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Professional Experience
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1993 - present
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Ballet educator and choreographer
various Edmonton and area schools including:
• Citie Ballet, Edmonton
• Sandra Gray School of Dance, Edmonton
• Dance at Brijets's, Fort Saskatchewan
• Dance Theme, Edmonton
• Variations Academy of Dance, Edmonton
• Dansation, St. Albert
• Edmonton Dance Factory, Edmonton
• Art of Dance, St. Albert
Duties and responsibilities
• teaching ballet, pointe, modern dance and stretch technique
• choreographing for festivals, competitions and performances
• preparation for ballet exams
• designing costumes and props
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1995 - present
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Ballet and stretch instructor
Royal Glenora Club
• special focus on arm co-ordination, presentation, different styles of dancing and characterization
• improvement of jumps (especially landings), turns, various lifts, strength and flexibility
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1994 - present
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Summer School Vaganova Ballet Instructor
various Edmonton and area schools
• taught pointe, technique, pas de deux and repertoire
• jumps and turns for boys
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1987-1988
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Dancer, Assistant to the Artistic Director, Choreographer
Theatre of Ulm, Germany
• participated in establishing repertoire programmes for the company
• prepared and organized performances
• ballet mistress for Company ballet classes
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1987
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Instructor
Scuola di Danza Suzanna Egri, Torino, Italy
• specialized in jumps and turns technique
• taught variations of famous ballet classics
• prepared students trained in Cecchetti technique to compete in Lausanne, Switzerland
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1984-1987
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Member, Corps de Ballet
Hungarian State Opera
• Principal Dancer in Koldus Opera (the Beggar's Opera)
• danced in the theatre repertoire, including:
Aïda, Giselle, Gypsy Baron, La Traviata, Macbeth, Nutcracker, Onegin, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Sylvia, Tales of Hoffmann, Walpurgistnacht, many varied Hungarian ballets, character and modern piecesd
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1981-1982
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Choreographer, Coach, Trainer, Programmer
Hungary
• Choreographed for senior skaters, coached and trained for the Professional World Championship in Jaca, Spain
• Studied and worked together with sport gymnastic group
• Participated in the preparation of book entitled A Nö Harmóniaja (Harmony of the Woman)
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1975
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Dancer, children's roles
Hungarian State Opera
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1971
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Skater
Hungarian Skating Association
• Hungarian Junior Championship bronze medalist
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Education
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1995
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Fitness and Nutrition Training
International Correspondence Schools, Montreal
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1993
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Fitness Leadership Training
AFLCA, Edmonton
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1971-1986
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Hungarian Academy of Dance Arts
studied: ballet, pointe, pas de deux, modern, jazz, character, repertoire, acting and make-up
1986 Diploma, Academy of Dance Arts
1984 Diploma, Professional Dance Arts Performer
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Affiliations And Board Activities
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1999 - 2003
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Member, Alberta Dance Educator's Association
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1995 - 2003
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Russian Vaganova Dance Technique Society
President, examiner, choreographer, instructor,
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