera Theatre -1992
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers -
The Boyfriend -
CHOREOGRAPHY:
And the World Goes Round -
The Fantastiks -Trustus Theatre,
Beehive -
Leader of the Pack -Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, S.C. -2003
Everything But The Kitchen Sink -Town Theatre -2003
Grease -
You're A Good Man Charlie Brown -
at
Fiddler on the Roof -
The Darker Face Of The Earth -Theatre
La Cage Aux Folles -Workshop Theatre -2001
Grease -Heathwood Hall Episcopal School -2001
Godspell -Shandon United
Ghetto -Theatre
The King and I -
Grease -
Nuncrackers -Workshop Theatre -2000
Don Giovanni -Opera at USC -2000
The Sound Of Music -
110 In The Shade -Shandon United
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown -
Godspell -Heathwood Hall Episcopal School -2000
Lucia di Lammermoor -Opera at USC -2000
I Don't Live There Anymore -Julia Holofcener Inc. Productions tour -Aiken,
Pippin- Workshop Theatre -1999
The Pajama Game -
Carmen- South Carolina Opera Theatre -1999
Funny Girl -Town Theatre -1999
The Nutcracker -ACTPAC -1999
Wonderful Town -
Once Upon A Mattress -
Best Little Whorehouse In
All Night Strut -Town Theatre -1998
Return To The Forbidden Planet -
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum -Workshop Theatre -1997
Picasso at the Lapin Agile -Theatre USC -1997
The
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Helias High School- 1997
South Pacific -
Red, Hot And Cole -Workshop Theatre -1996
Twelfth Night -South Carolina Shakespeare Company -1996
Hi-Cs On Broadway -
Dido And Aeneas -Opera at USC -1996
Singing In The Rain -
And The World Goes Round -Act One Theatre,
The Christmas Fix -Town Theatre -1996
Forever Plaid -Workshop Theatre -1995
A Chorus Line -Workshop Theatre -1995
The Seventh Son -Actor's Theatre of South Carolina,
Much
Nunsense -
Red Stockings Revue -
Narnia -Heathwood Hall Episcopal School -1995
West Side Story -South Carolina Philharmonic -1995
Music Man -ACTPAC -1995
Gypsy -
The
Red Stockings Revue -1994
Anything Goes -USC Summer Repertory -1994
The Christmas Candle -Theatre USC -1994
The Last Leaf -Workshop Theatre -1994
Chicago -
Hello Dolly -
Evita -Workshop Theatre -1994
Big River -Workshop Theatre -1994
Damn Yankees -
Gypsy -Heathwood Hall Episcopal School -1993
The Brave Tin Soldier -USC Summer Repertory -1993
Baby- Workshop Theatre -1993
The Roar Of The Greasepaint, The Smell Of The Crowd –Workshop Theatre- 1993
Nunsense -ACTPAC -1992
Fiddler On The Roof -Royal Theatre -
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat -Workshop Theatre 1992
25th Anniversary Gala -Workshop Theatre -1992
Lend Me a Tenor -Workshop Theatre -1992
Big River -Workshop Theatre -1992
Christmas In Toyland -ACTPAC -1991
The Sound of Music -ACTPAC -1991
Susannah- South Carolina Opera Theatre -1991
Cinderella -Workshop Theatre -1991
Leader of the Pack -Workshop Theatre -1991
Alice In Wonderland -ACTPAC -1991
Peter Pan -ACTPAC -1990
Kiss Me, Kate -USC Department of Theatre and Dance -1990
OTHER:
Choreograph numbers in 3 local dance concerts yearly.
Regularly adjudicate dancers at
Wrote articles on theater dance in 2002 and West African dance in 2003 for Lake Murray Magazine
COMMERCIALS:
S.C. Lottery -performed in one and choreographed one, both for television -2003