Chet Walker has
performed on Broadway
since the age of 16,
appearing in the revival
of
On the Town. His
other Broadway credits
include
Lorelei,
The Ambassadors,
and four Bob Fosse
musicals:
The Pajama Game,
Pippin,
Dancin' and
Sweet Charity.
As
director/choreographer,
his professional stage
credits include
Dory! A Musical Portrait
at the Will Geer Theater
in Los Angeles, the 10th
Anniversary tour of
La Cage aux Folles,
Sweet Charity in
the United States,
Holland, Japan, Mexico,
Norway and London's West
End. Other productions
include
Chicago, 42nd Street, A
Chorus Line, Follies, A
Funny Thing Happened on
the Way to the Forum,
Working, and
Kiss of the Spider Woman.
For television, Mr.
Walker assisted on the
NBC special
Loretta Lynne Country in
the Big Apple,
and is a contributing
choreographer on
Just Dance for
Japan's CTV.
Mr. Walker
originally conceived the
1999 Tony-Award-winning
musical
Fosse which also
garnered an Outer
Critics' Circle Award
and the Toronto Theater
Alliance Award for
Choreography. Other
award nominations for
Fosse include the
L.A. Critics' Award and
the Outer Critics'
Circle Award, both for
choreography and the
Olivier Award for
Conceiver of Best
Musical.
Mr. Walker's
other awards include the
L.A. Dramalogue Award
for Choreography for
Best Little Whorehouse
in Texas,
Sweden's equivalent of
the Tony Award for
Choreography for
Annie Get Your Gun,
and Chicago's Joseph
Jefferson Award for his
co-choreography of
Pal Joey at the
Goodman Theatre. Mr.
Walker is currently
working on a new musical
tentatively entitled
Valentino.
Mr. Walker is the
Director/Choreographer
and Artistic Director of
8&ah1 Productions Inc.,
a nonprofit Musical
Theatre Dance Company.
8&ah1 premiered an
original Dance/Opera
entitled
Seduction in New
York, and this year,
performed at the Doris
Duke Theater/Jacob's
Pillow Dance Festival in
Confessions of Love.
With Robert La Fosse, he
co-choreographed the
world premiere of
The Seven Deadly Sins
at Jacob's Pillow; the
production starred La
Fosse, Helène
Alexopoulos, and Desmond
Richardson to name a
few.
For the past three years
he has been the director
of the Jazz Workshop at
Jacob's Pillow. This
year finds him traveling
to Greece, Norway,
Argentina and England to
award scholarships to
The School at Jacob's
Pillow.
