ALUMNI.
We are so proud of our extended Canyon Concert Ballet Alumni family and look very forward to seeing everyone at our regular reunions. Below are some of our past dance students:
Where are they now?
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Gustavo Vargas (Suavo)
Choreographer/Dancer/Actor - Suavo has danced, choreographed, and toured for artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, MADONNA, Will Smith, Usher, Pink, Mya, Alicia Keys, Paulina Rubio, Roselyn Sanchez, Britney Spears, Enrique Inlesias, NSync, Jessica Simpson, and Eva Longoria.
He has also choreographed and danced on television shows such as Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, Bruno and Carrie Ann’s Dance Wars, True Blood, 7th Heaven, Drew Carey, Boston Public, American Music Awards, The Grammys, The Latin Grammys, Guys Choice Awards, and Janet Jackson MTV-Icon.
He has worked on/been in movies such as The Bachelor, Be Cool, Dirty Dancing II-Havana Nights, Spanglish, Master of Disguise, Along Came Polly, Jackass II, Rent, and Indiana Jones.
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Mari Gjelde-Sharp
Studied Aerial and Acrobatics at The School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts, Coach at Emerald City Trapeze Arts
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Brandon “Private” Freeman
Dancer/Choreographer/Dance Teacher - Private started dancing at Colorado State University and with Canyon Concert Ballet. In the Bay Area, Private had the privilege of working with Amy Seiwert’s Imagery, Berkeley Ballet Theater, Marin Ballet, Western Ballet, Peninsula Ballet, Mark Foehringer Dance Project, Stephen Pelton Dance Theater, Deborah Slater Dance Theater, Janice Garrett and Dancers, Katie Faulkner (Little Seismic Dance), TheaterWorks, Liss Fain Dance, Oakland Ballet Company, and Sonya Delwaide; and was a principle dancer in the movie, ‘The Matrix II: Reloaded.’ In the Denver area, Private danced for Wonderbound, Colorado Conservatory of Dance, Littleton Dance Academy, Academy of Classical Ballet, and had the honor of being a guest artist with the Colorado Ballet, performing in Glen Tetley’s Le Sacre Du Printemps.
His choreography includes works for Wonderbound's Industrial Project, Berkeley Ballet Theater, Marin Ballet, Canyon Concert Ballet, the Lines Contemporary Ballet BFA program, as well as collaborations with Deborah Slater, Brenda Way, and KT Nelson. He also staged Val Caniparoli's Triptych on BalletX, in Philadelphia, and Singapore Dance Theater... in Singapore.
For more information on Private, visit www.pfcrafts.co.
Adams, Janet
Ahlm, Allison
Allen, Curtis
Anderson, Miranda
Antolin, Maris
Appelhans, Kira
Arbogast, Robert
Baker, Emily
Baldwin, Louis
Ballard, Danielle
Barrett, Londyn
Barrett, Tisha
Baskett, Andrea
Batt, Adria
Beard, Emily
Beccard, Marissa
Bell, Aimee
Bergum, Emily
Bethurum, Ann
Biggerstaff, Brad
Bjornsen, Sonja
Blumhardt, Mykaila
Borak-Cordova, Theresa
Bosk, Heidi
Bouscaren, June
Bowman Farland, Karie
Breneman, Rebecca
Brubacher, Laurel
Burke, Laura
Burt, Erica
Campbell, Felicia
Cannon, Mallory
Carlson, Allegra
Carlson, Sara
Charles, Kathy
Clark, James
Clark, Jay
Clark, Matthew
Colecchia, Leah
Conatser, David
Conlon, Megan
Conway, Katie
Cooper, Julia
Horak, Conner
Corr, Hailey
Loesche Crane, Jennifer
Croissant, Carolyn
Czech, James
Blyth Darnell, Nicole
Davis, Kendra
Dawe, Julie
Dean, Sarah
Delgato, Lori
Smith Doyle, Cara
Dungan, Sidney
Earle, Sally
Elliot, Jeffery
Elliott, Sydney
Endel, Krista
Ernest Requa, Hannah
Farley, Erin
Fedorczak, Laurie
Ferreri, Nicole
Fiedeldey, Wendee
Fogelson, Mackenzie
Ford, Michael
Freeman, Brandon
Freestone, Jessica
Getz, Eleanor
Gobeille, Graham
Gold, Arian
Goodman, Laura
Gould, Dawn
Greenlee, Sage
Grubb, Heather
Hagges, Christine
Rae, Bailie
Harris, Rodney
Hartmann, Kendra
Hearn, Vanessa
Hiatt, Debra
Hickman, Rene
Hill, Kristen
Hittle , Jocelyn
Hixon, Cori
Hixon, Tim
Hoeven, Laura
Hogan, Holly
Hoshiko, David
Hoven, Todd
Hughes, Amy
Hughes, Greg
Hughes, Jeff
Hutchinson, Melanie
Jackson, Liz
Jacobs, Heather
Jacobs, Ruth
Jensen, Christine
Johnson, Marisa
Jude, Janet Teresa
Kaiser, Lois
Knudsen, Jessica
Lang, Rylie
Larson, Meghan
Lee, Bella
Liska-Goodrich, Rikke
Lobejko-Grenrood, Jillian
Lunberry, Anna
Magette, Jennifer
Magnatta, Sarah
Maloney, Acie
Marlan, Rachel
McCall, Chelsea
McCall, Greg
McCarthy, Lindsay
McCurdie, Mary Pat
Mershon, Betsy
Miera, Chelsie
Monahan, Shane
Moret, Marisa
Moris, Bethany
Mugoye, Erica
Nash, Mikenzie
Nimrod-Lenertz, Kelley
Northburg, Mackenzie
Obringer, Sarah
O’Keefe, Mary
Oswandel, Alli Voges
Park, Tammy
Pery, Kristi
Petersen, Judy
Phelan, Thomas
Powell, Joseph
Purdy, Jennifer
Pyle, Debbie
Quackenbush , Karleen
Quanstrom, Amanda
Baker Reddick, Nicole
Reese, Amy
Rehbein, Tessa
Rejeske, Jenny
Resbeck, Heather
Robbennolt, Shawna
Rohrer, Charlotte
Romero Jr., Paul
Rot, Shirra
Rucks, Christine
Ruhser, Jeff
Sasaki, Kimie
Schueler, Lauren
Schultz, Catherine
Seeger, Derek
Sharpe, Mari
Sheldon, Allison
Shepard, Caitlin
Slade, Merrit
Slusarski-Harris, Jane
Solomon, Lisa
Stark-Burnett, Michele
Suarez, Andrea
Suseck, Kristen
Swope, Jason
Tanski, Dustin
Tanski, Janet
Tanski, Lesli
Tanski, Richard
Taylor, Claire
Tite, Sharon
Trevino, Teresa
Van Fossen-Moore, Brenda
VanGelder, Julie
Vargas, Gustavo
Verti Hopes, Maria
Vink, Christina
Wagor, Stephanie
Weddle, Laci
Whitcher, Ixchel
White, Ethan
Willhite, Raquel
Winternitz, Barbara
Woodman, Jeffrey
Wydallis , Kathy
Yee, Adam
Yee, Elizabeth
Yee, Lou Ann
Young, Sarah
Zawacki, Emma
Ziai, Syrus
