Archives for January 2019

The Canyon Concert Ballet School Summer Intensive offers a unique 2-week program.  Week 1, June 10-14, offers a Ballet Concentration.  Week 2, June 17-21, offers a Contemporary Concentration.  Today’s dance world demands a versatile dancer.  This unique 2 week intensive offers the training today’s aspiring dancers need.  While each week may be taken individually, we highly recommend enrolling in both weeks for the full benefits of the intensive.  You can learn more about our Summer Intensive here, and you can register with the form here.

Each week, we will feature one of the amazing guest artists for our 2019 Summer Intensive!  This week:

Sydney Dolan

Sydney Dolan started her ballet training at age three in North Carolina. She has been a finalist in the World Ballet Competition (2012 to 2016) as well as the Youth America Grand Prix (2014 to 2016). In 2016, Sydney also received bronze medals from the World Ballet Competition as well as the Youth America Grand Prix – Tampa, where she performed Le Corsaire’s Medora and the Diana and Acteon variation as a part of the Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow: YAGP Gala.

Sydney joined Pennsylvania Ballet as a member of PBII in 2016, joined the Company as an apprentice in 2017, and was promoted to the corps de ballet for the 2018/2019 season . She has performed featured roles in Angel Corella’s Swan Lake (Pas de Trois) and The Sleeping Beauty (Lilac Fairy), George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® (Dew Drop), and Rubies (Tall Girl). She has also performed company roles in ballets such as Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, Angel Corella’s Le Corsaire, and George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations.

Prior to Pennsylvania Ballet, Sydney performed nationally and internationally in ballets that include Victor Gsovsky’s Grand Pas Classique in Sarasota and the lead role in Paquita in Japan. Most recently she performed the La Esmereldavariation for the 10th Anniversary World Ballet Competition Professional Gala in Orlando, FL.

The Canyon Concert Ballet School Summer Intensive offers a unique 2-week program.  Week 1, June 10-14, offers a Ballet Concentration.  Week 2, June 17-21, offers a Contemporary Concentration.  Today’s dance world demands a versatile dancer.  This unique 2 week intensive offers the training today’s aspiring dancers need.  While each week may be taken individually, we highly recommend enrolling in both weeks for the full benefits of the intensive.  You can learn more about our Summer Intensive here, and you can register with the form here.

Each week, we will feature one of the amazing guest artists for our 2019 Summer Intensive!  This week:

Regina Montgomery

From Los Angeles, Regina began studying ballet under former Mariinsky Principal, Marat Daukayev. She attended the Rock School for Dance in Philadelphia and received 1st Place at the Youth America Grand Prix. Regina joined TBII in 2013, the main company in 2014, and was promoted to Demi-Soloist in 2018. She currently heads the Dancer Committee and is the Shoe Coordinator for Tulsa Ballet. She’s been featured in both Pointe and Dance magazines and is working towards a degree in Business through TCC. Regina has performed soloist roles in The Nutcracker (Angelini), The Sleeping Beauty (Angelini), Swan Lake (Angelini), Don Quixote (Holmes), Cinderella (Stevenson), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Wheeldon), and others. She has also performed works by David Dawson, Edwaard Liang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Dwight Rhoden, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Helen Pickett, Nicolo Fonte, Adam Hougland, Ma Cong, and Val Caniparoli.

The Canyon Concert Ballet School Summer Intensive offers a unique 2-week program.  Week 1, June 10-14, offers a Ballet Concentration.  Week 2, June 17-21, offers a Contemporary Concentration.  Today’s dance world demands a versatile dancer.  This unique 2 week intensive offers the training today’s aspiring dancers need.  While each week may be taken individually, we highly recommend enrolling in both weeks for the full benefits of the intensive.  You can learn more about our Summer Intensive here, and you can register with the form here.

Each week, we will feature one of the amazing guest artists for our 2019 Summer Intensive!  This week:

Louis Alberto Marin

Louie Marin began his training at Independence High School in San Jose, CA; where he trained with Gary Masters and performed with the Jose Limon Dance Company. He then moved to Miami, FL where he attended the University of Florida New World School of the Arts, under the direction of Daniel Lewis, on full scholarship. He received his B.F.A. with High Honors in 2005. Mr. Marin was a scholarship student of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance and Jennifer Muller/The Works School. He has performed with Dance Now! Miami, Freddik Bratcher and Co., Sasha Soreff Dance Theater, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater, Paskal Rekoert/ Flexicurve, and Graham II.

Louie has taught regionally and nationally and is known for classes that explore the power, breath and speed of Dorfman technique and the demands of her repertory. Louie is also a certified Pilates Mat and Apparatus Instructor. He received his certification from The Lab in Brooklyn, NY, under the direction of Master teacher Lawson Harris. He loves sharing his passion for Pilates; especially with other dancers. He is the resident Pilates Instructor for NJ SummerDance at Kean University in Union, NJ, and has taught Pilates at the Brandeis Institute of Music and Arts (BIMA) in Waltham, MA. Louie believes that Pilates is the Technique to the Technique; there must be a balance of strength and flexibility in order to achieve maximum stability and grace. Mr. Marin was a Carolyn Dorfman Dance company member from 2009 – 2017.