Melba Moore Pays Tribute To Luigi Faccuito

Eugene Louis “Luigi” Faccuito was an American jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and innovator who is best known for creating a jazz exercise technique, developed for his own rehabilitation after suffering paralyzing injuries in a car accident at the age of 21, which became the world’s first standard technique for teaching jazz and for teaching musical theater dance. “Luigi… A Benefit-Tribute Concert” stars Tony-winner Melba Moore, who was recently inducted into the Official Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. The event benefits Luigi’s Jazz Centre in Manhattan to allow it to continue providing scholarships, classes, and workshops worldwide for teaching his jazz technique and style. Moore is joined by other artists in a show directed and choreographed by Luigi’s Jazz Centre’s Tome’ Cousin. Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St. Dec. 28, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 at symphonyspace.org.