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TOM BOYS - OWNER DIRECTOR
JENNIFER WATKINS - COMPANY TEACHER & CHOREOGRAPHER
Jennifer completed her studies in June of 2005 and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Columbia College, Chicago. While attending Columbia Jennifer was an active member of the Repretory Performance Theater where she performed main stage works by renowned choreographers Liz Lerman, Margi Cole and Erica Wilson-Perkins. By attending a college located in the heart of Chicago, Jennifer was able to train with past company members from Martha Graham Dance Company, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, The Royal Ballet in London and Alvin Ailey. Her choreography experience was enriched from attending workshops from contemporary choreographers such as Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (Urban Bush Women), Bill T. Jones (Bill T. Jones Dance Company), Australian Dance Theater, and Joe Goode (Joe Goode Dance Company).She also studied from professional studios in Chicago such as Gus Giordano, Lou Conte, Joel Hall, and Ruth Page Center For The Arts. In 2004 she received a scholarship to study with Ballet Rast.
Jennifer was also invited at this time to perform with the modern dance company Fightwater Pros which fused dance and modern technology and challenged the perception of creativity. Other performing opportunities include being selected to represent her college at the American College Dance Festival as a performer.
Prior to moving to Chicago, Jennifer was a member of the Lakes Area Civic Ballet in Detroit, Michigan and performed leading roles in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and the Nutcracker. Jennifer brings eight years of experience in regional and national dance competitions from her local dance studio in Michigan where she received top awards as a group and solo performer.
She is currently certified in the Ballet method Cecchetti grades I-V through the Cecchetti Council of America. Jennifer is expanding her teaching knowledge to include Pilates and currently teaches the Stott method in both mat and equipment. NINA ZAMBELLI - TEACHER/ COMPANY CHOREOGRAPHER Nina Zambelli has been dancing for sixteen years. She has studied ballet, tap, jazz,
lyrical, hip-hop, pointe and muscial theatre. She is a sophmore at Florida Gulf Coast University, where she is majoring in
Sociology. In high school she was a varsity cheerleader and a member of the dance line where she served as section leader.
She was selected as a member of the Universal Cheerleading All Stars. She has performed in several Tampa Bay Buccaneers halftime
shows, the Washington D.C. Cherry Blossom Parade, and parades at Unverisal Studios and Disney World. Nina was a semi-finalist
for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cheerleaders. A former competition dancer, Nina has taught several styles to dancers of all levels
and ages from three to eighteen. She has choreographed group numbers, as well as solos, duets, and trios. Nina has studied
early childhood education and has worked with many levels of elementary age children. Nina is a proud member of the platinum
and platinum elite teaching and choreographing staff. Watch out for this up and coming choreographer; she will rock you!!!!
ERIN DUNBAR - TEACHER/ CHOREOGRAPHER
NICK FONSECA - RESIDENT GUEST TEACHER Nick Fonseca is originally from Silver Springs, Md. He began his training at the age of 6 at the Maryland Youth Ballet.There, he studied under Michelle Lees, Peter Stark, and renowned teacher Tensia Fonseca until 1999. Nick then attended the Rock School training under Maiqui Manosa and Christopher Fleming. He then joined the Orlando Ballet in 2001 where he has danced for eight seasons and three directors including Fernando Bujones, Bruce Marks, and Robert Hill. Nick has performed many soloist roles and danced in pas de deux such as the 3rd pas in Val Caniparoli’s Going for Baroque, Robert Hill’s Piano Concerto, and Salim Gauwloos’ Breathe You In.
NEVA DANIELS-TRUDEL Neva Daniels-Trudel
A.K.A. Coach Daniels has been teaching in Naples for well over a decade. She has been a master instructor in the field of
Gymnastics and Acrobatics and has taught many students in the Naples area. She is currently the lead Cheerleading coach for
Gulf Coast High School.
Guest ArtisT
Sergiy Mykhaylov
Sergiy Mykhaylov attended the Kiev Ballet Academy. Upon graduating from the Academy, he danced with the National Ballet Theatre of the Ukraine, and toured Germany, France, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Holland and Australia. In 1996 he was invited to work with the Paris Classical Ballet under the direction Janette Jake. Mr. Mykhaylov took first place in the Serge Lifar Ballet Competition in the Ukraine. His repertoire includes principal roles in Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, Paquita, Don Quixote, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Coppelia, Scheherazade and numerous contemporary works including The Evening Jester. Before joining the Sarasota Ballet, he was a principal dancer for Southern Ballet Theatre. Mr. Mykhaylov has been a guest artist with the Cincinnati Orchestra and the Terada Ballet Art School in Kyoto, Japan, and has also performed as a guest artist with Ocala Ballet, Orlando City Ballet and the Boca Ballet, as well as the Metropolitan Ballet of Topeka, KS and the Russian Ballet of America directed by Vadim Fedotov. This is Mr. Mykhaylov’s sixth season with the Sarasota Ballet. During the last four seasons, he was seen in principal roles in Carmina Burana, Le Corsaire Pas de Deux, The Nutcracker, Don Quixote, Paquita, Hommage ˆ Chopin, Dvorak-American, Gigabyte, Ca d’Zan, Camille, Madame Butterfly, and La Boutique Fantasque.
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