Participants may begin at Tillie's, or get a list of participating studios at www.sonyany.com.com
The downside of this arrangement is that it makes it hard to get a sense of the distinctiveness of the participating studios.
"People like us have so much training in our bodies that we're not using onstage," said Melanie Maar, 31, an Austrian-born choreographer who runs another of the participating studios, the Loft, the space where she works and lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Typically unfolding over a few long days in auditoriums, halls and hotels — and sometimes attached to educational activities as part of a larger convention — these events revolve around individual and group dance numbers rehearsed by youngsters (mostly girls, though this is changing) at participating studios.
A panel composed of the participating studios and executives from Samsung and Amazon was moderated by CNET News.com reporter Greg Sandoval who filed this report.
It follows the success of ClassPass, a well-funded start-up that sells unlimited fitness classes at participating studios for about $100 a month, depending on the market.
The artists' panel discussion gave visitors the opportunity to ask the participating studios intimate questions about their professional paths and the materials they use.
Each of the participating studios has contributed its time, talent and resources to celebrate childhood and to show why children everywhere have the right to grow up to be healthy, educated and responsible adults in the global community.
Participating studios include Warner, 20th Century Fox, Focus Features, Lionsgate, Rogue, Sony Pictures, Summit Entertainment and Universal.
Participating studios include Janus Films, Flicker Alley, Icarus Films, Kino, Milestone, Zeitgeist, Film Movement, Global Lens, First Run Features, Oscilloscope Laboratories, Shout Factory, as well as major studios MGM and Warner Bros. The service is available now, free for the first 14 days during a trial period.
