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Steve Beirens started his studies at the age of twelve, at The National Ballet School of Antwerp, Belgium, under the direction of Jos Brabants. There he was taught by Annie Vancauwenbergh, Tom Vancauwenbergh, Pavel Vokum, Stephan Schuller and Alexander Prokofiev. During his studies, Steve also worked with The Royal Ballet of Flanders, directed by Valery Panov. He also was selected to participate in The Rencontres Internationales de La Baule in
Following graduation(1989), Beirens danced for one season with Le Jeune Ballet de France, where his numerous solo and principal roles included those in Flames of Paris, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, La Fille Mal Gardee, Don Quixote and Le Corsaire, among others.
From 1990 to 1991 Beirens danced with The Zuricher Ballet, under the direction of Uwe Scholtz. During this season, he danced many solo roles in Scholtz’s choreography, including Schopfung, Schuman Symfonie, Tausend Grusse and Tocatta, as well as the Pas de Huit in La Sylphide.
In January of 1992, Pierre Wyss invited Beirens to Wiesbaden Ballet to perform the role of Apollo in his ballet Oedipus. In September of the same year, Steve joined The Royal Ballet of Flanders, directed by Robert D’envers. There he worked with such choreographers as Paolo Bartolucci, Peter Anastos, Attilion Labis and Menia Martinez.
Ricardo Cue invited Beirens, while he was dancing with The Royal Ballet of Flanders, to participate in a gala performance in
In October 1995, Beirens joined The Joffrey Ballet of
From January 2001 trough December 2005, Beirens has worked as a Guest Dancer and Coach in numerous companies across the United States, including Tulsa Ballet, The Civic Ballet of Chicago, Maddison Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Dance Galaxy, Westside Ballet, LA Dance Theater, LA Chamber Ballet and New Mexico Ballet. Since 2003 he has been invited to teach and coach in Ballet Schools across the
In April 2007 he was appointed the position of Artistic Director of Ballet Quad Cities, were he served for one season. During the season he choreographed ballets including The Nutcracker, Sentimenti, and Coppelia.
As of August 2008 Steve Beirens is a Faculty Member of The Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Dance Department. In 2009 he is on the faculty for St Romain Dance Academy.
Hannah Dorfmueller began her formal ballet training in the Greater Cincinnati under former Cincinnati Ballet principal dancers and current Joffrey Academy of Dance Artistic Directors Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik. At the same time she studied modern under former Dayton Contemporary Dance Company dancer Terrence Greene. In summer intensives she studied under coaches such as Bolshoi Master Teacher Aleksander Bondarenko and former prima ballerina of the Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theater Eleanor D’Antuono. Ms. Dorfmueller attended the prestigious Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts two year residency program where she studied under Elena Tchernichova, former Ballet Mistress for American Ballet Theater and coach to Mikhail Baryshnikov. While at Nutmeg she was chosen to perform choreography created and coached by Momix Director Moses Pendleton. Ms. Dorfmueller joined Ballet Quad Cities in the 2002 though 2008 where she performed many principal and soloist roles in choreographies by Johanne Jackelln, Mathew Keefe, Deanna Carter and Steve Beirens.
Throughout Ms. Dorfmueller’s career she has enjoyed teaching and coaching in pre-professional schools as well as developing and fulfilling outreach programs in elementary schools.
Ann Marie DeAngelo, former principal dancer with The Joffrey Ballet, is an artistic director, choreographer, teacher and producer. She was a founder of her own experimental troupe in the late-80's called Ballet D'Angelo, which toured extensively in Europe; founding Artist Director of Ballet de Monterrey-the first privately funded arts organization in Mexico; and Associate Director of The Joffrey Ballet.
Ms. DeAngelo has created nearly 50 works which include: Zeitgeist I & II; The Last of the Best; Gypsie Band-all full-evening works; Paradise, Mademoiselle de Maupin, and several works for Ballet de Monterrey; works for The Joffrey Ballet, The National Ballet of Cuba, Ohio Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Oregon Ballet Theater, Ballet Pacifica, Nevada Ballet Theater, BalletNY, Goucher College, Marrymout Manhattan College, and ABT Studio Co. Ms. DeAngelo created a one act ghost story based on The Bell Witch with original music by Conni Ellisor. The work used 3-D scenic design with 3-D glasses for the audiences, and was performed by The Nashville Ballet. The Bell Witch was nominated for a "Benois de la Danse" Award and a segment was performed at the Bolshoi Theater, Moscow. She participated with Linne-Taylor Corbett, Peter Pucci, and James Sewell, in the inaugural season of The National Choreography Initiative. And Ms. DeAngelo choreographed for Dance Break 2006, a high-profie showcase for choreographers in the Broadway community.
Ms. DeAngelo has created and produced shows and events such as "The Variety Show-Jugglin' Styles" featuring award winning artists such as juggler/illusionist Michael Moschen; environmental visionary Johanne Haigood; performance artist Ann Carlson; Hip Hop pioneer Steve "Mr. Wiggles" Clemente; and US Team rhythmic gymnast Charlene Edwards; "An Evening of Jazz and Dance" for Boy Harbor in East Hampton; Shall We Dance; Dancing on Air; That's Entertainment; and One World Gala Shows, for Career Transition for Dancers at City Center in New York.
Ms. DeAngelo has taught for numerous dance companies, universities and summer courses. She continues to teach workshops to non-dancers at high-end resorts and spas such as Rancho La Puerta. She was movement coach to Bette Midler.
Her non-profit company, Projectdance, Inc., has a mission to develop, promote and produce collaborative dance related projects between artists.
Mr. Thyberg studied classical ballet on full scholarship at Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts and made his debut as a dancer in the role of Franz in Nutmeg Ballet's Coppelia opposite Victoria Mazzarelli. He later trained and performed with Patricia Wilde's Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre ll. At Rudi van Dantzig's invitation, he completed a teaching internship (Vaganova Method) at the Dutch National Ballet School. Several years later he was one of only ten American teachers selected to receive pedagogical training in the Paris Opera Ballet School's syllabus with Claude Bessy and Serge Golovine.
Mr. Thyberg choreographed his first ballet World of Wonders in 1989, commissioned by the Nutmeg Ballet. He was immediately engaged as the company's Resident Choreographer and Ballet Master. From 1989-95 he created six original ballets including Shostakovich Cello Concerto (a.k.a. Con.chair.to), The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra and Katabasis. He collaborated with Eleanor D'Antuono on an abstract concert version of Swan Lake in 1994. The following year he was appointed Artistic Director of Evansville Dance Theatre and its official school. During his tenure in Indiana he founded the Ohio River Dance Project, touring new productions of The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Coppelia. He staged the original evening-length works Farewell Debut and Ballet on the Radio and choreographed the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ravinia Festival premiere of Tales and Scales' Medusa. He has also been a frequent Guest Company Teacher for Moses Pendleton's MOMIX.
From 1998-2002, Mr. Thyberg was on the senior faculty of Ballet Academy East (NYC) and for six summers he taught at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. Forming a close bond with CPYB founder Marcia Dale Weary, he studied her uniquely successful syllabus for developing young virtuoso dancers. During this time he also received numerous choreographic commissions from companies and schools: Guided in Essentials (2000) and Sinfonia Sacra (2001) for University of the Arts (Philadelphia), Godspeed (2000) and Shostakovich Cello Concerto for Allegheny Ballet. The latter work featured Georgina Pazcoguin and Tyler Angle (currently with NYCB) performing at the 2000 Northeast Regional Dance America Gala. He has staged work at SUNY/Purchase and Barnard College. Mr. Thyberg has received several commissions to choreograph contemporary ballet variations and ensemble pieces for medalists and finalists at the Prix de Lausanne, New York International Ballet Competition and Youth America Grand Prix. From 2002-06, Thyberg was Resident Choreographer and Associate Artistic Director of The Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts.
Mr. Thyberg and Kyle Passaro founded Dansereye Productions in 2003. Three galas - The Persistence of Vision (2003), The Continuous Vivid Dream (2004) and The Suspension of Disbelief (2005) -were presented at the Warner Theatre, Torrington, Connecticut. These performances featured dancers, mostly former students, from American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, Miami City Ballet, MOMIX, New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet and Staatsballett Berlin. Guest Artists have included Ethan Stiefel, Gillian Murphy, Alexandra Ansanelli and Damian Woetzel. Dansereye has premiered three ballets by Mr. Thyberg: Mirth (2003), The Slice (2004) and Scrape Dances (2005). Jennifer Dunning wrote in the New York Times, "For sheer fun, nothing quite equaled Scott Thyberg's deliciously silly new Slice."