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Rebecca Kelly, Artistic Director

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RKB Guest Artists - Nutcracker

Photographs:
Todd Bissonette, Adrian Buckmaster,
Rebecca Kelly, Michael Kochinsky
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GIORGIA BOVO from Italy, was on scholarship at Scuola del Balletto di Toscana, in Florence, appearing with the Junior Company. She performed with Kaos-Balletto di Firenze. Since she moved in the U.S. in 2007, she worked with Thomas/Ortiz Dance, Eryc Taylor Dance Armitage Gone! Dance and Indelible. Giorgia has participated in many RKB’s annual Highlights of the Nutcracker appearing in the Marzipan and Arabian solos, and the Snow Pas created by Kelly.

She was part of the original cast of Design-into-Dance. Her RKB repertoire includes Writing in Water, Desire, The Travelers, Long Time Passing and Apayaana.

ROBIN CANTRELL from St. Paul Minnesota, received her training at Midwest Youth Dance Theatre.  She holds a BFA from the University of Utah in ballet performance, and a degree in anthropology.  Robin danced for City Ballet of San Diego, where she performed in a number of Balanchine ballets, including the lead violin in Concerto Barocco.  Robin has danced with Ballet Deviare and Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, and currently dances for Battery Dance Company. She is experimenting with site specific dance films and working on her worldwide outreach project, TCDC. She joined RKB in 2008. Her repertoire includes Writing in Water, Tear of the Clouds, Desire, and The Travelers. RK created the solo variation roles Russian and Chinese for Robin in RKB's Nutcracker Highlights project.

RAUL PEINADO from Madrid, Spain trained at Victor Ullate School and The Catedra Alicia Alonso  Raul studied with Master Ullate, Christina Alverez and Juana Taft. He has performed with the Cuban National Ballet as a guest. the Joffrey Ballet Ensemble, and Peridance Ensemble, Eglevsky Ballet, Gwinnet Ballet Theater, Ruth Michel Dance Theater, Andalusia Ballet, South West Virginia Ballet,  Mobile Ballet, and Configuration Dance in USA, and with the Fukuoka International Ballet in Japan. Raul has appeared frequently in RKB's annual Highlights of the Nutcracker appearing as Therese Wendler's parnter in the Grand Pas.

His first season with Rebecca Kelly Ballet was 2007. His repertoire includes Air, Long Time Passing, Tear of the Clouds, Spice, Desire, La Belle and Le Bad Boy and Apayaana. He has been a masterclass teacher in RKB's Onstage Summer Program teaching partnering and salsa workshops and classical technique.

THERESE MIYOSHI WENDLER from Honolulu, Hawaii, trained in Phoenix, AZ with Nina Marlow, and The Joffrey Ballet in NYC. She has since worked with Ballet Metropolitan of Caracas, Venezuela, Ballet International, Ballet Hawaii, Victoria Ballet Theatre, Connecticut Ballet, Ballet Jorgen Canada, and Frances Patrelle and Mathew Brookoff. Therese joined RKB in 2003. Her extensive RKB repertory includes principal roles in the original cast of Jose's Dream, Silver Circles, and Air, along with Reves, Spice Suite, Drums, The Travelers, Jibun Jishin, Those Who Must Be Kept, Waters. Desire, La Belle and Le Bad Boy and Apayaana.

Therese has appeared frequently in RKB's annual Highlights of the Nutcracker appearing as Kelly's Snow Queen, and as the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Therese teaches in RKB Intensives and Variations Program, and provides private coaching. She stages Kelly's youth ballets for RKB's Onstage summer programs. She also teaches independently in the NYC metropolitan area.

Kate Abarelli
Emily Adams
Mona Afable
Jonathan Collins
Maddie Deavenport
Uthman Ebrahim
Alex Forsythe
Erin Ginn
David Guggino
Julie Hebb
Carlos Renedo
Sean Scantlebury
Indre Vengris
Royce Zackery

Photographers: Todd Bissonette
Adrian Buckmaster

Guest Artist: JARED MATTHEWS Soloist, American Ballet Theater, was a featured dancer in Kelly's ballet noir THE TRAVELERS for RKBs 25th Anniversary season.

Guest Artist: KARIN AVERTY,
Premiere Danseuse, Paris Opera Ballet,
Principal Dancer, San Franciso Ballet

www.Karin-Averty.com

Guest Artist: DUNCAN COOPER, former Principal Dancer, Dance Theater of Harlem. from New York City and San Francisco. Duncan partnered Therese Wendler for SILVER CIRCLES, after the fall, at RKB 25th Anniversary season, and as her Cavalier in several Nutcracker Ballet Guest Artist appearances.

Karin Averty teaching company class

Erin Ginn in RK's Spanish Variation
Behind-the-Scenes: Nutcracker Highlights

Photos by
Appleby, Todd Bissonette, Appleby,
Adrian Buckmaster

MICHELLE WURF

SHARYN KOREY, Instructor in RKB's Early Childhood Sharyn holds a BA in International Studies from Middlebury College College and is fluent in Spanish. She previously dance with Richmond Ballet. she teaches ballet at the Logrea Dance Academy in Ossining. Sharyn participated in RKB's 2010 and 2011 Design into Dance Runway Event.

MICHELLE WURF Senior Instructor, Kids Co-Motion. Michelle trained in dance at NYU, and received her BFA in modern dance from University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She danced professionally in NYC in the 1990's. She has been teaching for KCM since 1994 and is currently Director of the Westchester Division of Kids Co-Motion.

SHARYN KOREY

Rebecca Kelly Ballet does not discriminate based on sex, race, creed, color, sexual or national orientation. Rebecca Kelly Ballet is a
Non-Profit equal opportunity employment organization. RKB is a non-smoking organization.

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