Andrea Joyce Lankester

 Andrea Lankester            

andrea.lankester@gmail.com

 

 

EXPERIENCE    

Ballet Fleming                          Christopher Fleming, Artistic Director

Cincinnati Ballet                       Victoria Morgan, Artistic Director 

Lake Erie Ballet                        Alethea Bodine, Artistic Director

The Mercyhurst Dancers          Tauna Hunter, Artistic Director

Liturgical Dance Ensemble       C. Noelle Partusch, Director 

Univ. of NCSA                           Ethan Stiefel, Dean of Dance

 

REPERTOIRE    

Classical and Neo-Classical     

Paquita, The Nutcracker, Firebird, Square Dance, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Don Quixote, Swan Lake (Act II), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet    

 

Contemporary Choreography by     

Christopher Fleming, Thomas Gant, Jr., Rachael Gnatowski, Susan McCullough, Jennifer Porteous, Eden Mishler, Tess Sinke, Anastasia Welsh, Sarah Grace 

 

TRAINING 

Mercyhurst University, Univ. of North Carolina School of the Arts, Cincinnati Ballet    

 

Ballet/Pointe/Pas de Deux      Tauna Hunter, Melissa Bobick, Christine Hay, Michael Gleason, C. Noelle Partusch, Susan                                                       McCullough, Christine Spizzo, Warren Conover, Fanchon Cordell, Frank Smith, Ethan Stiefel,                                                   Nigel Burley, Meridith Benson, Jennifer Porteous, Nancy Fountain, Daniel Simmons,

                                                Mario de la Nuez, Dayna Fox, Valentine Liberatore

Jazz/tap                                   Mark Santillano    

Modern/Composition               Mark Santillano, Solveig Santillano, Brenda Daniels, Patricia Casey, Sean Sullivan, Diane                                                         Markham, Paige Cunningham

Other/Conditioning                  Jacqui Haas, Solveig Santillano

 

SUMMER WORKSHOPS/MASTER CLASSES/RESIDENCIES

The School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Boston Ballet, Houston Ballet, Orlando Ballet

 

Ballet/Pointe/Pas de Deux       Kay Mazzo, Katrina Killian, Darci Kistler, Susan Pilarre, Suki Schorer, Jock Soto, Geta                                                              Constantinescu, Carter Alexander, Edward Villella, Claudio Munoz, Sabrina Lenzi, Susan                                                          Bryant, Sally Rojas, Robert Hill, Dierdre Miles Burger, Natasha Glos, Kim Marsh, Olivier                                                            Munoz, Suzanne Farrell, Thom Clower, Cameron Basden, Lisa de Ribere

Jazz/tap                                    Trevor Sones    

Modern/Composition                Maria Caruso, Jon Lehrer, Meredith Lyons                

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Mercyhurst University               B.A. Degree in Dance, B.A. Degree in Biology, Dance Merit and Academic scholarships, GPA                                                        3.7, Nu Delta Alpha Dance Honor Society, Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society, Youth America                                                          Grand Prix Finalist

Camp Cody                                Dance Instructor, ballet, jazz, hip hop, modern, middle eastern, ages 7-15

Orlando Ballet                            Resident Assistant, ages 12-19

UNCSA                                      Resident Counselor, ages 10-17

Modeling                                    Dance Anatomy by Jacqui Greene Haas

 

REFERENCES

Available upon request