About Me
Basic Information
- Gender
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Female
- Hometown
- Seattle, WA
Contact Information
- City / Town
- Brooklyn
- Country
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United States
- Website1
- www.myspiralmotion.com
- Website2
- www.dancersmarts.blogspot.com
Art Information
- Primary Art
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Dancer/Ballet
- Secondary Art
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Dancer/Modern
- Art Related
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Teacher-Ballet
- About me
- Brittany was raised in Seattle, WA and trained in the professional division program at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Currently an international guest artist, she has previously danced with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Ballet Memphis, Minnesota Dance Theatre, the James Sewell Ballet and American Repertory Ballet as well as numerous guest artist appearances across the world. She has originated roles in ballets by Graham Lustig, Mark Godden, James Sewell, Kent Stowell, Val Caniparoli, Christian Burns, Heather Maloy, Frank Chavez and Luca Veggetti. Passionate about her professional development as an artist, she has studied with Alonzo King at his professional summer workshop as well as studied Horton and Taylor modern techniques and improvisation. Last summer she performed in Europe with Luca Veggetti as the sole dancer in an improvised show; and this summer she represented the United States in the Third International Festival of Dance in Cali, Colombia. Brittany teaches ballet and repertoire and has created a dance program for children with special needs, called Kids in Motion! She is a certified teacher of the GYROTONIC® expansion system. Brittany believes in the great potential for the field of dance and its individual artists; she is the chair of the “Dancer's Council” for Dance/USA and also provides a resource for dancer empowerment through her blog at: www.dancersmarts.blogspot.com.
- Resume
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Professional Company Experience:
2008, 2009 Terpsicorps, Heather Maloy, Artistic Director
2007-2009 American Repertory Ballet, Graham Lustig, Artistic Director
2003-2007 James Sewell Ballet, James Sewell, Artistic Director
2005-2007 National Choreographers Initiative, Molly Lynch, Artistic Director.
2002-2003 Minnesota Dance Theatre, Lise Houlton, Artistic Director
1999-2002 Ballet Memphis, Dorothy Gunther-Pugh, Artistic Director
1997-1999 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Terrance Orr, Artistic Director
Guest Dancer Experience:
2009 Festival International de Ballet, Gloria Castro, Cali, Colombia
2009 Chamber Dance Project, Diane Coburn Brunning, New York, NY
2008 Solo Improvisational Performances, Luca Veggetti, Germany and Italy
2008 Oklahoma City Ballet, Robert Mills, Oklahoma City, OK
2006 Fort Wayne Ballet, Karen Brown, Artistic Director. Fort Wayne, IN
2003-2006 Lakeville City Ballet, Denis Vogt, Artistic Director. Lakeville, MN
2005 Black Hills Dance Theater, Matthew Keefe, Artistic Director. Rapid City, SD
2003-2005 Mid-Atlantic Ballet, Sara Taylor Warner, Artistic Director. Newark, DE
2003 New Ballet Ensemble, Katie Thinnes, Artistic Director. Memphis, TN
1997, 1998 Backstage Ballet Ensemble, Giovanna LaPaglia,Artistic Director
1990 - 1997 Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, Artistic Directors
Favorite and Featured Roles Include:
Solo Improvised Performances,staged by Luca Vegetti
Sleeping Beauty Act III, after Petipa, Aurora
Nutcracker, Graham Lustig, Sugar Plum Fairy, Marie
Swan Lake, after Petipa, Odette Act II
Tarantella, George Balanchine, Female
Ballet Imperial, George Balanchine, Corps de Ballet
Symphony in C, George Balanchine, Corps de Ballet
Concerto Borocco, George Balanchine, Corps de Ballet
Dracula, Ben Stevenson, Bride
Concrete Abstractions, Dwight Rhoden
Zenas, Christian Burns
Subject Forgotten, Luca Veggetti
Suite, Val Caniparoli
Tears Rolling, Elise Monte
Yield, Graham Lustig
Amahl and the Night Visitors, James Sewell, Amahl
Dance Training:
1990-1997 Pacific Northwest Ballet School, on scholarship
1995, 1997 Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School, on scholarship
1996 San Francisco Ballet School, on scholarship
1995, 1996 Suzanne Farrell Ballet Intensive, on scholarship
2000 Milwaukee Ballet, on scholarship
2004 Paul Taylor Summer Intensive
2006 Alonzo King Professional Summer Workshop
Friends
Groups
Brittany Keefe
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- Karma
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