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| With an international faculty, the Center for Dance Education takes pride in providing a well educated and professional staff to elevate the learning experience of our dancer. Please click on any of the faculty below to learn more about each. |
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| , , began her dance training in Columbia, SC, under South Carolina dance legend, Ann Brodie. She has studied under the tutelage of such dance luminaries as Leon Daniellian, Valentina Peryaslavic and Patricia Wilde at the School of American Ballet, the official school of the New York City Ballet. She was a principal and soloist with the Columbia City Ballet and the University of South Carolina Dance Company. She began her professional dance career with South Carolina Ballet Theatre/Ballet Michigan, and has toured extensively throughout the United States. She has served as consultant and adjudicator for the dance program for Artistic, Gifted and Talented in Richland County School District 1. She was selected for the Approve Artist and Teacher roster for the South Carolina Arts Commission and has taught and consulted throughout the state under this program. She is the Artistic Director of the Carolina Ballet, where her original collaboration of children’s ballets and the Columbia Community Concert Band established a definitive direction for the companies youth division. Dancers trained under her direction are performing in companies throughout the world. |
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| , and ,graduated from the Voroneg School of Ballet in 1987, where she studied with Professor Valitova. After graduation, she performed with the Musical Theatre of Karelia in Petrozavodsk, Russia, where she had the honor to work with ballet masters of the Kirov Theatre: Mr. Baltacheev and Madame Vasilieva. In 1988, she performed with the Moscow Festival Ballet where she danced until 1990 when she was invited to perform with the Kremlin Ballet Company. She performed with Ekateria Maximova, Vladimir Vasiliev, Timofeeva and Natalia Semenaka, all legendary dancers of the Russian Classical Ballet. She also performed with the Modern Theatre (Usti-nad-Lavom, Czech Republic). As a master teacher and instructor, she taught in Ohio at Akron University, Oak Ridge and Kingston Ballet programs in Tennessee and for Lexington (VA) Ballet and Ballet Spartanburg (SC), as well as for the University of South Carolina. She is a frequent guest artist throughout the Southeast and has performed as principal dancer on tours throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. She is also the Ballet Mistress for the Carolina Ballet. |
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| , , holds B.M. and M.M. Degrees from Southern Illinois University, and his D.M.A. from the University of South Carolina. He has worked with Columbia College Dance Department and has collaborated extensively with the Dance Department at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, the USC Summer Dance Conservatory and the USC Department of Theatre and Speech. He has played classes for such dance luminaries as Shamil Yagudin, Fernando Bujones, Edward Villella, Irena Kopakova, and many others. He is also the company pianist for the Carolina Ballet. |
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| , , studied piano and music throughout her education in her native homeland, Russia. She has a Master's Degree in piano performance both as a soloist and as a rehearsal accompanist. She has taught piano privately for over thirty years. She has also served as rehearsal accompanist for the South Carolina Opera at the University of South Carolina. She has also been class accompanist for the USC Dance Department. She is the company pianist for the Carolina Ballet. |
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| , , from Columbia, SC, began his dance training with the Carolina Ballet. At the age of 16, he accepted a full scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet in New York City. He then went on to graduate from the North Carolina School of the Arts. McCree starred in the North American tour of Cats as Mr. Mistoffelees, receiving much critical acclaim. As a member of the Atlanta Ballet he performed numerous soloist and principal roles. McCree has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet in many operas including Tannhauser, Aida, and Samson et Delila. He has appeared throughout the US in many regional theater productions including the Music Man (Tommy Djilas), Cabaret, and Carousel (Carnival Boy). Most recently McCree was a featured dancer at Tokyo Disneyland in Japan. |
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| , , began her extensive dance training in South Carolina under the direction of Donna Lewis. Selected by Ann Brodie to become a member of Columbia City Ballet in 1976, she extended her training to include instruction from the legendary Brodie, Adolfina Suarez, Naomi Calvert, and Michael Lland from American Ballet Theatre. Nancy became a soloist with the University of South Carolina Dance Company, where she studied with Artistic Director Susan Anderson, as well as modern dance choreographer Wrenn Cook. She began her professional career as a soloist with South Carolina Dance Theatre, under the direction of well-known regional choreographer Anita Ashley. Nancy has more than 20 years experience teaching dance to students of all ages. Her classes include pre-ballet and classical ballet classes for children in preparation for pre-professional classes. Her special interests include teaching fitness and Pilates classes for adults. A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in journalism, Nancy also has more than 20 years experience in marketing communications, using her background in writing and graphic design to create multi-media ad campaigns promoting health-related issues for several healthcare organizations across the southeast. |
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| , , studied with Roy McCullough, Dee Crump, Naomi Calvert and Ann Brodie, as well as with Igor Schwezoff, Martha Graham, Madame Hilda Butsova, Michael Lland and Duncan Noble. She is the founder and artistic director of the Eboni Dance Theatre, a creative outlet for classical ballet and jazz performances, and a company inspired by Arthur Mitchell’s internationally recognized Dance Theatre of Harlem. |
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| , , has performed with the Carolina Ballet, SCBT/Ballet Michigan, the USC Dance Company and the Columbia City Ballet under Anne Brodie. She began her dance studies under Ann Brodie and continued her training with Anita Ashley. She attended the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and studied at Point Park College where she performed with the Playhouse Theatre in such productions as The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She studied with Yri Skatal, Asaf Messerer and Mikhalil Messerer at the American School of Ballet in Chicago and in Atlanta with Pavel Rotaru. She also works with the Carolina Ballet as an artistic staff member. |
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| , , began her dance training in Berlin, Germany. She has trained at the South Carolina Tri-District Arts Center. In 1994 she performed in Hawaii, at the Hula Bowl. She was a 1996 seasoned performer at Paramount Carowinds, in Charlotte, North Carolina. She has performed all over the Southeast in regional and national competitions. She has taught at many studios in the Columbia and Lexington area. She has been teaching at the Center for Dance Education since 2001. |
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| , , graduated from the Moscow Ballet Academy, Russia, in 1990, where he studied under Prof. I. Ilychov. After graduation, he was invited to join the Kremlin Ballet in Moscow and was leading dancer of that company for six years. He partnered on many occasions with the legendary Russian ballerina Ekaterina Maximova of the Bolshoi Ballet. Since 1995, he has danced with the Kinetic Theatre of Moscow, where he received a Sorsos Award for outstanding performance. Chtyrkov has performed as principal and soloist with the Columbia City Ballet in Columbia, SC. He has appeared as guest artist with the Greenville Ballet, Ballet Spartanburg, Mohawk Valley Performing Arts Company and with the Oak Ridge Civic Ballet. He has taught master classes throughout the South east and is a regular faculty member for the Carolina Ballet Summer Academy under the direction of Shamil Yagudin, Ballet Master for the Bolshoi Ballet. |
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| , , began her pre-professional training with the Center for Dance Education. She was selected to participate in the CDE Teacher Apprentice Program. This is her second year teaching for the Center for Dance Education. |
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