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Associate Artistic
Director, RICARDO MELÉNDEZ is the former
Artistic Director for Ballets de San Juan, Puerto Rico. He
holds a BA in Dance Pedagogy from Butler University and an
MFA in Theatre from Brooklyn College, where he served as
adjunct faculty. Melendez has performed with the Alvin Ailey
Dance Ensemble, Ballet Hispanico, the Omega Liturgical Dance
Company, and Indianapolis Dance Company. He was also principal
dancer and rehearsal director for Dance Kaleidoscope in Indiana
where he dedicated his efforts in developing arts in education
programs. Mr. Melendez served as Resident Choreographer for
the American Cabaret Theater, and he has taught, choreographed,
and performed in the US and abroad as both an actor and dancer.
Some of his acting credits include Puck in the Virginia Arts
Festival production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet
in Hamlet at Theater 22 in NYC, Rodolfo in A View from the
Bridge, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Paul in A Chorus Line. Currently
he teaches at The Governor’s School of the Arts, and
for Tidewater Community College. Melendez is the co-founder
and co-Artistic Director of Workshop Theatre Group, named
by Hampton Roads Magazine as the area's most promising new
theatre company. |
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ABIGAIL
AXELROD attended
The Governor's School for the Arts, Florida State University
and earned her BA from The London Contemporary Dance School,
under the University of Kent. Abby teaches for The Governor's
School for the Arts, Tidewater Community College, and the
TRDance Center. |
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REIGNER BETHUNE has danced with Todd Rosenlieb Dance since 2007. He has danced professionally with the Pensicola Ballet in Florida and has been a guest dancer around the country. |
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ELIZABETH
BLACHMAN trained
at The Governor’s School for the Arts and Virginia
Ballet Theatre. She earned her BA degree in Literature
at New York University as a National Merit Scholar and
graduated magna cum laude. She danced with New York Dance
Theatre and several small companies in New York and then
at Nashville Ballet as a trainee. Beth was a writer for
Portfolio Weekly and continues to write freelance. |
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MEREDITH
FAGES was
born in Charleston, SC and traveled throughout the United
States as the daughter of a naval admiral. She graduated
from Columbia College of Columbia University in 1999 with
a Pre-Medical Concentration in English. Fages has performed
with Virginia Ballet Theatre, Adams Company Dance, Eidolon
Ballet in Concert, and ViewPointe. She has been featured
in the works of such choreographers as Sir Frederick Ashton,
George Balanchine, Lew Christensen, Antony Tudor, Mark Morris,
Todd Rosenlieb, Donlin Foreman, Helen Heineman, and Ginger
Thatcher. Miss Fages studies in New York with Nancy Bielski,
David Howard, Oliver Steele, and members of Stephen Petronio
Company. She received her formative training at the Joffrey
Ballet School and The Governor’s School for the Arts. |
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LAUREN SINCLAIR is a graduate of the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington D.C. She
was a trainee with Ballet Austin before returning to the local area to dance with
Virginia Ballet Theatre. She joined TRDance in 2009 and also dances with Elbert
Watson and Ensemble. Lauren received a B.S. from Old Dominion University in
Communication and is also a Registered Yoga Teacher. In addition to performing,
Lauren teaches ballet at TRDance Center and several other local studios. |
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JENNIFER
SOMERS HEABLE, originally
from Massachusetts began her formal training with Russell
Chambers in Randolph, Mass. She has trained with the Boston
Ballet, Boston Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet, Southwest
Ballet School, and the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Company. She
has performed with the Lake Erie Ballet, Ballet Concerto
in Fort Worth, and Virginia Ballet Theater. Jennifer is a
graduate of Mercyhurst College with a BFA in Dance and a
minor in Dance Movement/Art Therapy. Jennifer is on faculty
at the TRDance Center, and was recently named “Rising
Star”, most improved dancer in performance by Portfolio
Weekly. |
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MELANIE
ORTT earned
her BA in Dance Performance from Goucher College in Baltimore.
She is a graduate of The Governor's School for the Arts
and has worked as an instructor and administrator for the
Dance Conservatory of Maryland and the Harford Ballet Company
in Bel Air, Maryland. |
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JACQUELINE
PATCH earned
her MFA degree in Dance Performance from NYU Tisch School
of the Arts and her BA in Theater and Dance from Old Dominion
University. She has performed with the Second Avenue Dance
Company, Kim Whittam and Company, and Second Wind Dance Company.
Other credits include Virginia Ballet Theatre and the Todi
Music Fest. She is a graduate and current faculty member
of The Governor’s School for the Arts and also teaches
at the TRDance Center and for Tidewater Community College. |
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JANELLE
SPRUILL graduated
with a BFA from Marymount Manhatten University in New York
and is a graduate of The Governor's School for the Arts.
She teaches for Dream Catchers Dance Studio as well as for
the TRDance Center. |
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JOPPA WHITEHEAD joined Todd Rosenlieb Dance in the summer of 2009. |
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JOSHUA
WHITEHEAD Originally
from the Hampton Roads' area, Mr. Whitehead began his training
with Andrei Yemelianov and has studied with American Ballet
Theatre. He has performed with the Spectrum Puppets and
has been a guest artist for The Governor's School for the
Arts Dance Department and most recently performed for Virginia
Musical Theatre's "West Side Story". |
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CHRISTINA
YOSHIDA has
performed with Second Wind Dance Company and Mina Estrada
and Dancers before joining Todd Rosenlieb Dance. She earned
her BA in dance from Old Dominion University and is a certified
Pilates instructor. Christina teaches at ODU, The Governor's
School for the Arts, and the TRDance Center. |
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KRISTA
ZOMAR has
performed professionally with Nashville Ballet, Virginia
Ballet Theatre, and Second Wind Dance Company and has danced
for the past six years in the works of Todd Rosenlieb. She
has danced the works of Frederick Ashton, Lew Christensen,
Paul Vasterling, Kim Whittam, Trey McIntyre and Erick Hawkins.
She trained with Deborah Hadley at the Washington Academy
of Performing Arts in Seattle, with Mark Morris in New York,
and Bill Evans. Krista is on the dance and theatre faculty
of The Governor's School for the Arts, and teaches at the
TRDance Center. She is also a certified Pilates instructor. |
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