The Garrison Experience: 2Inspire - 2Influence - 2Inform

The Garrison Experience: 2Inspire - 2Influence - 2Inform Founded by Kyle Garrison Shawel is the emerging Jazz Dance Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. Th

Kyle Garrison Shawell
Is a multi-talented performer, choreographer, and educator, who received his training at the University of the Arts, Theatre West Virginia, Winthrop University and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts. His training includes the dance styles of Lester Horton, Martha Graham, Paul Taylor and jazz taught by renowned teachers such as Ruth Adrien, Ronen Koresh, Pat Thomas and Milt

on Myers. He brings together a wide breadth of knowledge, expertise, and experience in a diverse style of movement for the community. Shawell has been a teaching artist for Charlotte Ballet (formerly North Carolina Dance Theatre) and North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, and a dance educator for the Governor's Award-winning Janice Wyatt Summer Arts Institute at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. His choreography has been seen at Gaston Dance Theatre, Girl Talk Foundation of Charlotte, NC, KAOS Dance Company, SCDA, SCAHPERD, Winthrop Dance Theatre, and Valley Forge Dance Theatre. In Musical Theater he has choreographed musicals for “Once on this Island", "Wonka", "Black Nativity", and "The Wiz. His choreography in collaboration with Treshawn Brown for “Speaking in Tongues” received the Ensemble Artistry award for the top score in Choreographic Skills and Technical Skills of dancers, at Charlotte Dance Festival's (CDF) Charlotte Emerging Dance Awards (CEDA) and presently at Charlotte Ballet Academy.

Come Experience the Rhythms!Feel the pulse.Move through the music.Celebrate the legacy.Join us for The Horton Experience...
05/14/2026

Come Experience the Rhythms!

Feel the pulse.
Move through the music.
Celebrate the legacy.

Join us for The Horton Experience: Celebrating Rhythm & Blues — an electrifying journey through movement, culture, rhythm, and expression inspired by the Horton technique and the soul of R&B music.

04/21/2026

Join me for the Horton Experience at Open Door Studios — the only Horton Technique class in the Carolinas! Discover the beauty, strength, and power of this legendary modern dance technique.

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03/22/2026

There is something deeply meaningful about witnessing dancers not only learn movement, but begin to understand the lineage behind it.

Guiding my adult dancers through Horton Technique at Open Door Studios has been such a fulfilling journey. As they develop strength, clarity, and intention, they are also connecting to a codified technique rooted in history, discipline, and expression.

Being able to offer Horton Technique—especially as the only studio in the tri-state doing so—is something I do not take lightly. This work carries legacy, and these dancers are honoring it with their commitment and growth.

I am incredibly proud of each of you.

Thank you to Open Door Studios for creating space for this technique and this community.

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The InvitationThis Black History Month, we’re offering a workshop that centers jazz dance as cultural history—not just t...
02/18/2026

The Invitation

This Black History Month, we’re offering a workshop that centers jazz dance as cultural history—not just technique.
An embodied exploration of lineage through Horton Technique, Giordano, and vernacular jazz traditions, woven into one powerful experience.

This is about lineage, not just lines.

This space is for dancers who want more than choreography.
More meaning.
More connection.
More history.

Join us for Lineage in Motion: Horton Technique, Giordano, & Vernacular Jazz—where movement honors those who came before and carries their stories forward.

Spots are limited—register now. https://opendoorstudios.com/workshops/adult-workshops/

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Join me for the Horton Experience tomorrow night at Open Door Studios!
02/11/2026

Join me for the Horton Experience tomorrow night at Open Door Studios!





Lineage in Motion: Horton Technique, Giordano & Vernacular JazzA Black History Month Dance ExperienceRooted in Black ver...
02/11/2026

Lineage in Motion: Horton Technique, Giordano & Vernacular Jazz

A Black History Month Dance Experience

Rooted in Black vernacular traditions, this workshop explores Horton technique, Giordano jazz, and jazz dance as a living lineage. Dancers will move through strength, groove, and theatrical expression while honoring Black cultural innovation and embodied history.

Features:

Horton technique foundations

Giordano jazz movement language

Vernacular jazz groove

Improvisation & embodiment

Cultural context + lineage

All levels welcome | Celebrating Black History Month through Movement

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Jazz dance is history in motion.This Black History Month, we’re offering a one-of-a-kind 2-hour workshop that blends Hor...
02/07/2026

Jazz dance is history in motion.

This Black History Month, we’re offering a one-of-a-kind 2-hour workshop that blends Horton technique, Giordano jazz, and Black vernacular roots—not as separate styles, but as living lineage.

Lineage in Motion is not a technique sampler.       
It is an embodied experience grounded in strength, groove, context, and purpose.

This workshop centers jazz as cultural inheritance—where movement carries memory, technique carries history, and the body becomes the archive.

Register:

https://opendoorstudios.com/workshops/adult-workshops/

⌚2 hours

💷$30

Come move with context.
Come move with purpose.

Two hours. One space. One chance to move with history.

02/04/2026

Jazz dance is history in motion.

This Black History Month, we’re offering a one-of-a-kind 2-hour workshop blending Horton technique, Giordano jazz, and Vernacular Jazz roots—centered on strength, groove, and lineage.

This is not a technique sampler.
This is an embodied experience.

Lineage in Motion
2 hours
$30 Come move with context.
Come move with purpose.

Two hours. One space. One chance to move with history.

01/11/2026

The Horton Experience is a dynamic class rooted in Horton technique that builds strength, flexibility, and expressive clarity. Dancers explore powerful shapes, grounded movement, and musicality while connecting technique to intention and performance.

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Beginning / Intermediate Horton builds strength, flexibility, and coordination through foundational Horton technique. Da...
01/10/2026

Beginning / Intermediate Horton builds strength, flexibility, and coordination through foundational Horton technique. Dancers explore classic exercises with an emphasis on alignment, musicality, and expressive movement in an accessible and supportive environment.

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