Guest Artist Bio
Dance West
Dance West is a pre-professional training ground for students who come to Arts & Communication Magnet Academy with a desire for in-depth technical study and performance experience. The company is comprised of dancers ages13-19 who have auditioned for placement in the school. A daily schedule, which includes core academic study, dance technique classes and a two-hour rehearsal where dancers lean a repertoire of diverse concert works, is required of each student. With this intensive training, the students begin to understand the commitment necessary to pursue dance as a career.
Performance opportunities in the form of lecture demonstrations, special event fundraisers, business or industrial shows, and concerts give the students outlets for developing their technical and presentation skills, as well as the opportunity to experience life in the professional world of dance.
Dance West will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a concert at Portland Community College’s Sylvania Performing Arts Center on Apr. 16-18, 2009. More information on the web: dancewestcompany.com.
Dance West Roster List
Artistic Director: Julane Stites
Choreography: Julane Stites and Gretta Murray-Marchek
SUGAR PLUM FAIRIES
Choreography: Gretta Murray-Marchek
Dancers:
Ariana Bird
Janina Clark
Allison Dorf
Christine Mathews
Caroline MacDonald
Madeline Mesa
Alisha Noles
MARCH
Choreography: Julane Stites
Dancers:
Lehann Mooyman-Beck
Addie Brown
Bette Amir-Brownstein
Erica Dawson
Emily Eisert
Marisa Husted
Shannon Redfield
Stephanie Reynolds
Meagan Smith
Elinore Webb
TREPAK
Choreography: Julane Stites
Male Ensemble:
Chase Hamilton
Ross Katen
Nick Katen
Aidan Mulrooney
Blake Teague
Andres Peraza
Female Ensemble:
LeAnn Mooyman Beck
Erica Dawson
Emily Eisert
Aubre Gilbert
Stephanie Reynolds
Elinore Webb