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Recent Dance Alumni
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This year three of the six recipients of the prestigious Princess Grace Awards in Dance are alums of the dance department.
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The Princess Grace Foundation-USA Mission Statement
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NIGEL CAMPBELL
Luna Negra Dance Theater
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DANCE HONORARIUM
2011
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 Initial PGF Award: Dance Honorarium, 2011
Nigel Campbell, a native of the Bronx, New York, began dancing at Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn, under the mentorship of Jamel Gaines. He is a graduate of LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts and of The Juilliard School, under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes. Nigel is a 2004 Level 1 YoungArts winner, a NAACP ACT-SO Gold Medalist, and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. He is also featured on the PBS documentary American Talent. Upon graduation from Juilliard in 2008, Nigel joined the Saarlandishes Staatstheater/ Donlon Dance Company in Saarbruecken, Germany. There he danced principal roles in Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, The Nutcracker, and Kurt Jooss masterpiece The Green Table. Nigel is currently in his second season with Luna Negra Dance Theater. There are no mistakes, all things are possible!
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CHANEL DASILVA
Trey McIntyre Project
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DANCE HONORARIUM
2011
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 Initial PGF Award: Dance Honorarium, 2011
Chanel DaSilva, native of Brooklyn, NY, has danced since the age of three. She trained with Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn, under the mentorship of Jamel Gaines, and continued her studies at F. H. LaGuardia High School for Music, Art, & the Performing Arts. In 2004, Chanel received a NFAA Level I youngARTS Award and was also named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. In 2008, Chanel graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance from The Juilliard School, under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes, and also received the prestigious Martha Hill Award. Chanel is currently in her 4th season as a member of Trey McIntyre Project, with whom she has been a muse for several world premieres. She feels blessed to be pursuing her career as an artist and is graciously awaiting what else life has in store for her.
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CASIA VENGOECHEA
The Julliard School-Dance Division
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DANCE SCHOLARSHIP
2011
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 Initial PGF Award: Dance Scholarship, 2011
Casia Vengoechea, a native of Staten Island, New York, attended the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in New York City. In 2008, she was named a Level I youngARTS Award winner in Modern Dance by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. She has performed internationally, studying at the Teatro Colσn in Buenos Aires, performing repertory of Ballet Jazz de Montrιal, and training with the Nederlands Dans Theater in The Hague. In 2009, Casia danced in an installation series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in 2010 performed in the premiere of a piece by Luca Veggetti as part of the 2010 Works & Process Series at the Guggenheim Museum of Art. She has worked with Margie Gillis, Desmond Richardson, and Paul Lightfoot and has performed works by Alonzo King, Marie Chouinard, Josι Limσn, Lightfoot Leσn, Martha Graham, Jiřν Kyliαn, and Crystal Pite, and was featured in the New York Times for her 2010 performance of Merce Cunninghams Summerspace. She recently danced in the 2011 Greenwich Music Festival, and will be soon performing in the Deloitte Ignite Contemporary Arts Festival of the Royal Opera House in London. Casia will be entering her fourth and final year at The Juilliard School this fall.
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ALUMS CURRENTLY/RECENTLY IN MAJOR DANCE COMPANIES
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Katie Advocate Jerusalem Dance Theater, Israel
Alana Allende Taylor 2
Musashi Alvarez Tulsa Ballet
Rebecca Azenberg Pennsylvania Ballet
Mariana Bekerman Mariana Bekerman Dance
Calvin Booker Bill T. Jones
Olivia Bowman Dance Grand Moultrie, Alvin Ailey ADT
Armondo Braswel Gauthier Dance, Stuttgart
Julius Brewster Mexico City Ballet
William Briscoe III. Dance Theatre, Switzerland, Armatage Gone and Aszure Barton and Artists
Camille Brown Camille Brown and Dancers
Igor Burlak Minnesota Ballet
Linda Caceres Alvin Ailey ADT
Nigel Campbell Luna Negra Dance Theatre
Randy Castillo Compania Nacional de Danza, Nacho Duato (Madrid)
Keisha Clarke Garth Fagan Dance
Prince Credell Ballet de Geneve
Chanel Da Silva Tray McIntyre Project
Serge Desroches Guest Artist, Stadt Theatre, Bremerhaven, Germany and Tiroler Landesthreater, Innsbruck, Austria
Brian Diaz Netherlands Dance Theatre
Kirk Douglas Limon Dance Company
Alina Dranova NYCB
Noah Gelber The Forsythe Co. (Zurich)
Katherine Gibbons Rockettes
Yasmeen Godder Bloody Bench Players, AD (Israel)
Gary Harris Dayton Contemporary Dance Co.
Vincent Harris Connecticut Ballet, Momix
Dana Ingraham Armatage Gone
William Issac Armatage Gone
Sunday Jackson Celine Dion Show/Las Vegas Caesars Palace
Roger C. Jeffrey Metropolitan Opera Ballet Co.
Quincy Junior Syren Dance Company
Megan Kenna Takarazuka Review, Osaka, Japan
Loni Landon Munich Ballet, Metropolitan Opera
Kevin Lin Rhythm City Asian and European Tour
LeBaron McCleary - Balletto Teatro di Torino, Italy
Christopher McDaniel Dance Theatre of Harlem, Los Angeles Ballet
Sumayah McRae Cher/Las Vegas Tour
Alana Morris TU Dance Company, Minneapolis
Alyse Morris Abraham In Motion, Greek National Ballet
Darrell Moultrie Dance Grand Moultrie, Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, North Carolina Dance Theater, Atlanta Ballet, (choreographer)
Mayte Natalia Dance Grand Moultrie, Parsons Dance Co., Camille Brown and Dancers
Jeremy Nedd Abraham In Motion, Dresden SemperOper Ballett, Germany; Complexions, Dresden Semperper, Germany
Matthew Neenan Pennsylvania Ballet, Resident Choreographer
Emily Oldak Cirque du Soleil, Aszure Barton and Artists
Amber Parker Abraham In Motion, Shen Wai Dance Arts
Shamel Pitts Batsheva Dance Company, Israel
Lucy Postell Graham II
Troy Powell Alvin Ailey Second Co., Director (past 1stCo. member)
Hillary Ramos - Yesid Lopez Contemporary Dance: The Collective
Desmond Richardson Complexsions Contempoary Ballet
Eugene W. Rodes III III. Dance Theatre, Switzerland
Jamie Rodney Cedar Lake Contemtporary Ballet; Disney's Der Konig Der Lowen, Germany
Anthony Rodriguez La Santa Luiz, Latin/Pop Singer
Daniel Rodriguez North Carolina Dance Theater
Louis Rodriguez Cullberg Ballet (Stockholm)
Ariel Rose Richmond Ballet
Jose Sebastian ABT
Lynda Senisi Take Dance Company
Lance Sherman Ballet Met
Kate Skarpetowska Lar Lubawitch
Dwana Smallwood Alvin Ailey A D T
Ade Torbert Dance Grand Moultrie, Camille Brown and Dancers
Keon Thoulouis Ron Brown/Evidence
Andre Vytoptov Pennsylvania Ballet
Mallory Walsh Sumin Ballet
Maleek Washington - Dance Grand Moultrie, Abraham In Motion, City Dance Ensemble (Washington D.C.); Compagnie Flak (Montreal)
Dawn Watson Philadanco
Brittany Williams Philadanco II
Clifford Williams Compania Nacional de Danza, (Madrid), Complexions Dance Company
Michelle Yard Mark Morris Dance Group
Roman Zhubin ABT
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ALUMS CURRENTLY/RECENTLY IN BROADWAY/OFF BROADWAY SHOWS
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Dara Adler Phantom of the Opera Touring Co.
Rochelle Aytes Aida
Katrina Blake Kidz Bop/Choreographer (National Tour)
Keisha Clarke Lion King
Britany Conigatte Hairspray, High School Musical (Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ); National Touring Company, Beauty and the Beast
Jessica Cohen Grease, Fame (National Tour)
William Credell Dirty Dancing (European Tour), Movin Out (National Tour)
Daniel Curry Spiderman
Stephnie Guiland The Color Purple, Lion King
Christine Hollingsworth Lion King, Aida
Dana Ingraham The Color Purple, Lion King, Spiderman
Synthia Kasabova Young Frankenstein (National Tour)
Li Jun Li South Pacific, Miss Saigon
Sumayah McRae The Color Purple, Lion King (National Tour)
Kenya Massey Lion King, The Color Purple
Darrell Moultrie Billy Elliot, Hairspray, Aida
Christie Potera Westside Story (National Tour)
Ryan Rankin Fela, The Whiz
Desmond Richardson Chicago, Fosse on Broadway (Tony Nominee), Movin Out, The Look of Love
Natalie Ridley Lion King
Alexzander Sarmiento A Chorus Line, Asian Tour
John Selya Come Fly Away, The Times They Are A-Changin, Movin Out (Tony Nominee)
Tueree Shard Lion King (National Tour)
Michelle Smith Stomp
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ALUMS IN ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES & TV
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Rochelle Aytes Detroit 1-8-7, The Forgotten (TV)
Alexander Cephus Law and Order SVU & CI, Life on Mars, Mercy (TV)
Karen Gutierrez Hauer So You Think You Can Dance (TV)
Quincy A. Junior Choreographer and Dancer for Peaches, Berlin, Germany
Li Jun Li Sex and the City
Desmond Richardson Chicago, Without A Word, Across the Universe
Ryan Rankin So You Think You Can Dance (TV)
Ellenore Scott So You Think You Can Dance (TV), Dancing with the Stars (TV)
Greg Sinacori Backyardigans (TV)
Ade (Chike) Torbert So You Think You Can Dance (TV)
Vera Weiss So You Think You Can Dance (TV)
N'Bushe Wright Blade, Dead Presidents, Homicide (TV)
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OTHER ALUMS
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Troy Blackwell
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Ron Field
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Jacqulyn Buglisi
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Greg Burge
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Vanessa Williams
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Raquelle Chavis
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Gary Chryst
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Ben Vereen
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Elizabeth Roxas
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Laura Dean
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Christopher Chadman
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Ruth Davidson
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Dennis Diamond
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George del La Penna
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Gemze De Lappe
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Tomas Detrich
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Matthew Diamond
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Cari-Sue Diamond
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Dan Siretta
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Aaron Dugger
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Rosemary Dunleavy
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Jean Emille
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Louis Falco
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Eliot Feld
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Noa Gelber
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Darren Gibson
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Christian Holder
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Dudley Williams
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Zelma Bustillo
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Shaun Jones
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Mari Kajiwara
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Eartha Kitt
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Daniel Lewis
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Bruce Marks
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Jane Miller
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Liza Minnelli
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Arthur Mitchell
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Peff Modelski
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Scott Morrow
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Suzanne Vega
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Carl Paris
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Michael Peters
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Valerie Pettiford
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Eleo Pomare
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Edward Villella
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Tina Ramirez
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Coco Ramirez
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Nasha Thomas
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Jonathan Riseling
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Brunilda Ruiz
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Kevin Jeff
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and the Performing Arts
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