2015 / 2016 Season - Northwest Florida Ballet

2015 / 2016 Season
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THURSDAY JAN.
28TH
Artist Series
7:30 pm
The renowned Modern American Dance Company (MADCO) presents
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professional dancers. MADCO is the Professional Dance Company in
Residence at the prestigious Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center on the
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Academy Award nominee
TUESDAY JAN.
26TH
7:30 pm
Golden-Globe winner Jeffrey Tambor appears in an Artist Series event that’s part
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2015/
2016
Dear Friends,
Northwest Florida Ballet is a non-profit 501(c)(3) arts organization
that is celebrating its 46th year on the Emerald Coast. NFB provides
world-class ballet performances, trains children and adults, and
reaches thousands of school children through public programs and
performances exclusively for students. We are proud to say that we
strive for excellence at every turn.
As the brochure highlights, the season begins in October with Dracula,
based on Bram Stoker’s classic tale and choreographed by Mobile
Ballet’s Artistic Director Winthrop Corey. Dracula combines athleticism, spectacular sets, sumptuous
costumes and a dramatic musical score to create the authentic gothic atmosphere for this captivating
work.
In November NFB will present our 36th annual performance of the brilliant holiday favorite,
The Nutcracker. This timeless ballet is a tradition among families along the Emerald Coast as the start
of their holiday season. The performances will feature the return of International Ballet Stars Adiarys
Almeida Santana and Joseph Michael Gatti in the principal roles of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Prince. In
addition, NFB is proud to bring back Sinfonia Gulf Coast to provide live musical accompaniment.
In the spring we are delighted to bring the world’s most beloved fairy tale to life with our rendition of
Cinderella. A classical ballet in three acts with choreography by NFB Artistic Director Todd Eric Allen
and Serge Prokofiev’s beautiful score played live by Sinfonia Gulf Coast. NFB will round out the season
with our summer mixed repertory performance series at Rosemary Beach and Grand Boulevard.
To learn more about Northwest Florida Ballet, please visit us online at NFBallet.org or on our Facebook
page. As always, please feel free to call me directly if you have questions. We look forward to hearing
from you. Save time and select your exact seating by ordering online at NFBallet.org/tickets!
Sincerely,
Todd Eric Allen
Artistic Director/CEO
Northwest Florida
Ballet is supported in part
by grants from the Florida
Department of State, Division
of Cultural Affairs.
2015 / 2016
BALLET STAFF
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/CEO
Todd Eric Allen
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Sharon Allen
FOUNDER
Bernadette Clements Sims
BALLET MISTRESS
Dorothy Daniels Lister
STAGE MANAGER
Bronwen Hernandez
ADDITIONAL STAFF
Cindy Hinton..............................Bookkeeper
Jess Kosch...............................Office Manager
Sabrina McLaughlin.......................Marketing/
PR Consultant
Ashlee Brown...................... Office Assistant
PERFORMANCES
DRACULA
Friday, October 30 | 7:30pm
Sunday, November 1 | 2:30pm
The Nutcracker
Friday, November 20 | 7:30pm
Saturday, November 21 | 7:30pm
Sunday, November 22 | 2:30pm
Cinderella
Saturday, March 5 | 7:30pm
Sunday, March 6 | 2:30pm
/2016
2015
BOARD DIRECTORS
OF
Ken Borick, President
Kevin Greene, Past President
Todd Eric Allen, CEO
Nia Kellogg, Secretary
Paul Scarpulla, Treasurer
Bernadette Sims, Founder
Denise Greene, Board Member
Linda Watson, Board Member
Jeff Prescott, Board Member
Robert J. Saxer, Board Member
Anna-Lisa Daniel, Board Member
Shirley Napier, Board Member
Paul Arthur, Board Member
Julia Sandwith, Board Member
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Theodore Laughlin, MD John Rainey
Lee Bragg
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Joy Banks
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Tasia Davis
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SYBIL LEBHERZ CENTER FOR DANCE EDUCATION
KEYSTONES
Destin Bank
Florida Department of State: Div. of Cultural Affairs
Mary C. Ogletree
Prescott Architects, Inc.
The Sybil H. Smith Charitable Trust
Clark West
CORNERSTONES
William W. Abbott Jr.,
Abbott Resorts
Anthony S. Bradley Family
Tasia Davis
Bill and Joe Garvie
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Hood
Laura P. Howard
Les Amis du Ballet
Barbara and Perry Lord
Patricia McIlroy
Sandestin Golf & Beach
Resort
Northwest Florida Daily
News
Sprint
Michele W. Steiner
Claudia DeMartini
EDSA, Inc
Michael Flasco
Fort Walton Beach Medical
Center and Twin Cities Hospital
Christianne Gibson
Phillip Humber-Garack
Consulting Engineers
Walter Humphrey,
Humphrey & Smith, L.C.
Linda Jones
KMS Business Products Corp
James Marks Foundation
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Catherine P. Kirksey
Robert Lopp
Richard and Cindy Lundquist
Shawn G. and Scott G.
Metzger, SGM Custom Tile
and Stone Installation
E. S. Mitchell & Associates
Susan Myers
Tommy Nick,
Destin Tile and Marble
Northwest Florida
Improvement Foundation
Jay and Haley Odom,
Crystal Beach Development
Okaloosa Gas
Old Bay Steamer
Myra T. Parson
Richard & Janet Petermann
Jeffrey and Mabel Prescott
Terry Prewitt and Karen
Haworth
Regions Bank
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Development Corporation
Dixon Lumber
First National Bank and Trust
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Gund
Annette Seda
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Jane Adair
Aluma-Form, Inc.
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Balanzategui
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Joensuu, Gulf Playa
Robert Blythe Engineering
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Jeff Cain
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLP
Choctaw Plaza, LTD
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Roger J. Clary Estate
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John and Patricia Tringas
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John and Denise Watts,
Edwin Watts Golf
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Wellborn Adventures
Wendco Group/Wendy’s
Whitrock Associates, Inc.
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BUILDERS
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Cheryl and Willie
Baumgartner
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Laureate Gamma Phi
Chapter
George and Beryl Brenner
Anthony and Tracey
Brocato, Accent Tile and
Stone, Inc.
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Choctaw Engineering
Carolyn Crotzer
CSR Zarco
Mr. and Mrs. Robert
South Walton Rotary Club
Sugar Beach Sertoma
John Sullivan and Susan
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The Totten Family
Vanguard Bank & Trust
Edmond Waters,
A.G. Edwards & Sons
Norma R. Webb
Jane Whelan
Penelope Wright
Lyle and Carrie Wurdeman
In August 2002 the Northwest Florida Ballet and Sybil Smith
Lebherz Center for Dance Education opened its doors in downtown Fort Walton
Beach after a three-year fund raising campaign and a thirty-three-year history of
service to the residents of Northwest Florida.
Founded in 1969 by dance pioneer Bernadette Clements, Northwest Florida
Ballet was originally called the Fort Walton Beach Ballet. The name was changed
to the Northwest Florida Ballet in 1987 to better reflect its geographic service
area. The organization’s mission is to provide quality dance performances and
instruction for Northwest Florida; identify and develop talented dancers; and
increase appreciation of the arts through public education and outreach.
In 1995, former NFB student Todd Eric Allen returned to the area after a
distinguished career with Boston Ballet and Les Grands Ballets Canadiens to
accept the position of Director of the Company. Mr. Allen’s talent, his leadership
skills, and his extensive performance experience have contributed greatly to the
continued growth and success of the Company.
NFB offers world-class performances and training to the community, and
reaches thousands of school children through public programs and student
performances. In 2002 NFB opened its unique arts education program, the NFB
Académie, offering superior academic education and ballet training to young
students in grades 3-8 free of charge. For students grades 9-12 NFB created its
Pre-Professional Program, an intensive course of study for young men and women
who wish to pursue careers as professional dancers.
Todd Eric Allen, Artistic Director/CEO
Todd Eric Allen is the Artistic Director/CEO of the
Northwest Florida Ballet. He grew up in Fort Walton
Beach, Florida and began his training in classical ballet
at the age of 14 with Bernadette Clements. One year
later he received a scholarship to attend the Joffrey
Ballet School in New York City, where he studied for five
consecutive years; he attended Virginia Intermont College
as a scholarship student and was awarded a Dance
Magazine Scholarship in 1985 to the Choreographer’s
Conference in Geneva, New York.
Mr. Allen has danced with the Louisville Ballet, Boston Ballet and Les Grands
Ballets Canadiens and has performed as a guest artist and teacher throughout
the U.S., Canada and Europe. He has also had the honor of performing at the
prestigious Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., on two
separate occasions, for Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. Allen has an
extensive background in the classics and Balanchine ballets, and has performed
featured roles in ballets by Elisa Monte, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, Nacho Duato,
James Kudelka, Hans Van Manen and Lucinda Hughey. In May of 2000 Mr. Allen
was one of fourteen dancers asked to perform in Ocean Dance 2000 featuring
Mikhail Baryshnikov and the White Oak Dance Project. In 2004 he was invited to
perform with the Broadway cast in the Tony Award winning Musical, Movin’ Out,
choreographed and directed by Twyla Tharp, music by Billy Joel.
He has choreographed 30 original works and classical ballets and 8 operas, has
taught at The USA International Ballet Competition and many master classes and
workshops in the US and internationally and has served on the jury of NBA Ballet’s
Japanese National Ballet Competition in Tokyo, Japan.
In the summer of 1995 Todd returned to his hometown of Fort Walton Beach,
Florida as Artistic Director/CEO of the Northwest Florida Ballet. Over the past
20 years, he has committed himself to his community by developing young minds
and bodies through innovative dance education programs, creating an awareness of
dance in Northwest Florida and exposing his audiences to a variety of classical and
contemporary works. In 2003 Mr. Allen received the Cox Bravo Champion of the
Arts Award in Northwest Florida for his work in establishing the NFB Académie, a
free academic and artistic education elementary and middle school located in the
NFB studios, he has also received the Elvie DeMarko Dance Achievement Award
from The Arts Council of Northwest Florida and has served on various grant panels
in the state of Florida for the Division of Cultural Affairs and the Mid-Atlantic
Arts Foundation in Baltimore, Md. His groundbreaking work in arts education
was featured in Dance Teacher magazine (Nov, 2004) and in Teacher Magazine, a
Department of Education publication (May 2005). The Northwest Florida Ballet is
now one of the largest and most respected arts organizations in Northwest Florida
and has received national recognition for its innovative programs.
Sharon Allen, Assistant Artistic Director
Sharon Allen, holds BFA in Dance from Radford University
and a Professional Educators Certificate by the state of Florida
Department of Education, has studied with North Carolina
School of the Arts, Richmond Ballet and Boston Ballet School.
She has performed with Ballet Theatre of Boston, Boston
Dance Co., Impulse Dance Co., Mill Mountain Theatre and
Southwest Virginia Ballet.
Ms. Allen taught ballet and jazz for the Harvard-Radcliffe
Dance Department, the Jeanette Neill Dance Studio in
Boston, the Fort Wayne Ballet, and the University of West
Florida. She is a certified instructor of Pilates through the
PhysicalMind Institute, Kathy Corey Pilates, and the
Restorative Exercise Institute.
Ms. Allen has enjoyed teaching students of all ages for over
22 years. She and her husband, Todd Eric Allen have made
significant contributions to the arts in Northwest Florida
in founding a free integrated arts and academic education
program for 3rd-8th grade.
Most recently Ms. Allen has been a cast member for the
touring company of Lightwire Theater.
Dorothy Daniels Lister, Ballet Mistress
Before joining the NFB staff Dorothy Lister directed the
children’s program at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City.
She began her training in Pensacola with Elvie DeMarko and then
trained at the Swoboda School, New York University, Hunter
College and the Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo. She taught at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Kingsborough College of
the Performing Arts, and now has former students performing
in all mediums of dance from classical ballet companies to
Broadway.
Bernadette Clements Sims, Founder
Bernadette Sims studied with Mary Lou Noletto, Lee
Partridge and Duane Dishion. At the age of 18 she auditioned
for George Balanchine and placed third in a regional audition
for study at the School of American Ballet in New York City.
She won a scholarship to study with Alexandra Danilova at the
Ballet Arts Studio at Carnegie Hall. She also studied with Robert
Joffrey and Richard Englund and performed with the Mobile
Ballet, the New Orleans Ballet and the Birmingham Ballet. In
1964 she was 1st runner up to Miss Alabama. After marrying
she moved to Fort Walton Beach and founded the Northwest
Florida Ballet in 1969.
2014-2015 PRINCIPAL ARTISTS & SOLOISTS
Raul Peinado, Principal Guest Artist
Raul Peinado was born and raised in Madrid, Spain.There he began
his dance training on full scholarship with ballet master Victor Ullate of
the Victor Ullate Ballet School, and Cristina Alvarez at Catedra Alicia
Alonso.While in Spain, Raul danced as a soloist with Ballet Clasico de
Madrid for 3 years where he performed most classical ballet repertoire.
He also performed as a guest dancer with the National Ballet of Cuba
in Don Quixote and Swan Lake. In 2000, Raul came to the United
States and was offered a full scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School in
New York. He then joined the Joffrey Ballet Ensemble, where he danced
for 5 years.While in New York, he has been a company member of
the following dance companies: Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Dances Patrelle,
Peridance Ensemble, Configuration Dance, and Faune Dance Troupe.
In 2006 he joined the Connecticut Ballet and performed as a principal
dancer there for 3 seasons. Raul participated in the 2008 Buffalo Dance
Festival with partner and renowned ballerina Misty Copeland in a duet
choreographed by American Ballet Theatre’s Susan Jaffe. Mr. Peinado
participated a guest dancer for two years at the Fukuoka International
Dance Festival in Fukuoka, Japan.There he was awarded the City
Honors Award for outstanding performance by the city mayor. Raul has
performed as a guest artist for many regional ballet companies in the
United States, including Ruth Mitchell Dance Theater, Gwinnett Ballet
Theater,Alabama Dance Theater, North Atlanta Dance Theater,Atlanta
Dance Theater,Andalusia Ballet, South West Virginia Ballet, Mobile
Ballet and Eglevsky Ballet. Mr. Peinado also danced for 3 seasons with
the Georgia Ballet, where he was selected to perform leading roles in
George Balanchine’s Dance Fantasy,Apollo, and Serenade.
Willie Moore, Principal Guest Artist
Willie Moore, Jr. of Columbia, South Carolina began his dance
training with Debbie Spivey of Footnotes,The School for Classical
Dance at the age of fourteen. Over the next four summers Willie
participated in summer intensive programs with The South Carolina
Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and Washington
Ballet. In 2003, he joined Columbia Classical Ballet performing in
Jekyll & Hyde, Snow White, Beauty & the Beast, Nutcracker, Lifechance,
Diana and Acteon, Flames of Paris and the Jester in Cinderella. In 2005
Willie participated in the Youth American Grand Prix regional’s and was
awarded a Silver Medal in the Classical Category and a Bronze Medal
in the Contemporary Category. Willie competed again in 2006 and
received a Gold Medal in the Classical Category and a Bronze in the
Contemporary Category during the regional’s. In 2006 he attended
the American Ballet Competition and was awarded an overall Bronze
in the Senior Division. In 2006 Willie was chosen to compete in the
renowned International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi.
He joined Columbia City Ballet in 2006 and has performed in Off the
Wall & Onto the Stage,The Lion King Mali, Frankenstein, Russian and
Spanish in Nutcracker, Dracula Ballet with a Bite, Beauty and the Beast
and Cleopatra in which he was cast as Ptolemy, Cleopatra’s younger
brother. The Free Times noted that he was a “Powerhouse” and that
he positively sparkled as Ptolemy, Cleopatra’s younger brother. His
amazing skill and technique – most notably his great heights in jumps
and his ability to spin like a top – were enchanting. He was promoted
to soloist in 2009. He will be returning to Columbia Classical Ballet
for the 2011-2012 seasons. After performing with Rochester City
Ballet for the 2012-2013 seasons Willie returns home to Columbia
Classical Ballet for the 2013-2014 seasons. I am currently a Professional
freelance artist.
SEAN HILTON, Principal Guest Artist
Sean Hilton is currently a movement artist with the Atlanta based gloATL
under the direction of Lauri Stallings. He recently relocated to Atlanta after
spending two seasons with the NYC-based Armitage Gone! Dance company
under the direction of Karole Armitage. Prior to this he spent three seasons
with River North Dance Chicago Company performing works by Robert
Battle, Lauri Stallings, Lynn Taylor-Corbett, Kevin Iaega Jeff, Julia Rhodes and
Harrison McEldowney to name a few. In addition to his company work Sean
teaches throughout the U.S. and has been on faculty at The University of South
Carolina,The Northwest Florida Ballet, Ballet Tennessee,The Lou Conte Dance
Studio, River North Dance Chicago and Thodos Dance Chicago. He was
also a recipient of the inaugural 2012 Walthal Fellowship through the Atlanta
organization,WonderRoot.
JEFFREY SENIOR, JR., Demi-Soloist
Jeffrey began is dance training with the Educational Center for the Arts in
New Haven, Connecticut where he was born and raised. Upon his graduation,
he began his classical ballet training at Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts also
in Connecticut. He later joined Ballet Theater of Maryland where he danced
roles in Alice and Wonderland, Romeo and Juliet, Firebird, and The Nutcracker.
Jeffrey also danced with Bowen McCauley dance, a neo classical company
based in the Metro DC area, where he performed Lucy Bowen’s “Rite of
Spring”.While in Maryland, Jeffrey also danced with Suzanne Farrell in George
Balanchine’s “Swan Lake” and Jerome Robinson’s “The Concert”. In addition
to an extensive repertoire, Jeffrey has also received the Estelle Dennis Dance
Award and Scholarship. Some of his other scholarships included Valentina
Kozlova Dance Conservatory,The Joffrey Ballet, and Ballet Austin.This is
Jeffrey’s first season with Northwest Florida Ballet and he is very excited to be
preforming and teaching.
JOSEPH MICHAEL GATTI, Principal Guest Artist
Gatti is a former Cincinnati Ballet and Corella Ballet principal dancer
and former first soloist with Boston Ballet. Born in Warwick, New York and
raised in Orlando, Florida, Gatti began dancing at the Orlando Ballet School
and continued his training with Vadim Fedotov and Irina Depler. Gatti danced
with Orlando Ballet as an apprentice from 2001-2003 under the direction of
Fernando Bujones. In 2003 he was coached by Orlando Milina for the Youth
American Grand Prix ballet competition in New York where he was awarded
the Gold Medal and a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in London. Upon
graduating with honors he received the 2004 Dame Ruth Railton Award for
Excellence in Dance After attending the 2003 American Ballet Theater summer
intensive he joined the American Ballet Theater Studio Company for the 20042005 season. In 2005 he became the first American male dancer to win the
prestigious Gold Medal at the New York International Ballet Competition. Gatti
was nominated as the best male dancer for the 2006 Benois de la Danse in
Moscow, Russia. In 2006 he became a Bronze Medalist at the USA International
Ballet Competition and a Silver Medalist at the Seoul International Ballet
competition in Korea. He was also chosen to be featured in a video entitled
“The Male Ballet Dancer” presented by master teacher Finis Jhung. In 2007
Gatti was coached by Magaly Suarez for the first World Ballet competition in
Orlando, Florida, where he received the Gold Medal. Gatti also received the
bronze Medal at the 2010 Istanbul International Ballet Competition. In 2013
Gatti received the Mr.Virtuosity Award at the Dance Open Ballet Festival in
Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Some of his principal roles include the Princein Val Caniparoli’s The
Nutcracker, Dessire in Kirk Peterson’s Sleeping Beauty, the Prince in Peter
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Stark’s Cinderella,Albrecth in Giselle, Romeo in Victoria Morgan’s Romeo and
Juliet, Siegfried in Angel Corella’s Swan Lake, Benno in Magaly Suarez’s Swan
Lake, Golden Idol in Florence Clerc’s La Bayadere, and many other roles by
composers like Stephen Mill,Twyla Tharp, Jamal Story, Helen Pickett, George
Birkadze, Russell Ducker, and others.
Gatti has been invited to perform as a principal guest artist with Ballet
Concerto de Puerto Rico,Western Ballet, Ballet Municipal de Lima, Slovene
National Opera and Ballet, Miami International Ballet Festival, Baltic Ballet
Festival, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Florida Classical Ballet, Balletto di
l’Arena di Verona, Ballet San Jose, NBA Ballet in Japan,The Open Dance Festival
in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Stars of the 21st century Gala in Panama, USAIBC,
YAGP, and WBC Galas and many other important stages around the world.
ADIARYS ALMEIDA, Principal Guest Artist
Almeida is a former Cincinnati Ballet and Corella Ballet Principal Dancer
and First Soloist with Boston Ballet. Born and raised in Matanzas, Cuba,Almeida’s
professional training includes classes at the vocational art school “Alfonso Perez
Isaac” in Matanzas and the National Ballet School in Havana.After graduating in
2001 as a professional ballet dancer and teacher she joined the National Ballet
of Cuba where she danced for two years under the direction of Alicia Alonso.
She participated in the International Ballet Competition of Havana where she
received the Silver Medal in 1997 and 1998 and the Gold Medal in 1999 and 2000.
In 1999 Almeida participated in the International Dance Competition in Nagoya,
Japan and the Gala of Ballet Muses in Tokyo as the partner of Rolando Sarabia. She
was also the first Cuban female dancer to be a finalist at the USA International
Ballet competition in 2006.
Some of her principal roles include Giselle in Giselle, Juliet in Victoria
Morgan’s Romeo and Juliet, Nikya in La Bayadere, Kitri in Don Quixote, Medora
in Le Corsaire, Odette-Odile in Angela Corella,Victoria Morgan, and Magaly
Suarez’s Swan Lake, Clara in Alicia Alonso’s The Nutcracker, Marie and rose in Val
Caniparoli’s The Nutcracker, and many other roles in works by choreographers
like Lynn Taylor Corbett, Jamal Story,Angel Corella, Ivan Tenorio,Alberto Mendez,
Viktor Kabaniaev, George Birkadze, Russell Ducker, Darrel Grand Moultrie, and
Trey McIntyre.
Almeida has been invited to perform as a Principal Guest Artist with Ballet
Concerto de Puerto Rico, Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Ballet Mississippi,
Miami International Ballet Festival, Florida Classical Ballet, Baltic Ballet Festival,
Ballet Tech Ohio, NBA Ballet in Japan, Slovene National Opera and Ballet,
Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet, Stars of the 21st Century Ballet Gala in Bucharest,
Ballet Rosario Suarez,The USAIBC,YAGP, and WBC Galas, Open Dance Festival
in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Festival Ballet of Providence, Ballet Met, Ballet
Dortmund, Ballet San Jose, Russian Academy of Ballet,The Beijing International
Ballet and Choreography Competition and many other Galas and important
stages around the world.
GAYLE MARIE BAUMGARTNER SCHOLARSHIP
In 2005 Northwest Florida Ballet lost one of its own. A NFB ballet
student from an early age, Gayle Baumgartner graced our stage in many
performances. She was an elegant dancer and a loyal friend. In her memory
we have established the Gayle Baumgartner Scholarship Fund to provide an
annual scholarship for dance instruction to deserving students.
If you would like to contribute to this fund, please send your tax-deductible
donation to: Northwest Florida Ballet, 310 Perry Avenue SE, Fort Walton
Beach, Florida 32548
KATIA GARZA, Principal Guest Artist
Born in Piedras Negras Coahuila, Mexico Katia began her training in
Monterrey, Mexico in the Escuela Superior de Musica y Danza de Monterrey
graduating in 1995.The same year she joined Ballet de Monterrey and after 6
months became soloist and a year later principal dancer under the direction of
Fernando Bujones.
In 1997 was invited by the Compania Nacional de Danza in Mexico City to
dance the ”Black Swan” in their annual spring season of “Swan Lake”. In 1998,
she performed as a guest of Panama’s Ballet Company and start dancing in the
Youth Ballet of Monterrey the same year. In 1999, Katia won the silver medal in
International Ballet Competition in Peru being the only medal that year being the
only medal award that year.
In 2000 Katia married Israel Rodriguez and became principal dancer of
Orlando Ballet. In 2001 she represented Mexico in the “Jazz World Congress” on
Gus Giordano. Katia was a finalist at the 2002 International Ballet Competition in
Jackson, MS. In 2004 Casa de Mexico and the Mexican Consulate in Orlando gave
her an award for her contribution to the community and the arts in the city. Katia
has the opportunity to be a guest teacher in Tokyo, Japan from 2006 to 2009 and
perform in an international gala in the U.S. in 2009.
In 2006 Katia performed in Puerto Rico for the first time and is being coming
back every year to perform and choreograph. In 2008 she was a finalist at the
“ Hispanic women award Ceremony” in Central Florida. In 2009 the Mexican
Consul gave her the award “Angel de la Independencia” for hire with her art the
Mexican community and being a model for them in Central Florida. In 2010 she
received the award of Outstanding Female in the Arts in the “Hispanic Women
that make the difference” in Central Florida.
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and became an American citizen in 2011. Most recently she won the outstanding
teacher award in Youth American Grand Prix in Atlanta. Her repertoire as a
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(Puerto Rico) Orlando Ballet, Orlando Ballet 2, Orlando Ballet School, Northwest
Florida Ballet, Jackson Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet, Corpus Christi Concert
Ballet, Midland Festival Ballet, Russian Academy (Sarasota), and others. Some
of her full-length choreographies are Midsummer Night's Dream,The Little
Mermaid, La Bayadere, Luca Bottleblue (Original Story), Paquita, Corsaire 2nd act,
Don Quixote, Raymonda and La Esmeralda. Since 2000 Katia has been making
neoclassical solos for competitions in USA.
In October 2013 Katia left Orlando Ballet and start working as a freelance
dancer and choreographer. IRG productions made a documentary “Katia Garza
My life in Dance” already premier in Mexico in August 31 and will be released in
November 2015 in the U.S.
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