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Baltimore Ballet Faculty
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Cem Catbas, Artistic Director
of Baltimore Ballet School, and co-founder and Director
of Baltimore Ballet Company, danced principal roles with
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, the Istanbul State Opera and
Ballet, the Istanbul Contemporary Ballet, and the Koblenz
Ballet in Germany. Awards he has won include the 2006 and
2002 Individual Artist Award for excellence in solo dance
performance from the Maryland State Arts Council, 1st prize
in the 1st International Seleznyov Ballet Competition in
1991, and the Most Promising Dancer award from the city
of Istanbul. He has a B.F.A. with honors from the Istanbul
University State Conservatory where he studied with Ramazan
Bapov, Nikolai Morozov, and Ludmilla Morkovina. He has worked
with Ben Stevenson (Houston Ballet), Patricia Wilde (NYC
Ballet), Marianna Tcherkassky and Terrence Orr (ABT), Richard
Glasstone (Istanbul Ballet), and Kent Stowell (Pacific Northwest
Ballet), among others. He has choreographed "The Nutcracker",
"Pictures at an Exhibition", "A Gershwin
Rhapsody", "Carnival of the Animals", excerpts from "Petrouschka" and
"Scheherezade", and staged the 2nd act of "Giselle",
"Swan Lake" and "La Bayadere". He has
been a judge for several competitions. His students have
gone on to dance professionally, have won numerous awards
including 1st Prize at the regional Youth America Grand
Prix Competition, and have been accepted into the most prestigious summer
programs with full scholarships (including NYC Ballet's
School of American Ballet). He has been interviewed on WMAR-TV,
WJZ-TV, and Comcast Local Edition.
He has given Master Classes in the US, Canada, and Europe. |
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Elysabeth Catbas,
Managing Director, oversees the administration of
the school and is producer of Baltimore Ballet's performances.
She is the co-founder of Baltimore Ballet Company which is
supported in part by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and
the Arts and Comcast. She has been interviewed on CNN Headline
News/Comcast Newsmakers, WJZ-TV, WMAR-TV, and on WBJC Radio. She is also
a soprano who sang leading roles with the Zurich Opera, Prague
State Opera, Vienna Kammeroper, Koblenz Opera, L'Opera Francais,
Mannes Camerata, and appeared as soloist with the Sudwestdeutsche
Symphonie, the Neue Musik Orchester Basel, the Rheinische
Philharmonie, and the Northshore Symphony Orchestra. She has
won an Individual Artist Award in Solo Voice from the MD State
Arts Council in 2006 and 2002 as well as awards in numerous
international competitions. She is adjunct Voice Faculty of
Peabody Conservatory, Chair of the Voice Department at
the Peabody Preparatory, and Vice Presidnet of the National
Association of Teachers of Singing MD/DC Chapter. She has a B.S. in Psychology from
Tulane University and a Master of Music in Voice from the
Mannes College of Music. She has also taught at Towson University
Music Preparatory Division, Bryn Mawr School, Point Park College
and the Civic Light Opera Academy in Pittsburgh. Her students
have been accepted into the top music schools including Juilliard
and Manhattan School of Music, and have won voice scholarships
and vocal competitions.
More Detailed Biography
with Audio Clips
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Bethany Kwasniewski
has a B.A. in Dance from Mercyhurst College where she also
received a Dance Merit Scholarship. She has danced at the
Lake Erie Ballet, MD Dance Festival, Point Park International
Summer Dance, and the Verona Liturgical Dance Company. She
has years of experience teaching ballet, modern, jazz, tap,
pre ballet, and classes for children with special needs. |
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Paula Le Vere
has a B.A. in Dance from Point Park College, and danced with
Ballet Theater of Harlem and the National Ballet of Cuba.
She taught in NY at the Grace
Theater Workshop, Union City Youth Ensemble and TJE Dance
Force. She is also on the dance faculty at Baltimore School
for the Arts and
other area dance schools. |
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Miss Nella
studied at the Kiev Ballet Conservatory. She danced leading
roles with both the Donetsk Ballet and the Lvov Ballet Companies
before joining the faculty. |
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Eileen Schwartz Mitchell is a
professional modern dancer who has been a member of City
Dance Ensemble in Washington, DC and Bosma Dance. More
detailed bio coming soon.
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Liane
Kropp began her dance training and performing experience
with the Delaware Dance Company of Newark, Delaware under
Priscilla Payson. She went on to study at Towson University
and at Aesthetics Dance in Ellicott City, Maryland. She
graduated with a B.F.A. in Dance Performance and Education
from Towson University in May 2003. Her professional
experience includes dancing leading roles for The Howard
County Ballet under the direction of Kathi Ferguson and 5
years of
teaching ballet at various local schools of dance.
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Mary
Vachon....bio coming soon. |
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