Giuliana Bruno and Corey Snide
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Giuliana Bruno
Giuliana Bruno is a reporter and anchor at NEWS10 ABC in her home city of Albany, New York. She grew up deeply involved in the Capital Region theatre and dance community, and enjoys sharing success stories of artists that emerge from the Capital Region.
Giuliana has worked on several high-profile stories, including the sentencing of NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere in Brooklyn, for which she was featured in the HBO series “The Vow.”
From breaking news, to heartfelt stories of the human experience, Giuliana likes to cover it all. In her free time, Giuliana enjoys working on her fitness, spending time with her friends and family, and going to the theatre.
Corey Snide
Corey John Snide is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of
the Capital District Arts Initiative. Snide started dancing in
Albany, NY at a very young age competing at the regional,
national and International level. His earliest accomplishments
were receiving two gold medals for Team USA for Tap and
Contemporary dance at the age of 10. From there, his
professional career took off as he started performing in the hit
West End show as the title role in Billy Elliot the Musical.
Having performed the role in both London and Australia for a
year and a half, he returned to NYC to immediately join to
Original Broadway Cast of Jason Robert Browns 13 the
musical leading the show alternating the role of Evan
Goldman. He then continued to pursue his education and
completed four years of training at The Juilliard School
graduating with a BFA in Dance in 2015. Upon graduation, he
joined the regional production of Andy Blankenbuehler’s
Bandstand at the Papermill Playhouse. He has since been the
Dance Captain for the Broadway revival for Cats and Rogers
and Hammerstein’s Carousel (both of which covering every
male track in the show).
Recently, he Tapped on the FX hit
mini-series Fosse/Verdon as USO Bob. He then returned to
London to be the Assistant Choreographer for the Cats film as
well as performing in the principal ensemble. Whenever he’s
not performing on stage or screen, he is constantly working
on his own choreographic career having several of his works
performed across NYC. He is sought out internationally as a
versatile teacher and mentor and is currently on faculty at
Skidmore College.
Most recently, he originated the role of
Tiger (u/s Riff) in Ivo von Hove’s West Side Story. Corey’s
passion for arts empowerment and collaboration is the driving
force behind co-founding the initiative.
