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DIRECTOR: Henry Berg With a career that spans over three decades in dance, film, television, theatre and academia, Mr. Berg has established himself as one of the foremost dance teachers in the country. His guest teaching engagements include annual seminars for The Boston Ballet, The Academia Ana Pavlova in Bogota, and Dance Educators of America as well as visits with Joffrey Ballet. In 1992 Mr. Berg traveled to Japan where he taught seminars in both Tokyo and Nagoya. His own career as a dancer began in Hollywood films. In 1962 he joined the San Francisco Ballet and in 1967 he joined The Joffrey Ballet. He assisted choreographer Twyla Tharp in New York until he returned to San Francisco where he created the Pacific Ballet Company. He joined the faculty of the San Francisco Ballet where he taught until 1991. He now conducts a rehabilitation class for injured dancers at SFB. Mr. Berg taught at City Ballet for fourteen years until May of 2003. |
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TEACHER: Charles Torres Charles was born in Mesa, Arizona. He began his ballet training under Judy Churma and Florence Davich. He received full scholarships to San Francisco Ballet School, Cleveland Ballet School, Royal Danish Ballet School Workshops, School of American Ballet, and Arizona State University. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree from St. Mary’s College and begins his Master’s in the fall of 2006. His wide range as a performing artist encompasses the contemporary works of Balanchine and other 20th century choreographers as well as the full-length classics. Since 1998, Charles has been a principal guest artist with several bay area companies; Peninsula Ballet Theatre, Diablo Ballet and Company C. He has danced principal roles for Smuin Ballets for choreographer and director Michael Smuin. Charles began his teaching career in 1989. He is currently teaching with the Ballet Studio and is on the faculty of Stapleton School of Performing Arts and is a guest teacher at the San Francisco Dance Center (home of Lines Ballet). His teaching career has include the Sacramento Ballet, Western Ballet School San Jose Dance Theatre, Loyola Marymount University, Stanford University, and Westside Ballet. He has been teaching with The Ballet Studio for three years. |
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TEACHER : Andre Reyes Andre Reyes received his early dance training from his parents Benjamin Reyes and Josefa Villanueva at Santa Clara Ballet School and continued his training at Joffrey American Ballet Center, American Ballet Theater School, School of American Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet School. Andre performed as a Principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet from 1980 to 1993, and Pacific Northwest Ballet from 1994 to 1996. He has worked with numerous world-renowned choreographers including David Bintley, Elliot Feld, James Kudelka, Jiri Kylian, Michael Smuin, and Glen Tetley. More recently, Andre performed as a guest artist with the Lawrence Pech Dance Company in San Francisco. His work in television includes Dance in America's "Cinderella" (Smuin/Christensen) and "The Tempest" (Smuin), as well as appearances in "Suites by Smuin" (KQED) and "Symphony in Three Movements" (KQED, Gladstein). |
