Miami, May 14, 2016
Dear Dr. Jules Oaklander, It is with great pleasure that we dedicate this performance to you tonight. You have been a true friend to us, to our ballet company, to many artists and other art organizations. You have been also a friend to the children that are looking for new horizons in the arts, a friend to the animals and to many other humanitarian causes. Tonight’s performance is a very small present we have for you, as a token of appreciation for all the support you have given to Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. Your wise guidance has been fundamental in the development of the company to bring it to the level it is now. Not only have you been a great member of the Board of Directors, but also a very important mentor and advisor with all your knowledge and experience in the arts and culture in South Florida. We wish you good health and many years of music, dance and joy to celebrate together!
Vladimir Issaev Artistic Director
We are deeply honored and grateful to have
DR. JULES OAKLANDER As a Long Time Member and Supporter of Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc We Thank You Jules For The Total Commitment you have Given That Has Been So Essential To the Development and Growth Of The South Florida Arts Community. With Love and Respect The Board of Directors of Citizen Interested In Arts and All of Its Members
ARTS BALLET THEATRE OF FLORIDA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lisa Stark Vice-President
Marcia Frantz Vice-President
Flor Olivares Treasurer/ Secretary
BOARD OF DEVELOPMENT
Leslie Rozencwaig
Ruth Vernick
Dr. Jules Oaklander Fortuna Ludmir
Sharon Miller
ADVISORY BOARD
Ada Valiente
Frank Loconto
Mariela Romero
Devorah Sasha
Lewis J. Thaler
HONORARY FOUNDER BOARD MEMBERS Nina Allen, Maritza Parmeggiani
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is a 501 c 3 non profit organization. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida relies on the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners. Funding for this organization is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council. Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida is sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
WE ARE PROUD OF OUR DONORS & SUPPORTERS
This Recognition is Presented to
Dr. Jules Oaklander In Grateful Appreciation for All His Philanthropic Commitments and Ongoing Participation Cultivating the Development of Arts, Culture and Humanities in South Florida
Board Member of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida Miami, May 14, 2016
Congratulations, Dr. Jules, on this Well Deserved Honor “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.� Winston Churchill Thank you for all you’ve given in support of the arts and the community at large - we are proud to be numbered among your friends Mark Steinberg & Dennis Edwards
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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Dr. Jules Oaklander for his dedication to making a better world for all living beings. He is a wonderful friend to the arts and to animals. Dr. Oaklander, your PETA family sends our best wishes to you tonight!
THE COMPANY VLADIMIR ISSAEV, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR BALLET MISTRESS Luana Hidalgo
PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Mary Carmen Catoya and Daniel Sarabia, Principal Dancers Kazuya Arima, Aya Baba, Ramil Bagmanov, Roger Fonnegra, Lusian Hernandez, Lillian Hill, Caitlyn King, Hernan Montenegro, Saori Morioka, Mai Nakazawa, Jaime, Reytor, Renee Roberts, Kayci Rodriguez APPRENTICES TO THE PROFESSIONAL DIVISION
Sara Cate Bingham, Stephanie Browning, Johanna Crick, Yasamin Haghayegh, Claudia Suarez, Astrid Zuluaga
ADMINISTRATIVE Executive Director Administrative Director Music Director Press and PR School Registrar Athletic Trainer
STAFF Ruby Issaev Ricardo Montealegre Emilio Sole 305 PR Coco Mata Jesus Vasquez Jessica Aquino
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, FACULTY Arts Ballet Goes to School Luana Hidalgo Outreach Coordinator Patricia Laine Master Classes Vladimir Issaev Pianists Milagros Tejas, Vivian Gonzalez, Marina Yeremeyeva PRODUCTION Rehearsal Assistants Ruzana Iremashvili, Ramil Bagmanov Technical Director Bobby Brinson Seamstresses Gladys Sanabria, Martha Donascimento Photography JoeyG Photography, Patricia Laine Video Carlos Ochoa Wardrobe: Maria Eugenia Papa, Marglys Requena, Anne Brumett, Sabina Howe
@artsballet Note: There is no smoking, eating or drinking allowed in the theatre. Also no video taping or photography will be allowed during the show as they are dangerous and distracting to the performers on stage as well as disturbing to the audience. Please show courtesy by adhering to these requests.
Dr. Jules Oaklander Thank you very much for your continuous support and commitment to the “Arts & Humanity� in Miami ... in particular, Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida What a well deserved honor ! With deep appreciation, Marcia & Jeff Frantz To Dr. Jules, Thank you ! for believing in me, for supporting me and always being there for me, my friends and everyone in the arts and culture. With all my love, appreciation .... ... and all that Jazz,
Maria Rivas
VLADIMIR ISSAEV BALLET MASTER, CHOREOGRAPHER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Vladimir Issaev was born in Russia in 1954. His career
started at the age of 11 at the Choreographic School of Voronezh. After working as a ballet dancer at the Opera House of Ufa and at the Opera House of Odessa, he studied at the “Gitis State Institute of Arts in Moscow” where he graduated as Ballet Master and Master Choreographer with the highest honors in 1986. He held the position of Academic and Artistic Director at the “Choreographic School of Frounze”, in the former Soviet Union. In 1987, he worked as Ballet Master and Regiseur for the Ballet Metropolitano de Caracas and Ballet Nacional de Caracas, directed by Vicente Nebrada, where he worked for more than ten years, teaching and coaching the principal dancers of the Company for their soloist classical roles. During his extensive career as a Choreographer and Ballet Master, Issaev has had the opportunity to work with many prestigious dancers and directors such as Papa Beriozoff for Don Quixote, having Julio Bocca and Eleonora Cassano as soloists; Alla Sizova, Alla Osipenko, Tatiana Terekhova and Irina Kolpakova. He has also been invited as a guest Ballet Master by several companies such as Le Jeune Ballet de France, Ballet Nacional de España, Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Orlando Ballet among others. Until August of 2002 he held the position of Ballet Master at the Miami City Ballet School. As a Choreographer, he has mounted several ballets in Russia, the United States, Puerto Rico, Peru, Japan and Venezuela. Mr. Issaev was the recipient of the “New Choreographer Award” for his piece “El Encuentro” at the Dance Under the Stars Choreography Competition in Palm Desert, California. In June of 2005 Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico presented the premiere of Issaev’s work “Doctor Ouch!“, a ballet in two acts based on the story of Korney Chukovskiy with great success. In 2004, Vladimir Issaev staged “Shostakovich Suites” for the Voronezh Choreographic School in Russia. An invitation from Prima Ballerina Altanay Assylmuratova, director of the Vaganova - Kirov School of Ballet in Saint Petersburg followed to stage a Ballet for the graduating students joining the Mariinsky (Kirov) Ballet Company. This choreography premiered in March of 2006 at the Mariinsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Due to its success this choreographic work was presented again in June of 2006. In 2007, Mr. Issaev re-staged his very popular ballet “ Chipollino” for Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico. Vladimir Issaev belongs to the Artistic Advisory Council for the Classical Dance Alliance. Issaev is recipient of the Honorable Merit Diploma from the Terpsihora Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts of Dance of Saint Petersburg, Russia, in recognition for his outstanding performance enhancing the art of classical ballet on the Vaganova Style in the United States. He has also been awarded with the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts award as the most influential Ballet teacher. Mr. Issaev was awarded 2009 Best Arts Educator of the State of Florida by the Florida Alliance for Arts Education. He has been Artistic Director of the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela; Artistic Director of the Russian Ballet of South Africa and International Ballet Competition in Lima, Peru. In January of 2011 his ballet Stone Flower was premiered in Nagoya, Japan with tremendous success and the greatest reviews. In 2013, two new ballets were premiered in Japan during the Aichi Trienale Festival and presented by the Michiko Matsumoto Ballet: Polovetsian Dances and the premiere of Firebird. In 2014 and 2015 Mr. Issaev has been invited to present his dancers and choreogaphies in Poland, Germany, Peru and most recently he had the honor to teach Master Classes at the Beijing Ballet Academy. Mr. Issaev is considered one of the top ballet masters and choreographers world wide.
LUANA HIDALGO BALLET MISTRESS
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PROFESSIONAL DIVISION MARY CARMEN CATOYA from Venezuela, began her training at the age
of 6 in Caracas and her professional career at the age of 13. She danced with the Youth Ballet of Venezuela, the Contemporary Ballet of Caracas, the Cleveland Ballet and as a principal with the National Ballet of Caracas, where she was coached and trained by Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev. She danced as a principal with the Miami City Ballet from 1999 to 2015. Her repertoire includes works of George Balanchine, Vicente Nebrada, Dennis Nahat and Vladimir Issaev. Ms. Catoya has danced extensively abroad at many festivals and galas, including an international gala before the King and Queen of Spain, the inauguration of the Theater Simon Bolivar in Brazil, Dance Aspen, and the Gala of Stars at the Festival International de Santander. In 1999, she received the award “Premio Casa del Artista” as Best Classical Dancer of the Year and “Premio Municipal de Danza 2002” as best dancer. Mary Carmen have been coached and trained by remarkable artists such as Jose Pares, Vicente Nebrada, Vladimir Issaev, Rafael Portillo, Zane Wilson, Karemia Moreno, Elena Madan Vera at the Ballet Nacional de Caracas, Dennis Nahat at Cleveland Ballet, Ileana Lopez, Violette Verdy, Jean Pierre Frohlich, Maria Cagliari, Mary Ashley and Edward Villella at Miami City Ballet. In 2004, she performed for the opening of “Queen Mary 2” Ship Gala and in August 2005, she was invited to dance “Una noche con Tamara Rojo” in Madrid, Spain. In October 2006, she danced the fulllength ballet Don Quixote to open the Carnival Center Performance Arts Center now Arsht Center in the city of Miami. In 2008, she was invited by Dennis Matvienko to perform in his own Gala Night at the Mikhailovsky Theater in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 2009, she was invited to dance at the Orlando Competition Gala of the Stars. In June of 2009, she performed with Taras Domitro in Queretaro, Mexico and with Rolando Sarabia at the Fire Island Festival in New York City repeating such honors in 2015 with Kleber Rebello. In July 2011, Mary Carmen opened and closed Les Etes de la Danse at the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris with Miami City Ballet dancing the principal role in Balanchine’s Ballet Imperial. Mary Carmen has been invited as a guest artist in Spain, Brazil, China, United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, Canada, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Mexico, Bosnia, Curacao, Trinidad & Tobago, Cuba and Argentina. Most recently, in July 2015, Mary Carmen performed with Kleber Rebello and Paulo Arraiz at the Ballet Now The Latin Stars Gala in Los Angeles conducted by Hernan Cornejo and Roberto Bolle. Ms. Catoya has come back to her mentor and main coach Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev joining as principal dancer of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida for the 2015-2016 Season. For the opening of the season she danced principal role of Laurencia, in Laurencia Grand Pas, Kitri in Don Quixote Grand Pas and guest choreographer Alberto Mendez staged for her a new version of his ballet Suite Generis, renaming it Eros Game. Last December, she danced the role of the Sugarplum Fairy in Issaev’s Production of The Nutcracker. and most recently the role of Swanilda in Issaev’s Coppelia. Ms. Catoya, just performed as a guest star at the Gala of the Golden Pointe Competition in Poland.
DANIEL SARABIA Born in Cuba, Daniel Sarabia joined the Provincial
School of Ballet Alejo Carpentier in Havana in 1993, and graduated from the Cuban National Ballet School in 2002. He began his professional career with the Cuban National Ballet in 2002 under the direction of prima ballerina Alicia Alonso. He has appeared in Latin America, the United States, Asia and Europe, dancing such roles as Basilio in Don Quixote, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Siegfried in Swan Lake choreography of George Balanchine, In the Night by Jerome Robbins, Three Preludes by Ben Stevenson for the Gala of Stars in Houston, Texas. He has also performed in the principal roles in such works as the Diane and Actéon Pas de Deux, the Black Swan Pas de Deux and Le Corsaire. He danced with the Boston Ballet in 2005-2006; the Miami City Ballet in 2007. He was principal dancer of the Béjart Ballet of Lausanne (2012 - 2014). He recently danced the Nutcracker Grand Pas de Deux with Lorna Feijoo, principal ballerina of Boston Ballet (December, 2013). Mr. Sarabia premiered with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, dancing the role of Fritz in Issaev’s Coppelia this past March of 2016.
KAZUYA ARIMA began his training at the Akamatsu Masaru Ballet School. He is
the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the 2nd prize in the 7th Ballet Competition for Youth In Hukuoka, the 2nd prize in the 24th Kobe Dance Competition and Best 12 in Youth America Grand Prix 2012 in Japan. He studied at The Washington School of Ballet under Kee Yuan Han for a year and later joined Milwaukee Ballet II as a principal. He also performs as a guest all over Japan. His repertory includes Nutcracker, Le Corsaire, La Sylphide and Paquita among other classical roles. He joined Milwaukee Ballet II as a principal role in 2012 and after performing as a guest all over Japan. He recently joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida for the 15-16 season.
AYA BABA is from Japan. She began her training at Hitomi Takeuchi Ballet
School. She attended Zurich Dance Academy in Switzerland on a full scholarship from 2008 to 2010. In 2012, she joined the Joffrey Academy of Dance as a trainee, where she performed many roles with the main company and the academy in The Nutcracker, La Bayadere, Romeo and Juliet, Coppelia and various other ballets. She has won many competitions including Japan Grand Prix, Youth America Grand Prix, NBA National Ballet Competition, All Japan Dance Competition, International Ballet Competition in Yokohama and others. Ms. Baba joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida dancing Pentimento and Shostakovich Suites in 2015. Last May, Along with dancer Hernan Montenegro, Ms. Baba performed as guest star of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the City of Lotz Ballet Conservatory in Poland.
RAMIL BAGMANOV Mr. Bagmanov is a graduate from the Rudolf Nureyev
Academy in Ufa, Bashkortostan. Immediately following graduation he became a member of the National Bashkortostan State Opera and Ballet Theatre in 2005 and National Tatarstan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in 2008 to 2012. Trained in the classics, he is also very comfortable in contemporary roles. Mr. Bagmanov worked for Dance Alive in Gainsville, Florida until 2014. He was recently in Kim Tuttle´s Phantom and as the Cavalier in Nutcracker. His favorite roles include Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Prince Desire in Sleeping Beauty, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Albrech in Giselle and Solor in La Bayadere. Mr. Bagmanov joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in the 2014-2015 Season.
HINANO ETO was born in Osaka, Japan and trained at the Setsuko Hirano
Ballet School under Setsuko Hirano’s tutelage. She attended the New Zealand School of Dance after being awarded with a scholarship during the Youth America Grand Prix in 2010. She then studied at The Washington School of Ballet in 2010 under Kee Juan Han for two years. Hinano has been awarded several times in different competitions such as Prix de Lausanne and Youth America Grand Prix. Her repertoire includes Snow White, La Sylphide, Nutcracker, Don Quixote, and Sleeping Beauty among other classical roles. She also has an extensive contemporary repertoire. She danced with Milwaukee Ballet II in 2012. After performing as a guest in Japan, she joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida for the 2015-2015 season.
ROGER FONNEGRA received his dance training at the Teresa Carreno Ballet
School with Vladimir Issaev, and shortly after he joined the National Ballet of Caracas, directed by Vicente Nebrada. He also trained at the School of American Ballet and with Whilhelm Burmann. He later returned to his native Venezuela where he danced with the BNC on an international tour. Since he relocated to the US in 2003, he has danced with Columbia Classical Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet, Sierra Nevada Ballet, New Haven Ballet, and Seiskaya Ballet. He performed for the past seven years with Festival Ballet Providence in Rhode Island under the direction of Mihailo Djuric. Past roles include Rubies in Balanchine’s Jewels, Donizetti Variations and Allegro Brillante, The Leaves are Fading, Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo, and The Nutcracker.
LUSIAN HERNANDEZ was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela where she started her ballet training at 7 years old at the Fundacion Escuela de Ballet Clasico del Edo. Lara. She has participated in many local and international dance festivals including the Festival Danza Joven in Colombia in 2009 and has been awarded several times with scholarships from programs such as the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Minneapolis where she attended in 2008. In 2010, she was awarded Bronze Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela repeating the same accolade for 2011. After attending the Summer Intensive Program of Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2011, she was invited by Vladimir Issaev to join the company’s apprentice program. Since then, she has performed the repertoire of the company including Yanis Pikieris’ Danzon, and Issaev’s The Nutcracker, Chipollino, Suite of Waltzes, Dr. Ouch!, Shostakovich Suites and Vicente Nebrada’s Pentimento.
LILLIAN HILL is a native Floridian. She began her training at Pro-Am Dance and
Magda Aunon School of Classical Ballet in Fort Lauderdale. While attending Dillard Center for the Performing Arts as a dance major, she apprenticed with Jubilee Dance Theater. Upon graduation, she joined Richmond Ballet and began working towards a BFA in dance at Virginia Commonwealth University. Additionally, she has attended Summer Intensives at Orlando Ballet and Joffrey Ballet. She joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2011 and has performed solo roles in Issaev’s Harlequinade, Fairy Doll, Chipollino, Firebird, Dr. Ouch!, The Nutcracker, El Encuentro, Coppelia among others. Furthermore, she has had the opportunity to work with visiting artists on pieces such as Yanis Pikieris’ Danzon and Vicente Nebrada’s Pentimento and has toured with the company to New York, Peru, and Germany. She performed Vladimir Issaev’s piece Fuga con Pajarillo at the Latin Choreographers Festival in New York in 2012. She continues to represent Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida nationally and internationally performing in Galas.
CAITLYN KING began her training at the Post School of Ballet in Virginia. She
has trained with Terri Post and Pedro Szalay. She was a member of the Southwest Virginia Ballet Company for nine years. Caitlyn has attended Summer Intensives at the Cincinnati Ballet and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. In 2013, she participated in the New Prague Dance Festival in the Czech Republic with the Southwest Virginia Ballet Company, where they placed 1st in Classical Ballet category and won the Grishko Award. She has performed soloist roles in the Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Coppelia and Raymonda. This will be her second year with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida and she has been recently promoted as a company member. HERNAN MONTENEGRO from Chile, graduated from the Teatro Municipal de Santiago. In 2010, he participated at the International Ballet Competition in Lima, Peru where he was awarded Silver medal and a scholarship to attend the Summer Program at Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. Following his participation in the program, he received an invitation to join the company. He has previously danced with Ballet de Santiago and Ballet de Camara dancing solo roles in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Les Sylphides, Paquita, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, Pinocchio, Graduation Ball, Nutcracker among others. Since joining the company in 2012, Hernan has performed Yanis Pikieris’ Danzon, Issaev’s Nutcracker, Chipollino, Donizetti’s Variations, Le Corsaire, Firebird, and Nebrada’s Pentimento. This is Hernan’s third season with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
SAORI MORIOKA is from Nara, Japan. She started her ballet training at Mami
Ballet Land in Japan and completed her training at School of Alberta Ballet, Canada. She attended the Colorado Ballet Summer Program in 2013. She has been awarded at the Nara Ballet Competition in 2009, was a finalist in 2015, finalist at Sendai Competition in 2010 and participated in World Ballet Competition in 2015. Ms. Saori joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida for the 20142015 and has already danced soloists roles in Petrouchka, The Nutcracker and Vladimir Issaev’s the Rite of Spring. This is Saori’s second year with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
MAI NAKAZAWA is from Osaka, Japan. She attended the Odette Ballet School
in her hometown and later at the Seiko Kuramoto Ballet School. Among her teachers we find Dominique Khalfouni, Seiko Kuramoto, Asami Maki and Fukagawa Hideo. She has received first place in several competitions such as the Osaka Prix Classic Ballet Competition, the Educational Ballet Competition, The Ballet Concourse in Osaka and the Ballet Competition 21 in Japan. She has performed with the Hyogo Dancers Associations and the Hideo Hukagawa at Seiko Kuramoto Ballet. She has also danced the soloist role of Raymonda in Ukraine and in Tokyo with the Japan International Ballet Company. She comes from dancing with Columbia Classical Ballet in South Carolina. JAIME REYTOR was born in Matanzas, Cuba in 1991 and started dancing at the age of 9 at the Alfonso Perez Isaac Elementary School. He finished his training at The National Ballet School “Ena”. Upon graduation, Jaime joined The National Ballet of Cuba where he danced many roles in the classical Ballets including, Giselle, Coppélia, Swan Lake, Don Quixote, Sleepy Beautiful, and many others. He also worked with some contemporary companies in Havana. He recently arrived in the United States and has been a part of The Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami. Jaime has joined Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida for the remainder of the season and is looking forward to share his skills with his fellow dancers.
RENEE ROBERTS started her ballet training with Vladimir Issaev. During her years
as a student she performed roles such as Snow Queen and Dew Drop in The Nutcracker, Winter and Fall in The Seasons, as well as other original classical works by Mr. Issaev that were performed in both Poland and Germany. She continued her training with the dance department at Butler University, performing in classical pieces such as Gerald Arpino’s “Viva Vivaldi” and Finger Fairy in “Sleeping Beauty,” as well as modern works like Paul Taylor’s “Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rehearsal),” and an original contemporary work, “Displacements” choreographed by Marek Cholewa which was performed at the International Concert of Schools of Dance in Bratislava. She graduated cum laude majoring in Dance Performance, and received the Lynnette Jordan Schisla scholarship. Renee is looking forward to begin her professional career with her Ballet Master Vladimir Issaev. KAYCI RODRIGUEZ started taking ballet lessons at Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet under the tutelage of Vladimir Issaev, Olga Mekhonoshina and Liza Maltseva. Kayci has an extensive experience on stage, dancing the most challenging classical and neo classical repertoire in The Nutcracker, Paquita, Raymonda, La Bayadere, Shostakovich Suites, Taiko, Waltz Glinka, Dr. Ouch!, Harlequinade, Chipollino, Fairy Doll, Firebird, Petrouchka, Fuga con Pajarillo, Danzon, Fragmentos by Edgar Anido and Vicente Nebrada’s Pentimento. She has also been fortunate to have been invited to participate in the International Young Dancers Festival in Miami, Mexico, Poland and Germany in addition to the Choreographers’ Festival in New York in summer 2012. Kayci has been recently promoted as a company member for the upcoming season.
APPRENTICES SARA CATE BINGHAM began dancing at a very young age. She started lessons
with Terri Post at the Post School of Ballet in Roanoke, Virginia and later joined the Southwest Virginia Ballet, under the artistic director Pedro Szalay. While dancing with the Southwest Virginia Ballet, she performed many roles in The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet and Coppelia. Sara has also participated in the summer programs of Atlanta Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Richmond Ballet and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. In 2011 and 2013, Sara traveled to Prague, Czech Republic with the Southwest Virginia Ballet obtaining important awards. This is Sara Cate’s second year as an apprentice.
APPRENTICES STEPHANIE BROWNING is from Orlando, Florida. She received most of her
training at the Orlando Ballet School, and has also studied at Central Florida Ballet. Stephanie recently danced as a trainee at Florida Dance Theatre. She has attended summer intensives at Orlando Ballet, Metropolitan Ballet Academy, Festival Ballet Providence, The Pennsylvania Ballet, and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. Stephanie has had numerous roles in the ballets of The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Little Mermaid, Hansel and Gretel, Le Corsaire, Paquita, Cinderella, and The Sleeping Beauty. She placed in the top 10 Senior Classical Women at the Universal Ballet Competition and was awarded a scholarship. Stephanie is looking forward to her first season with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
JOHANNA CRICK started her ballet training in New Jersey and later at The Center of Dance in Blacksburg, Virginia. At age 13, Johanna joined the Southwest Virginia Ballet and began training with artistic director Pedro Szalay. She performed many roles with the Southwest Virginia Ballet in The Nutcracker, Peter and the Wolf, Don Quixote, and Coppelia. Johanna has attended summer intensives at The Harid Conservatory, Richmond Ballet and Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida. In 2013, she traveled to Prague, Czech Republic to participate in the New Prague Dance Festival, obtaining a special award. Johanna was invited to join Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in 2014 as an apprentice.
YASAMIN HAGHAYEGH began her ballet training at Vladimir Issaev School of
Classical Ballet at the age of 10. Since then, Yasamin has expanded her extensive repertoire by performing in all of the company’s productions such as The Nutcracker, Firebird, Doctor Ouch!, Petrouchka, Taiko, Suite of Waltzes, Fuga con Pajarillo, Harlequinade, Fairy Doll, Chipollino, A Celebration to Klimt, among other classical and neoclassical pieces, as well as contemporary pieces by choreographers J.Garant, Yanis Pikieris and Edgar Anido. She has also consistently demonstrated her vigorous dedication to her training, by attending all Summer Intensive Programs of Russian Technique. She has traveled around the world with the company to participate in various renowned dance festivals in Germany (2008), Denmark (2009), Mexico (2010), Poland (2012) and Germany (2014). This is her second year as an apprentice with Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida.
CLAUDIA SUAREZ was born in Venezuela. She began her ballet studies at the
age of 5 in EFPDanza and had additional training in Central School of Ballet, in London. Later on she continued at Fundación Ballet de Las Américas in Caracas and Vladimir Issaev School of Classical Ballet, where she graduated. She has participated in numerous festivals in her country and twice at an International Festival in La Habana, Cuba as well as taken different workshops at English National Ballet and The Royal Ballet School in London. In 2010, Claudia was awarded with the Silver Medal at Caracas National Ballet Competition and Top Ten Dancer at Universal Ballet Competition in 2015. In 2012, she won a scholarship to attend Arts Ballet Theatre’s Summer Intensive which she also attended in 2014 and 2015. Claudia has been awarded a position as an apprentice in the company for next season.
ASTRID ZULUAGA was born in Venezuela. She began her training at the age of
6 at the Fundacion Escuela de Ballet Clasico del Edo. Lara, she also attended Allegro Estudio de Ballet where she graduated. In 2012, she became an apprentice with Ballet Nacional de Panamá where she had the opportunity to dance The Nutcracker, Coppelia, as well excerpts of ballets of the classical repertoire. Astrid participated at the International Ballet Competition in Caracas, Venezuela and The Star of the 21st Century International Ballet Competition in Panamá, where she was one of the ten finalists of her category. In 2013 she decided to audition for Miami City Ballet School to improve her technique where she graduated after a year and a half of training. In 2015, she attended Arts Ballet Theater of Florida’s summer intensive and joined the company as an apprentice for this season.
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