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choreography & musical staging
|
SUMMER OF ’42
(2007) |
Paul Barnes, Director |
Round House Theatre, MD
|
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TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND THE |
Gregg Henry,
Director |
Kennedy Center, Wash, D.C.
|
|
HUCK FINN'S STORY
(2006) |
Kate Bryer,
Director |
Imagination Stage, MD
|
|
ANYTHING GOES
(2006) |
Brad Watkins,
Director |
Olney Theatre Center,
MD |
|
OLIVER
(2005) |
Brad Watkins,
Director |
Olney Theatre Center,
MD |
|
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
(2005) |
Ilona Kessell &
Larry Munsey,
(Co-Directors) |
The Glove Theatre,
NY |
|
CAROUSEL
(2004) |
Brad Watkins,
Director |
Olney Theatre Center,
MD |
|
BUNNICULA
(2004) |
Janet Stanford,
Director |
Imagination Stage, MD
|
|
BROADWAY
BOUND (revue,
2004) |
Philip Collister,
Director |
MD Arts Festival,
Towson Univ. |
|
KISS ME KATE
(2004) |
Susan Hoffman,
Director |
Montgomery College,
MD |
|
DAMES AT SEA
(2003)
|
Dallet Norris,
Director |
Olney Theatre Center,
MD |
|
SHE LOVES ME
(2001) |
Jim Petosa,
Director |
Olney Theatre Center,
MD |
|
FALSETTOS
|
Toby Orenstein,
Director |
Rep Stage,
MD |
|
IT’S A WONDERFUL
LIFE |
Toby Orenstein,
Director |
National Tour, Troika
Org. |
|
DAMES AT
SEA |
Tom Width,
Director |
Swift Creek Mill
Playhouse, VA |
Toby’s Dinner Theatre,
Columbia, MD (selected), Toby Orenstein, Producing Director:
|
KISS ME, KATE
(2006) |
THE WIZARD OF
OZ |
choreography for concert dance
|
1994 |
NO
ABSOLUTE TIME |
jazz
ensemble |
DANCE ON THE EDGE
SHOWCASE,
MD |
|
1992 |
IN
RETURN |
jazz
duet |
Chautauqua
Institute, NY |
|
1991 |
HONEYSCUKLE
ROSE |
lyrical soft-shoe duet |
Chautauqua
Institute, NY |
|
1991 |
IN
BETWEEN IT…..ALL |
solo
tap |
OUT ON A LIMB CHOREORAPHY
PROJECT,
MD |
faculty positions
|
2005 |
Instructor,
Summer Dance Program |
Royal
Acad. of Dance-USA, at Goucher College, MD |
|
2004-Present |
Adjunct,
Department of Performing Arts |
American
University, Washington, D.C. |
|
1989-Present |
Director
of Dance Programs, Grades 5-12 |
McDonogh
School, MD |
|
1992-1994 |
Co-owner,
Instructor |
Morton
Street Dance Center, Inc., MD |
|
1989-1993 |
Instructor,
Summer Dance Program |
Chautauqua
Institute, NY |
|
1985-1992 |
Instructor,
Preparatory Dance Division |
Peabody
Institute of the Johns Hopkins U., MD |
|
1989-1990 |
Instructor,
Dance Department |
Goucher
College, MD |
|
1983-1998 |
Instructor |
A
plethora of commercial studios, MD |
|
1967-1975 |
Instructor |
Ruth
School of Dance, NJ |
awards & honors
Helen
Hayes Award for Outstanding Choreography:
RAGTIME (2004), DAMN YANKEES (2002)
Helen Hayes Award
Nominations for Outstanding Choreography:
Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2006), CATS (2005),
THE JAZZ SINGER (2003), JOSEPH (2002), 42ND STREET (2001), FOLLIES (2000), STATE FAIR
(2000), WEST SIDE STORY (1999)
Semi-finalist
DANCE BREAK 2004, SCD Foundation, NY
Individual
Artist’s Award for Choreography (1995), MD State Arts Council
training
|
Ballet |
Alfredo
Corvino, Ruth Hausen, Princeton Ballet, Toledo Ballet, Baltimore Ballet,
Peabody Institute |
|
Tap |
Paul
Draper, Brenda Buffalino, Ruth Hausen |
|
Jazz |
Luigi,
Matt Mattox, Gus Giordano, Frank Hatchett, Joe Tremaine, Ruth Hausen |
|
Modern |
Kathy
Wildberger |
|
Character |
Vera
Mirova |
|
Stage
Direction |
Toby
Orenstein |
education
|
1983-1987 |
Graduate
Studies/Teaching Assistant: Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of MD
Baltimore County, MD |
|
|
Publication: Kessell, I., Holst, B.D.
& Roth, T.F. (1989) Proc. Nat.
Acad. Sci. USA 86, 4968-4972. |
|
1978-1979 |
Graduate
Studies: Dept. of Pathology,
University of MD School of Medicine, MD |
|
1975-1978 |
Graduate
Studies/Teaching Assistant: Dept. of
Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, OH |
1975
|
B.S. Biology with Honors, College of St.
Elizabeth, NJ
|
other employment
|
1978-1983 |
Research
Assistant, Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, MD |
affiliations
Member
of the Society of Stage Directors & Choreographers (SSDC), an independent
union
Member
of the National Dance Association (NDA)
Member
of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
(AAHPERD)