Alfred Brooks

Alfred Brooks Pew (October 19, 1916 – December 15, 2005), better known by his stage name Alfred Brooks, was an American dancer, choreographer, pianist, and stage actor. He was a co-founder of a modern dance company called Munt–Brooks Dance Studio, an early influencer of counterculture, and later a co-founder of the experimental theatre group, the Changing Scene Theatre.

Early life and education Alfred Brooks Pew was born on October 19, 1916, in Kansas City, Missouri, the youngest of five children born to Maysie Virginia (née Pittman) and John Brooks Pew. followed by study at the performing arts conservatory Juilliard School in New York City, where he graduated with B.A and M.A. degrees in musical composition. At Juilliard he studied under Carl Friedberg, as well as additional private study under Roy Harris, and Nadia Boulanger of Paris.

In 1968, Brooks and Munt opened the non-profit, theatre/dance school called the "Changing Scene" (or "Changing Scene Theatre") in Denver, Colorado, after closing the Munt-Brooks Dance Studio a few years prior. Everything was volunteer based and was devoted to presenting not just dance and theatre but new work in all media.

Brooks was a co-founder of the Colorado Theatre Guild.

After Maxine Munt's death in January 2000, the Changing Scene closed. The Changing Scene influenced a new generation of bohemian theatre including the "Changing Scene Northwest", created by a former board member after they moved to Washington.