....Atlanta
Festival Ballet.....
....Atlanta
Festival Ballet.....
Artistic Directors Gregory Aaron and Nicolas Pacaña welcome you to AFB's 20th Season!
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Atlanta
Festival Ballet Company and Season
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Company Dancers
Jennifer
Hurley Dunn
Fourth
Season
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Jennifer
began her training with Warwick Ballet Theatre of Warwick, New York
under the direction of Lucinda Henry. She has studied with The Eglevsky
Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Kirvo Academy of Ballet, and
The American Academy of Ballet. In 2002, she received the Silvio
Petturici Performing Arts Scholarship Award. Jennifer graduated cum
laude from The University of the Arts with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in
Dance Performance and Dance Education. She has danced several soloist
roles for AFB such as the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland,
Michael in
Peter Pan, lead mirliton in The
Nutcracker, and Araiadne in The
Little Mermaid.
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Samara, a native of Ohio, began her training under the direction of Richard Early of the East Central Ohio Dance Theater at the age of 5. As a teen, she continued her training at Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts under the direction of Ballet Master Alexe Tchernichov. |
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Erin began training with Gregory Aaron and Nicolas Pacaña at Atlanta Festival Ballet School at the age of 2. Upon graduating from Union Grove High School in Henry County she was ask to join the company. In 2004, as a high school sophomore she was one of 16 dance students in the state chosen to attend The Governor’s Honor Program |
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Hayley
attended North Carolina School of the
Arts and graduated from Nutmeg
Conservatory for the Arts. She has danced several soloist roles in
Gregory Aaron and Nicolas Pacaña’s ballets such as
Dew Drop in The
Nutcracker and
Tiger Lily in Peter Pan.
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Giselle is originally from West Columbia, Texas where she received her early ballet training from Margo Marshall. She graduated cum laude from the University of Oklahoma with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ballet Performance.While pursuing her degree, Giselle was chosen as a member of Oklahoma Festival Ballet under the direction of Mary Margaret Holt, and was honored to tour with the company to Nice, France and Cancun, Mexico. With AFB since 2002 she has had the opportunity to perform as The Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara in The Nutcracker, Peter in Peter Pan, Beauty in Beauty and the Beast, Ariel in The Little Mermaid, and soloist roles in Carmina Burana, Alice in Wonderland, and Paquita. |
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Heather is originally from Homer, LA. She trained with Cydni Hutson and was a member of the Twin City Ballet Company under thedirection of Linda Ford. She has attended summer programs at Joffrey Ballet and Alonzo King’s LINES. Heather graduated summa cum laude from Texas Christian University in 2009 with a BFA in Ballet and Modern Dance. At TCU, she was a Nordan Fine Arts Scholar in dance. She studied with TCU faculty and guest artist Ben Stevenson and performed in Giselle, Paquita, Balanchine’s Valse Fantaisie, as well as original works by several choreographers. |
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Alexis
traveled south from
Castleton, New York to join AFB. She has danced and trained with
American Repertory Ballet’s Princeton
Ballet School,
Nutmeg
Conservatory for the Arts, and Saratoga Ballet Academy/Capital Ballet
Company. Her summer work includes American Ballet Theatre, Central
Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, State Street Ballet and Saratoga Summer
Dance Intensive. Alexis’ professional experience includes
ABT’s The Nutcracker,
Opera New Jersey’s Die
Fledermaus,
and various works with Keen Dance Theatre.
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Whitney is from Birmingham, Ala. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Birmingham-Southern College. Shestudied at Alabama Dance Academy and attended a summer intensive program at American Ballet Theatre. Some of her dance repertoire includes: Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, and Roger Van Fleteren's Mozart's Concerto in E. Whitney is also a certified Zumba fitness instructor. |
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Nell is from Nashville, TN. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Dance Performance from Birmingham-Southern College. Her training includes 12 years with Nashville Dance Ensemble and summer intensive programs at Nashville Ballet, Virginia School of the Arts, and River North Dance Company of Chicago. During her junior year at BSC, Nell studied dance with various companies in New York City. Her repertoire includes: Excerpts from Don Quixote, Paquita, and Carmen; as well as Diamond Variation in The Sleeping Beauty. |
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Caitlin
is from
Baltimore, Maryland, where she began her training at Towson University
Children’s Dance Division and, later, The Baltimore School
for the Arts under Norma Pera. She has attended a number of respected
summer programs including American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet New
York under full scholarship, Houston Ballet, and Ballet Austin. Griffey
danced as an apprentice with the Charleston Ballet Theater for a year
prior to attending Indiana University, where she earned a
Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance with an Outside Field in
Psychology. Griffey danced and taught for the Baltimore
Ballet and Rage Box Contemporary Dance Studio in Maryland before moving
to Georgia where she is now working toward her Doctorate in Physical
Therapy.
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Julius
is a native of
General Santos City in the Philippines. He is of Boholano-Tagkaolo
descent. His heritage and unique family history is manifested in his
choreographic work evidenced by his blending of indigenous movements to
contemporary and classical dance. This unique blend became a trademark
of his choreography for RMMC Teatro Ambahanon, an upcoming contemporary
dance company in the Philippines. Julius is a founding member of the
company. His work for Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges (RMMC) Teatro
Ambahanon which focuses on ethno-cultural endeavors, won him accolades
in the community of General Santos City and he received the Youth
Achievement Award from the mayor of General Santos City in 2005. Julius
holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Ramon Magsaysay
Memorial Colleges
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Elizabeth
began her dance training at Linda Kinlaw School of Dance in North
Carolina, continuing on with Brandon Ballet, The Rock School, and
Sarasota Ballet of Florida. After high school, she attended
CCM at the University of Cincinnati as a ballet major for one
year. She then left and danced professionally with Omaha Theater
Ballet and Albano Ballet. During the past 2 years, she lived in
New York City, working in the marketing department of Alvin Ailey
American Dance Theater, and training with various teachers throughout
the city at Ailey, Broadway Dance Center, Steps, etc.
She is also certified in IM=X Pilates.
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