03/23/2026
A MEMORABLE FIELD TRIP TO CAL-POLY FOR A CLASSICAL JAZZ MASTER CLASS FOR THE FOSSEMALLE DANCE STUDIO DEDICATED ADVANCED JAZZ DANCERS!!! AND ANOTHER INCREDIBLE FULL CIRCLE MOMENT FOR ITS FOUNDER CHRISTINE FOSSEMALLE.
THE GUS GIORDANO DANCE COMPANY VISITED THE WEST COAST AND CAL-POLY, IN PARTICULAR, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO…
THE FULL CIRCLE TIE COMES FROM MISS CHRISTINE RECEIVING A FULL SCHOLARSHIP FROM ITS FOUNDER GUS GIORDANO TO DISCOVER A NEW STYLE OF DANCE IN CHICAGO UPON HER ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES: CLASSICAL JAZZ.
NOW UNDER THE DIRECTORSHIP OF HIS DAUGHTER NAN GIORDANO, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT MASTER CLASS WAS NOT TO BE MISSED! DECADES LATER BRINGING QUITE A LARGE GROUP OF MY ADVANCED JAZZ STUDENTS TO DISCOVER THIS STYLE WAS BOTH EMOTIONAL AND REWARDING. EMOTIONAL SEEING NAN GIORDANO, GUS’S DAUGHTER NOW TEACHING AND CONTINUING HER FATHER’S LEGACY BROUGHT BACK FOND MEMORIES OF 1978 AND WITNESSING MY STUDENTS GRASPING AND ENJOYING THIS NEW STYLE WAS HEARTWARMING.
MY STUDENTS MADE ME PROUD AND THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE WONDERFUL IN THE MIDST OF CAL-POLY DANCE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, OF COURSE MORE EXPERIENCED AND MATURE.
NAN GIORDANO AND CESAR SALINAS, ASSISTANT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, WELCOMED US WITH OPEN ARMS AND MADE THIS EXPERIENCE EVEN MORE MEANINGFUL. WE THANK THEM BOTH ALONG WITH CAL-POLY FOR BRINGING SUCH INCREDIBLE QUALITY TO THEIR CAMPUS AND OFFERING A FREE MASTER CLASS TO THE COMMUNITY!
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