Galina Shapovalova: Character Master Lessons
Galina Shapovalova graduated from Moscow Academy of Ballet. She was a leading soloist for 18 years with Russian Dance Company of Moscow. Ms. Shapovalova additionally graduated from The National Kids ballet College of Canada Teachers Program. She has a stable background educating in Russia, North America and Canada.
Mackenna Pieper currently resides in Dallas, Texas. She began her training at Miami Valley Dance Firm in Dayton, Ohio and Ballet Conservatory in Lewisville, Texas earlier than becoming a member of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Professional Division program at age 16. Whereas at PNB she danced with the corporate in George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Kent Stowell’s “Camina Burana,” and several Subsequent Step pieces. She has skilled at American Ballet Theatre, College of American Ballet, San Francisco, and PNB, all on scholarship. She was awarded first place within the classical senior and junior division on the Youth America Grand Prix and was a three-time YAGP NYC finals competitor. Mackenna just completed performing with Ballet Concerto in their 39th Summer time Dance Live performance in Fort Worth. She is excited to join the PNB Summer time Residence group for her first 12 months as a Residence Counselor.
Sawyer Smith is a rising junior at Sarah Lawrence College, where they are learning dance, schooling, movie, literature, and political ecology. They started dancing in Greenville, South Carolina the place they attended The Tremendous Arts Heart, a high school for the arts, for ballet and fashionable dance. They labored as a dancer and choreographer in Naina Dewan’s Dance Company, and has carried out at artwork festivals all through the state. They’ve labored with choreographers reminiscent of Banning Bouldin and Lacina Coulibaly. They have also labored with the center for the City River at Bezcak making environmental education curriculum. Sawyer is thrilled for his or her first summer with PNB as a Residence Counselor.
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