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MDT Graduate, Marianne Bassing, is offered a
Company contract
with the Dresden SemperOper Ballet Company in Germany.
Marianne Bassing, a former student of MDT,
currently with the Joffrey Ballet's Trainee Program in Chicago,
was one of two trainees to have been invited to perform in La
Bayadere with the Dresden SemperOper Ballet. Marianne spent
seven weeks there performing with the company.
After returning to America, she has just received
some very exciting news. She has been offered a Company contract
with the Dresden SemperOper Ballet Company and will be returning
to Germany to join them the first of August. We are so proud and
happy for her! Marianne will spend July doing classes at Marin
Dance Theatre's SUMMERDANCE before leaving for Dresden, Germany.
This You Tube video
clip is an interview with Amy E. Hall, the choreographer of
Breakthrough. The video shows MDT's Career Bound Dancer,
Marianne Bassing, rehearsing the piece with other Joffrey
Trainees.
The following is an
in depth statement about the event:
The Joffrey Ballet announces Creative Force Spring Showcase,
Mar. 6
The Academy Trainees of The Joffrey Ballet perform a riveting,
contemporary dance program featuring a collection of
inspirational World Premiere works by Francisco Avina and Amy E.
Hall in Creative Force Spring Showcase. Avina and Hall are
winners of Creative Force: The Joffrey's Choreographers of Color
Award, the goal of which was to identify two choreographers of
color and offer them the unique opportunity to create a work
with the most advanced dancers at the Academy of Dance, Official
School of The Joffrey Ballet. Three additional stunning works
will be performed, each choreographed by Academy Artistic
Director, Alexei Kremnev. The Sara Lee Foundation is the sponsor
of Creative Force: The Joffrey's Choreographers of Color Award.
Two performances take place at the Harris Theater at Millennium
Park, 205 E. Randolph Drive, Chicago, on Sunday, March 6 at 4:00
pm and 6:30 pm.
The program for Creative Force Spring Showcase will include the
World Premiere of Broken Strings by Avina, the World Premiere of
Breakthrough by Hall, the World Premiere of Signature. Solo in
Black by Kremnev, as well as Kremnev's Modern Times and Blue
Velvet.
Amy E. Hall is one of America's most unique and diverse emerging
talents. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she has had the
privilege of working with several iconic figures of stage and
screen, including Ann Reinking, Susan Stroman, Chita Rivera and
Savion Glover. For many years, Hall worked as a choreographic
assistant with choreographer Darrell Grand Moultrie nationally
and abroad at major artistic institutions. Hall has taught on
faculty at American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensive, Broadway
Dance Center, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, and
in 2009 joined the faculty at Rosie O' Donnell's Marvel Arts
Center. Hall has choreographed, coached and worked as a creative
consultant on such projects including Law & Order: Trial by
Jury, The Dave Chappelle Show, DRA: Solstice in the Square, and
Kidz Bop Live! (national tour and QVC telecast). In 2007, she
co-choreographed and staged the two-man musical revue Mr.
Bojangles: The Ultimate Entertainer, honoring the late Sammy
Davis Jr. Hall was selected as one of six emerging Broadway
choreographers for DanceBreak 2008, a premier showcase attended
by industry professionals held in New York City. Currently
Hall's work can been seen in the theatrical production of The
Ohmies at the Daryl Roth Theatre in New York City.
Francisco Avina has worked as a dancer in such projects as
Celine Dion's A New Day, Newsies, Batman and Robin, Michael
Jackson's Sisterella, Fame L.A the TV series, and The World
Billboard Music Awards. Moving to Chicago he began his company
career with Hubbard Street 2 for one year, moving on to River
North Dance Chicago and subsequently into Hubbard Street Dance
Chicago for three years. His choreography credits include a
Giannai Versace fashion show in Singapore, the 10th Annual
American Choreography Awards |
