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A True Creative Force By Guy Adams |
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Ann Marie DeAngelo was pegged by Backstage as “a multiple career artist.” Her dance career with the Joffrey Ballet spanned 10 years, and she later became the company’s Associate Director. Before that, she was the founding Artistic Director of Ballet de Monterrey (1990), and of her own experimental company, which toured Europe extensively in the late 1980s. She has been the producer and director for seven Gala benefit evenings for Career Transition For Dancers, at City Center in NYC. |
As a choreographer, Ms. DeAngelo’s Bell Witch, a one-act ghost story, was nominated for a Benois de la Danse award in 2004. She has created more than 40 ballets, including participating in Dance Break 2006, a high-profile showcase in the Broadway community. She has taught at numerous universities, summer dance programs, and schools, and has been movement coach to Bette Midler. She holds a certificate in Arts Administration from New York University. |
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Biography Ann Marie DeAngelo, former principal dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, was featured in Backstage as a “multiple-career artist”. She founded her own experimental dance troupe called Ballet D’Angelo, touring extensively in Europe and showcasing her choreography; was the founding Artistic Director of Ballet de Monterrey, the first privately funded arts organization in Mexico; and Associate Director of the Joffrey Ballet. Ms. DeAngelo has also been the producer, director and contributing choreographer of six Gala benefits, raising over $1 Million for Career Transition for Dancers. She is director of the new show Thank You, Gregory - A Tribute to Tap Legends - this fall, 2009. Dance Break choreographer, 2006 - Ms. DeAngelo has created over 40 works including full-evening pieces, Zeitgeist I & II; The Last of the Best; and Gypsie Band. Choreography for ballet companies include the Joffrey Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba; Ohio Ballet; Pittsburgh Ballet Theater; Oregon Ballet Theater; Ballet Pacifica; Nevada Ballet Theater; BalletNY, and ABT Studio Company. She has created several woks for Ballet de Monterrey, including their first contemporary work, Paradise – which starred Hip Hop pioneer Mr.Wiggles, in a leading role. She has created works for various universities including Goucher College and Marymount Manhattan College. In 2003, Ms. DeAngelo created a one-act ghost story based on The Bell Witch with original music by Conni Ellisor. Reviewed as the “…perfect Halloween ballet…”, it was remounted in the fall of 2008. The Bell Witch was nominated for a “Benois de la Danse” Award and in 2004, a segment was performed at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow. DeAngelo participated in the inaugural season of The National Choreography Initiative in 2005. Her non-profit Projecdance, Inc., produces collaborate work between artists. Those projects include: “The Variety Show – Jugglin’ Styles”, The Hamptons Dance Festival and “An Evening of Jazz and Dance” for Boys Harbor, hosted by Chevy Chase; and the upcoming high energy multi-disciplinary show called IN THE MIX with cross-genre dance artists. As producer/director for the annual benefit evenings for Career Transition for Dancers held at City Center, she has also been a contributing choreographer. Those events include, Shall We Dance - A Tribute to Richard Rodgers 2002, Dancing on Air 2004, That’s Entertainment 2005 hosted by Liza Minnelli, One World 2006 staring James Earl Jones and hosted by Bebe Neuwirth, Dance Rocks! hosted by Christine Ebersole, and On Broadway! hosted by Angela Lansbury, and currently America Dances! Ms. DeAngelo has taught, for numerous dance companies, universities and summer courses; and continues to teach workshops to non-dancers “Bringing Performance to Life”- most recently at teh high-end spa, Rancho La Puerta. She has also taught ballet, and been a movement coach to Bette Midler. Ms. DeAngelo also has a certificate in Arts Administration from New York University. |
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Ann Marie DeAngelo's dance career spanned almost three decades. She was known for having a phenomenal technique, winning her a special medal for technical excellence at the prestigious Varna Competition in 1976. Later, Time Magazine featured her as “one of America’s most promising ballerinas.” Her early training was at Roland and Reid Dance Studios with Fredricka Mohr under the Cecchetti-method of training. She received a Ford Foundation scholarship to study with San Francisco Ballet under teachers Anatole Vilzak and Ludmilla Shollar, and danced with the San Francisco Opera Ballet. She joined Joffrey II Dancers in New York in the early '70's and the Joffrey Ballet shortly after. As leading ballerina with the Joffrey Ballet she performed in works by choreographers that include: Arpino, Balanchine, Cranko, DeMille, Joffrey, Joose, Killian, Massine, St. Leon, Robbins, Tudor, and Tharp. While in the Joffrey she performed the role of the Ballerina,to Rudolpf Nureyev's Petrushka. Ms. DeAngelo also performed internationally as a guest artists for over two decades, dancing lead roles in ballets such as with: the Royal Winnipeg Ballet performing Giselle; the National Ballet of Cuba in Coppellia, and the Ballet Nacional de Belles Artistes in Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. She guested with "Stars of American Ballet", and "Stars of World Ballet" dancing with Fernando Bujones, and starring Margot Fontyne. Ms. DeAngelo was a member of the Frankfurt Ballet, working with William Forsythe; and The Antwerp Ballet in Belgium. She has also guested with several regional ballet companies, performing in all 50 of the United States. Film and television credits include: dancer/choreographer, “Sesame Street” with choreographer Toni Basil; Fashion TV Awards; and choreography and the lead role in the Canadian Broadcasting Company film Pavlova. |
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