Dance Australia

Works in progress on Broadway

SEÁN Martin Hingston packed his dance bag and left Australian shores, bound for Broadway, in ’92. While looking to perform on a Broadway stage, his bigger dream was to work with the teams developing new Broadway shows. A quarter of a century later, with an enviable string of performance, film and television credits to his name, Hingston shares his recent experience of working with award winning director/ choreographers Susan Stroman and Andy Blankenbuehler on workshops of their respective new shows, Little Dancer and Only Gold.

“I came here to make musicals from the ground up,” he

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