NAVIGATION
SOCIAL
CONTACT
Mail: jasonsmarquette@gmail.com
ABOUT
BIO AND PHILOSOPHY The only person in your life that can put an obstacle in front of you that you can’t conquer is you. - JASON MARQUETTE
Have shoes, will travel…
Jason is available for master classes, workshops, choreography and private lessons. Check the calendar page for availability. Email for rates at jasonsmarquette@gmail.com
Music and Technology…
In 2005, Jason was introduced to music editing software and a few years later, he turned it into a business. Marquette Productions now edits music for dance teachers and choreographers all over the world!
Send presents!
Jason’s birthday is July 21. So feel free to send well wishes on social media! He also loves Oreos and Peanut Butter Cups!
Have tools; willing to use them…
Jason has also made a quiet living as a stagehand over the years. One of his favorite secret talents is set building. If you’re looking for a relatively simple piece for a performance, he’s your guy! Shoot me an email to see one of my creations!I can drive that…
Jason has worked as a driver on photo shoots, theatrical productions and corporate events. He’s driven everything from a compact car to a 15 passenger van up to a 20 foot truck. If you need a driver, don’t hesitate! Your cargo will always be in safe hands.
Clearances and Licenses…
Jason has been cleared to work in Pennsylvania public schools. He has been fingerprinted by the FBI and is willing to submit to clearances in any state. He has also been licensed to teach by NY State’s Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision.
FACTS
Jason Marquette was born in Lebanon, PA in 1976. From the age of 4, he was
raised in Central Pennsylvania and was blessed with the opportunities to
explore a wide variety of activities including multiple sports, music, dance,
theater and many other activities. He began his dance training at the age of
five with Miss Linda Fox and continued his training at Marie Shaw School of
Dance under the direction and instruction of John Kalina. (The studio has
been renamed Dance Fusion Studios and is now under the direction of his
daughter, Megan Kalina-Delp.) Jason finished high school and continued to
pursue the arts in college. He spent one year at Allentown College of St.
Francis de Sales in Center Valley, PA as a dance and theater major. Wanting a
program more focused specifically on his craft, he tranferred to the
University of the Arts in Philadelphia and graduated with a BFA in Musical
Theater.
Throughout his college career, he was blessed with many opportunities to
perform professionally both in Philadelphia and in other parts of PA. After
graduation, he moved to Florida for 10 months to work at Disney, got his
union card and then returned north to pursue his career. After several years
performing around the country while chasing his dream of performing in a
broadway show, he decided to follow another passion and began his
teaching career. Since then, he has had the opportunity to work with
dancers all over the world and even start his own company encompassing all
aspects of the performing arts industry.
He has been teaching for over 25 years in cities all across the country and
internationally in Helsinki, Finland; Guayaquil, Ecuador, Guatemala City as
well as multiple cities in Alberta, Canada. He has taught at the
DanceTeacherWeb Live Conference and Expo in Las Vegas for 7 years and
appears on their website offering tutorials in Tap. He has been on faculty at
various studios in New York City including New Dance Group, The Peridance
Capezio Center and Broadway Dance Center teaching Tap and Theater Dance
and has taught at the Alvin Ailey School.
He is currently on faculty teaching tap at the New York Film Academy, New
York City campus; Jazz and Tap at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic
Arts as well as several other studios in the metro area. Mr. Marquette has
also been blessed to influence the training of dancers all across America
while teaching and adjudicating for several national dance competitions over
the years including NYLA, Dancers Inc., All American Talent Competition,
Spotlight Dance Cup, Guidance Dance Experience, Resonance Tap
Experience, SoFlo Tap Festival and more!
Performance credits include the original cast of the 1st National Tour of the
revival of 42nd Street, The Musical, theme parks and regional theaters all
across the country. In 2008 he mounted his self-produced NYC production
The Next Step. His direction and choreography has also been seen in the
SUNY New Paltz Production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, Wittenberg
University’s Fall Dance Concert, Working Mother Media’s annual NYC Worklife
Congress Gala as well as music videos, corporate events and various
showcases in New York and around the world. He is the owner of Marquette
Productions – The Dancer’s Music Source (www.marquetteproductions.com)
and MPower Dance Workshops - Master Classes and Workshops that
Mpassion, Mpower and Motivate (www.mpowerdance.com) He has also
started his own line of dance and rehearsal wear, Power In Motion
Dancewear, available on ETSY (Link from logo on home page) for dancers of
all ages looking to express their personality and pride of self. He uses his
work to give the next generation of dancers the tools to succeed in world by
taking the lessons learned in the dance studio and connecting them to the
real world.
In 2015, fate brought Jason together with his beautiful wife, Pamela Alviar
and they are the proud parents of a beautiful curly headed little girl. They
live together in Queens, NY where they both continue to build their teaching
careers and raise their daughter with love and laughter.
“Make your own destiny. Fate is determined by determination.” – Jason
Marquette
Your best is only your best today. Do it better tomorrow.
- JASON MARQUETTE
Jason Marquette with Mr. Gregory Hines in 1994…
ABOUT
BIO AND PHILOSOPHY The only person in your life that can put an obstacle in front of you that you can’t conquer is you. - JASON MARQUETTE
Jason Marquette was born in Lebanon, PA in
1976. From the age of 4, he was raised in Central
Pennsylvania and was blessed with the
opportunities to explore a wide variety of
activities including multiple sports, music, dance,
theater and many other activities. He began his
dance training at the age of five with Miss Linda
Fox and continued his training at Marie Shaw
School of Dance under the direction and
instruction of John Kalina. (The studio has been
renamed Dance Fusion Studios and is now under
the direction of his daughter, Megan Kalina-
Delp.) Jason finished high school and continued
to pursue the arts in college. He spent one year
at Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales in
Center Valley, PA as a dance and theater major.
Wanting a program more focused specifically on
his craft, he tranferred to the University of the
Arts in Philadelphia and graduated with a BFA in
Musical Theater.
Throughout his college career, he was blessed
with many opportunities to perform
professionally both in Philadelphia and in other
parts of PA. After graduation, he moved to
Florida for 10 months to work at Disney, got his
union card and then returned north to pursue
his career. After several years performing
around the country while chasing his dream of
performing in a broadway show, he decided to
follow another passion and began his teaching
career. Since then, he has had the opportunity
to work with dancers all over the world and even
start his own company encompassing all aspects
of the performing arts industry.
He has been teaching for over 25 years in cities
all across the country and internationally in
Helsinki, Finland; Guayaquil, Ecuador, Guatemala
City as well as multiple cities in Alberta, Canada.
He has taught at the DanceTeacherWeb Live
Conference and Expo in Las Vegas for 7 years
and appears on their website offering tutorials in
Tap. He has been on faculty at various studios in
New York City including New Dance Group, The
Peridance Capezio Center and Broadway Dance
Center teaching Tap and Theater Dance and has
taught at the Alvin Ailey School.
He is currently on faculty teaching tap at the New
York Film Academy, New York City campus; Jazz
and Tap at the New York Conservatory for
Dramatic Arts as well as several other studios in
the metro area. Mr. Marquette has also been
blessed to influence the training of dancers all
across America while teaching and adjudicating
for several national dance competitions over the
years including NYLA, Dancers Inc., All American
Talent Competition, Spotlight Dance Cup,
Guidance Dance Experience, Resonance Tap
Experience, SoFlo Tap Festival and more!
Performance credits include the original cast of
the 1st National Tour of the revival of 42nd
Street, The Musical, theme parks and regional
theaters all across the country. In 2008 he
mounted his self-produced NYC production The
Next Step. His direction and choreography has
also been seen in the SUNY New Paltz Production
of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, Wittenberg
University’s Fall Dance Concert, Working Mother
Media’s annual NYC Worklife Congress Gala as
well as music videos, corporate events and
various showcases in New York and around the
world. He is the owner of Marquette Productions
– The Dancer’s Music Source
(www.marquetteproductions.com) and MPower
Dance Workshops - Master Classes and
Workshops that Mpassion, Mpower and Motivate
(www.mpowerdance.com) He has also started his
own line of dance and rehearsal wear, Power In
Motion Dancewear, available on ETSY (Link from
logo on home page) for dancers of all ages
looking to express their personality and pride of
self. He uses his work to give the next generation
of dancers the tools to succeed in world by taking
the lessons learned in the dance studio and
connecting them to the real world.
In 2015, fate brought Jason together with his
beautiful wife, Pamela Alviar and they are the
proud parents of a beautiful curly headed little
girl. They live together in Queens, NY where they
both continue to build their teaching careers and
raise their daughter with love and laughter.
“Make your own destiny. Fate is determined by
determination.” – Jason Marquette
Have shoes, will travel…
Jason is available for master classes, workshops, choreography and private lessons. Check the calendar page for availability. Email for rates at jasonsmarquette@gmail.com
Music and Technology…
In 2005, Jason was introduced to music editing software and a few years later, he turned it into a business. Marquette Productions now edits music for dance teachers and choreographers all over the world!
Send presents!
Jason’s birthday is July 21. So feel free to send well wishes on social media! He also loves Oreos and Peanut Butter Cups!
Have tools; willing to use them…
Jason has also made a quiet living as a stagehand over the years. One of his favorite secret talents is set building. If you’re looking for a relatively simple piece for a performance, he’s your guy! Shoot me an email to see one of my creations!
I can drive that…
Jason has worked as a driver on photo shoots, theatrical productions and corporate events. He’s driven everything from a compact car to a 15 passenger van up to a 20 foot truck. If you need a driver, don’t hesitate! Your cargo will always be in safe hands.
Clearances and Licenses…
Jason has been cleared to work in Pennsylvania public schools. He has been fingerprinted by the FBI and is willing to submit to clearances in any state. He has also been licensed to teach by NY State’s Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision.
FACTS
Your best is only your best
today. Do it better tomorrow.
- JASON MARQUETTE
NAVIGATION
SOCIAL
LINKS
www.marquetteproductions.com
www.mpowerdance.com
CONTACT
Mail: jasonsmarquette@gmail.com
JASON MARQUETTE
