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Ellen Rosa
Dance Department Chair
Ellen Rosa is a freelance dancer, choreographer and dance teacher based in Los Angeles. She was a scholarship student at Indiana University School of Music where she received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Ballet. She received her MFA in dance from Florida State University where she was the recipient of the Dean’s Teaching Fellowship and a University Fellowship. Miss Rosa also received additional training at Pennsylvania Ballet and Boston Ballet summer programs where she was on scholarship.
Miss Rosa has performed as a principal dancer in productions with the Los Angeles and New York City Opera and with the San Diego Opera. As a concert dancer, Miss Rosa has performed with the Charleston Ballet Theater, Russian Ballet Theater of Delaware, and as principal dancer with the Chattanooga Ballet. In Los Angeles she has performed as principal dancer with City Ballet of Los Angeles, La danserie and as with Media City Ballet. Miss Rosa has also performed as the Bluebird in Disney’s Snow White, an Enchanting Musical at Disneyland and has toured nationally as principal dancer in the multi-media cirque show Dreamscapes.
As a choreographer Miss Rosa has had her choreography presented nationally and was a finalist in the 2006 Dance Under the Stars festival in Palm Desert, CA. Recently, Miss Rosa was chosen as one of three young choreographers to present her work, Bach in Blue, as part of City Ballet of Los Angeles' Concerto Project presented at the Ford Amphitheater in Los Angeles. As a dance educator, Miss Rosa has been on the dance faculty of Moorpark College, East Los Angeles College, Chattanooga Ballet School, and Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts. Miss Rosa is an ABT certified instructor in levels primary-level 5 and teaches all levels of ballet, and pointe as well as pas de deux and dance conditioning.
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1.) One of three featured young choreographers for the Concerto Project, City Ballet of Los Angeles, chosen for her classical ballet style and attention to ballet line.
2.) Attended the American Ballet Theater National Training Curriculum Program in NYC to become an ABT certified ballet teacher.
3.) Performed as principal dancer with City Ballet of Los Angeles at the Ford Amphitheater in June, 09.
4.) Nominated for a Lester Horton dance award for her performance in the Scheherazade Pas de deux, produced by Media City Ballet of Los Angeles. |
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Ellen Rosa is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level Five of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. |
Deborah
Brockus
Jazz Dance Instructor
Deborah received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University
of California, Irvine in both dance and English. Professionally,
she has been labeled “the single most important person
in Southland dance” by the Los Angeles Times. The
Times has also labeled her an “impresario,”
“tireless,” and “the mother superior of
LA dance” because of her involvement in the west coast
dance scene as a choreographer, teacher and producer. She
has performed with numerous regional companies and has appeared
in television, video, clubs and musicals. She is artistic
director of the Brockus Project Dance Company, which performs
works throughout Southern California, and producer of Dance
in LA showcases, which include Split, Spectrum
Dance in LA, New Perspectives and Caught Between.
She also produces a masterclass series with artists
from companies such as Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Alvin
Ailey, Paul Taylor and Lines Contemporary Ballet. Deborah
was a panelist for the Fosse Scholarship Awards in Los Angeles
and has received awards for teaching, choreography and producing.
She is director of the Idyllwild Arts Summer Dance Intensive.
Recent Accomplishments:
1.) Guest teaching Prague, Czech Republic
Ronald E. Brown
Modern
Dance/African Dance instructor
Ronald began training in classical ballet, studying at the
Ballet Russe of Cleveland, the Akron Chamber Ballet and
the School of American Ballet .Later, he explored the modern
disciplines of Jose Limon, Martha Graham and Lestor Horton.
Presently, Ron has found the joy of movement in West African
dance under the guidance of Nzingha Camara. Ronald’s
professional credits include performing with such notable
companies as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alvin
Ailey II, Dianne McIntyre’s Sounds in Motion, UCLA
Dance Company, JazzAntigua and Malathi Iyenger & Rangoli
Dance Company. Ron has taught extensively throughout the
United States at Interlochen Arts Academy, Brown University,
Loyola Marymount University , Los Angeles County High School
for the Performing Arts, Crossroads School for Arts &
Sciences and the Lula Washington Dance Theater. Internationally,
Ronald has conducted workshops in Finland, Italy, Taiwan,
Canada, Brazil, Spain and Mexico. He has served as associate
adjunct professor of Dance in the department of World Arts
and Cultures at UCLA for fifteen years. He has received
several nominations for the Lestor Horton Teacher of the
Year Award. For two years Ronald resided in Manaus-Amazonas-Brazil
as instructor and choreographer for several schools and
dance companies for the Secretaria de Estado da Cultura
e Tourismo. Presently, Ronald is on faculty with California
State University Long Beach, Santa Monica College, and local
dance studios.
Recent Accomplishments:
1.) Received the 2010 Lester Horton Lifetime Achievement Award. pdf
Stephanie Gilliland
Modern Dance/Dance Composition instructor
Stephanie has taught modern dance and composition at the University of California, Riverside Department of Dance for 15 years, and is presently on the faculty at University of California, Irvine. She has choreographed since 1977 and is the recipient of two Lestor Horton awards for outstanding achievement in choreography. Her choreographic work includes opera, television and musical theatre, as well as modern concert dance. Stephanie's work has been presented throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Scotland and the former Soviet Union.
Lillian Rose Barbeito
Modern Instructor
Lillian Barbeito is the co-director and resident choreographer of BODYTRAFFIC, a contemporary dance company based in Los Angeles. She is a native of Santa Fe, New Mexico where she trained with the Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet and worked with the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Southwest Ballet and the Santa Fe Opera. After graduating from the Juilliard School on a four year, full tuition scholarship, Lillian worked with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Zvi Gotheiner, the Agnes DeMiIlle Project and Terrain. Since moving to Los Angeles, Lillian has performed with American Repertory Dance Company, Collage Dance Theatre, Helios Dance Theater, John Malashock, Oni Dance and String Theory Productions. She has appeared at the 2006 and 2007 Grammy's, in several music videos and feature films including projects with Angela Luna, Beruit and Spike Lee. Lillian has taught for institutions such as CalArts, Chapman University, Lyon Opera Ballet, Halifax Dance Theater, Southland Ballet Academy, Westside Academy of Dance and UCLA's Department of World Arts and Cultures. She is currently on faculty at St. Joseph Ballet and recently completed a Countertechnique teacher training with Anouk Van Dijk in Amsterdam.
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1.) Finalist - Dance Under the Stars Choreography Festival
2) Guest Teaching Engagements - BackhausDance, CalARTS, Colburn Dance Institute, Luckman Summer Intensive at Cal State LA, Southland Ballet Academy and Rugcutterz Danz Artz (Canada)
3) Produced TRANSFIGURED NIGHT, evening of live music and dance that included original choreography by renowned Dutch choreographer Guy Weizmen and live accompaniment by six musicians from LA Philharmonic.
4) Co-Produced performance with Los Angeles Jewish Symphony at the Wadsworth Theater. Evening included live 40 piece orchestra and guest choreographer Anrea Miller from Gallim Dance/ NYC. This project had a full-page preview in the LA Times by dance critic Debra Levine. |
Jonathan Sharp
Ballet Instructor/Mens' class/Pas
de deux
Jonathan Sharp was trained at National Academy of the Arts and the School of American Ballet which is the official school of the New York City Ballet. While on full scholarship at SAB he was trained by master teachers Stanley Williams, Peter Martins, Andrea Kramarevsky, Suzanne Ferrell, Alexandra Danilova, Suki Schorer, and Sean Lavery. After finishing his training, he danced professionally with the Boston Ballet and the Pennsylvania Ballet. He was also a member of Stars of American Ballet (A touring group headlined by Robert LaFosse and Darci Kistler). He returned to NYC and has appeared in the Original Casts of five Broadway shows- THE RED SHOES,CAROUSEL(1994 Tony- winner for Best Revival),THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW LIVE, THE DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES, and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. He has also appeared on television as a contract player on the Daytime Drama ANOTHER WORLD- as well as guest starring on Law and Order and Gilmore Girls. He has been a faculty member of Idyllwild Arts Academy for four years. He also teaches and directs all over Southern California. Currently he is on faculty at the California Dance Theatre, Inland Pacific Ballet, and the EDGE Performing Arts Center.
Recent Accomplishments:
1.) Performed as principal dancer with Inland Pacific Ballet, Claremont,CA, in their productions of Dracula and Little Mermaid.
2.) Guest teacher for Inland Pacific Ballet's Summer dance program
3.)Attended the American Ballet Theater National Training Curriculum Program in NYC to become an ABT certified ballet teacher.
4.) Principal dancer for the Dallas Opera December 08.
Jonathan Sharp is an ABT® Certified Teacher, who has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Primary through Level Five of the ABT® National Training Curriculum.
Patrick Franz
Variations/Ballet
Instructor
Trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School, Patrick FRANTZ entered the Paris Opera Ballet in 1959. He is named Premier Danseur in 1966. His multiple talents are quickly recognized. At 23 years old, he is not only Artiste, but Pedagogue and Choreographer. He is invited as Guest Teacher to the International Mime School of Marcel MARCEAU, he founds the Young Choreographers of the Paris Opera, and is invited to choreograph at the well-known Festival of Avignon. He simultaneously wins the First Prize of Piano at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.
In 1971, he leaves France for an international career accepting positions as Principal Dancer, Professor and Resident Choreographer for Pennsylvania Ballet in the United States.
In 1973, he is named Artistic Director of New City Ballet in Columbia, Maryland for which he choreographs several original works. His choreography of Janacek’s Missa Glagolitica brought collaboration with Emilio Pucci who designed the dance floor for performances in the Cathedral in Washington D.C.
The Tucson Ballet in Arizona invites him in 1975 to become Artistic Director. He founds the Tucson Ballet School and enjoys excellent reviews all the while creating original works and inviting other Master Teachers and Choreographers to the Southwest. It is here that FRANTZ was inspired to choreograph his Firebird. Saturday Review’s dance critic Walter Terry writes: “In his Firebird the Frenchman has combined a Russian score with an American Indian theme. His technique of classical ballet, fused with the expressivity of modern dance and the cabalistic intensity of primitive ritual, works like magic.”
He is named as Artistic Director of Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in 1979 where he continues his work of creation and founds Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. Meanwhile, he is invited as international Guest Choreographer and Master Teacher.
From 1983 to 1990, many establishments of reputation call upon his experience. He is on Faculty at the Stanley Holden Dance Center of Los Angeles, Choreographer in Residence of Los Angeles Chamber Ballet, Guest Master Teacher at the Joffrey Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Guest Teacher and Choreographer at Westside Ballet of Los Angeles.
Since 1990, the career of Mr. FRANTZ continues to develop internationally. He has created and runs to date his contemporary ballet company La Danserie, acclaimed by the press and the State of California. He is also Artistic Director of Rozann-Zimmermann Ballet Center, Guest Teacher at Joffrey Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Theatre of Chicago, at the very selective Theatre Colon of Buenos Aires, at the University of Utah, the Crystal Cathedral, and the Danshaus in Copenhagen, Denmark, Ecole de Ballet Contemporain de Montreal. He also takes part as a Guest Teacher in many international Intensive Workshops.
Mr Frantz has worked with the greatest names of the dance world: Serge LIFAR, George BALANCHINE, Jerome ROBBINS, Yvette CHAUVIRE, Maurice BEJART, Leonide MASSINE, Mikhael BARYSHNIKOV, Roland PETIT, Harald LANDER, George SKIBINE, John BUTLER, Milko SPAREMBLEK, Gene KELLY, Kenneth McMILLAN.
Recent Accomplishments:
1.) Guest teacher at Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2.) Guest teacher at Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
3.) Guest teacher, Paris, France.
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Bill Bartlett
Tap Instructor
Guest
Faculty
Janek Schergen
Denise Leitner
Sean Green
Carlos Jones
Nora Reynolds |
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