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TAP WORKSHOP:
(Theatre/Broadway Style)
Thursdays
April 3-August 28, 2008

1:00 – 2:30


2726 Broadway . 3rd Floor . NYC 10025
between 104th & 105th
(2 blocks North of 103rd St. Stop on the 1-train)
212.749.1165
www.bridgefordance.com

 

 


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Dirk is currently shooting "Evil Eye", a musical short film by Jay Alan Zimmerman. He plays the roommate (lead) in this musical short film based on E. A. Poe's short story 'The Tell Tale Heart'.

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Dirk just finished shooting "I'm Afraid I am Hitler", a short film by Ruchika Lalwani where he played the role of 'Officer Mohnke'. The film is now in post production.

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Song Interpretation Workshop
with Dirk Weiler
Musical Theatre Department
Folkwang Hochschule Essen, Germany

September 27-October 1, 2007

Tap Dance Workshop
Nomadic College in Europe
with Dirk Weiler

Balaton, Hungary
August 13-18, 2007

Right Key ... Wrong Keyhole
An evening with Songs of Gigolos and Gigolettes
with Dirk Weiler & Janie Blackburn, directed by G. Beaudin

Helen's Hideaway Room
New York City
June 2007

THE TRUE LAST WORDS OF DUTCH SCHULTZ
by Eric Salzman, directed by Grethe Holby, Musical Director: Victoria Bond
Dirk Weiler as Dutch Schultz
Symphony Space's Wall to Wall Opera 2007
New York City
May 2007

QUEER BENT FOR THE TUDOR GENT
by Clare Higgins, directed by G. Beaudin
Dirk Weiler as Richard, the Tudor Gent
13th Annual 15 Minute Play Festival
The American Globe Theatre
New York City
April 2007

THE MERRY WIDOW
directed by Dirk Weiler
Mason Gross School of the Arts at
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
January - February 2007

THE WAITER
directed by G. Beaudin

Dirk Weiler & Janie Blackburn with Simon Mulligan at the piano
The Jermyn Street Theatre
Jermyn Street, London, UK
August 2006

NOISE & SMOKE: HITS OF WEIMAR BERLIN
Dirk Weiler & Karen Kohler with John Bowen at the piano
International Cabaret Festival
Festival Center
Adelaide, Australia
June 2006

RUBIROSA A New Musical by Sandra Hochman and Gary Kupper
Readings
Dirk Weiler as Porfirio Rubirosa
Michael Carson Studios
New York, New York
March & September 2006

 

NOISE & SMOKE: HITS OF WEIMAR BERLIN
Dirk Weiler & Karen Kohler with John Bowen at the piano
The German General Consulate
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York
March 2006

2006 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS
Kabarett Kollektif
Winner: Most Unique Cabaret Performance
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York City
www.the-townhall-nyc.org
February 2006

NOISE & SMOKE: HITS OF WEIMAR BERLIN
by popular demand at Helen's!
Dirk Weiler & Karen Kohler with John Bowen at the piano
Helen's Hideaway Room
169 Eighth Avenue
New York City
September 2005

On the Banks of the Surreal
Five short plays from early 20 Century originally written in French and one song, presented
at The Bank Street Theater in NYC, featuring Dirk Weiler. Plays from Dada to Surreal to Absurdist,
freshly conceived and performed. Two premieres by Jean Cocteau and Rene Magritte and rarely
produced plays by Michel de Ghelderode, Eugene Ionesco and Tristan Tzara from 1920-1953.
August 2005

The True Last Words of Dutch Schultz
Twenty minutes from Eric Salzman's opera will be presented by The Center for
Contemporary Opera as part of "On The Edge" at Symphony Space's Thalia Theatre
Dirk Weiler performs the part of Dutch Schultz.
May 2005

Tap Dance Teaching Videos
Dirk Weiler is shooting a Tap Dance Instruction Videos with his teacher Judy Ann Bassing
for Bodarc Productions in New York City
June 2005

The Three Penny Opera
The Brooklyn College Department of Theater and the Conservatory of Music .
This special collaborative production is being offered as part of the Arts Division’s
celebration of Brooklyn College’s 75th Birthday. Dirk Weiler plays the role of Macheath.
May 2005

The Kabarett Kollektif
Last season's hits are back
by popular demand for One Night Only!
7:00 pm - Noise and Smoke: Hits of Weimar
with Greta, Karen Kohler and Dirk Weiler
Mama Rose's
www.mamaroses.net
February 2005

Nothing without our Pride
Dirk Weiler is shooting a short Film by Sheila Simmons in Brooklyn and Manhattan,
New York
December 2004

The Kabarett Kollektif
European Cabaretists in New York
All shows at 7:00 PM
Mama Rose's
219 2nd Avenue, NYC
www.mamaroses.net
October 2004

Kabarett Kollektif Salon
featuring Dirk Weiler along with New York's
finest European-born cabaret artists
Home of Frank and Mary Skillern, New York City
April 2004

A World with Snow by Jack Canfora
Dirk Weiler and Jack Canfora co-direct a reading of Jack Canfora's new play
"A World with Snow" at the Revelation Theatre in New York City
2004

Kabarett Kollektif
with Doyle Newmyer, piano
and Karen Kohler
Duplex Cabaret Theatre
61 Christopher St (at 7th Ave.), NYC
www.theduplex.com
April 3 2003

Dirk Weiler at the Café Sabarsky
with Lucy Arner, piano
Neue Galerie
1048 Fifth Avenue, NYC
www.neuegalerie.org
March 2003

After Hours A New Musical Revue
with Dirk Weiler in the role of Frank
Lion Theatre at Theatre Ro
410 West 42nd Street, NYC
February 2003

Place Setting a new play by Jack Canfora
Dirk Weiler plays the role of Richard in the Equity Showcase of the play at Center Stage New York City
2003

Place Setting a new play by Jack Canfora
Dirk Weiler plays the role of Richard inn a reading of the play at Stella Adler Studios in NYC.
2003

Audition Workshop
Dirk Weiler teaches an audition workshop for the Musical Theatre Department
at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen Germany
2003

Blue Monday by George Gershwin
Graduate Center CUNY, New York City
Dirk Weiler as Tom/Tap Dancer in this version of Gershwin's one act opera.
2003

The Heart of Biddy Mason
New York City
Reading
Dirk Weiler participated as Tap Dancer/Singer in a staged reading of this new show
at Shettler Studios in NYC
2003

Johnny Johnson by Kurt Weill
Bruno Walter Auditorium
New York City Public Library
Dirk Weiler as a principle performer in a staged reading of the show
at the New York Public Library, organized by the Kurt Weill Foundation of Music
2002

A Tribute to George Gershwin
with Dirk Weiler and many others, hosted by Eli Wallach at the Graduate Center
of the City University of New York
2002

Benefit Concert for Zonta Club 1
Dirk Weiler gives a solo recital of Lieder, American Art Songs and American Popular Songs
at the Neue Aula of the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany
2002

The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
Brooklyn, New York
Dirk Weiler as Papageno in a fully staged production of the opera in English/German
2001

La Bohème by G. Puccini
Casalmaggiore, Italy
Dirk Weiler receives an IVAI scholarship and performs the role of Schaunard
in a staged production of the opera during the summer program of the institute in Italy
2001

The Merry Widow by Franz Léhar
Brooklyn, New York
Dirk Weiler appears as Danilo in this fully staged production in English
2001

Kurt Weill Symposium
Dirk Weiler and Patricia Martin at the Kurt Weill Symposium of Meredith College
in Raleigh North Carolina teach and coach a one week workshop and stage
and choreograph two shows with the songs of Kurt Weill
2001

Die Dreigroschenoper by Brecht /Weill
Dirk Weiler appears as a guest in the role of Macheath in the concert version of the show
(performed in German) at Manhattan School of Music in New York City
2001

Le Nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart
Brooklyn, New York
Dirk Weiler as Count Almaviva
2000

"Wall to Wall Weill"
12 Hour Marathon Hommage to Kurt Weill
Symphony Space
Broadway and 95th Street, NYC
March 2000

Winners Concert 92nd Street Y- Theatre
After receiving the 2nd prize in te 1999 Lotte Lenya Competitionn for Singers,
Dirk Weiler appears in the Winner's Concert at the 92nd Street Y-Theatre in New York,
 hosted by legendary Teresa Stratas
2000

Tap Dance Teaching Videos
Dirk Weiler is shooting Tap Dance Instruction Videos with his teacher Judy Bassing
for Bodarc Productions in Miami and New York City
December 1999

Company by Steven Sondheim
Essen, Germany
Dirk Weiler as Bobby
June 1994

Jacques Brel is alive and well and living in Paris
Essen, Germany
Principle
Folkwang Hochschule
June 1993

Claudia Lichtblau Dance Company
Essen, Germany
Repertory:
Rothegang/Untergrund, Sequenzen, Rauten,
Chrom,Gewöll, Rus-Rums-Ravas
1992-2000


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Dirk Weiler has taught tap dance at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen Germany, teaches periodically at the
Alvin Ailey School in NYC and weekly at the
Bridge for Dance in NYC.

 

 

 

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