Advanced Level Technique is designed for those who are proficient in executing technique cleanly and clearly.
This level focuses on quality of movement, phrasing, and interpretation of musicality. Dancers will learn to express the artistry, musicality and creativity within the form at an advanced level in this class.
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Elizabeth Yilmaz-Dobrowis a professional dancer and teacher in New York City. She received her B.A in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College where she now serves on the Dance Advisory Board. She is a former company member with Ballet Hispanico of New York.
This is Elizabeth’s eighth season dancing with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Productions at the Metropolitan Opera include Bluebeard’s Castle, Werther, Die Zauberflöte, Parsifal, Manon, La Traviata, Aida, The Magic Flute and Tannhäuser. ...
This is Elizabeth’s eighth season dancing with The Metropolitan Opera Ballet. Productions at the Metropolitan Opera include Bluebeard’s Castle, Werther, Die Zauberflöte, Parsifal, Manon, La Traviata, Aida, The Magic Flute and Tannhäuser. The last five of which have been transmitted live in HD to over 70 countries across the globe. Elizabeth also manages the Met Opera Ballet Instagram page and serves on the Creative Committee, Dancers of the Met.
Elizabeth toured internationally with Angelina Ballerina, The Musical, danced at Walt Disney World, and is a proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artist Union. Elizabeth teaches dance throughout the United States. Most recently teaching ballet and musical theatre for Joffery Ballet, Regional Dance America, Mile Square Theatre, Marymount Girls School, the Passport to learning project in New Jersey, the National Choreography Intensive and private lessons in Manhattan, Metro-Atlanta, and virtually.
Photo Credit: Richard Calmes
Ballet (Intermediate/Advanced)
Pedro Ruiz is a celebrated international choreographer and dancer who was born and trained in Cuba, and later in Venezuela. During his 21-year career with Ballet Hispanico as a principal dancer, Ruiz choreographed three critically acclaimed ballets for the company, among them Club Havana, which has become a signature piece for the company. Last November, he premiered La Estancia for the New Jersey Ballet, alongside cellist YoYo Ma and Wynton Marsalis at NJPAC. On July 25, 2023, Ruiz will have a world premiere at the Baand Together Dance Festival of his new work Pas de ...
Pedro Ruiz is a celebrated international choreographer and dancer who was born and trained in Cuba, and later in Venezuela. During his 21-year career with Ballet Hispanico as a principal dancer, Ruiz choreographed three critically acclaimed ballets for the company, among them Club Havana, which has become a signature piece for the company. Last November, he premiered La Estancia for the New Jersey Ballet, alongside cellist YoYo Ma and Wynton Marsalis at NJPAC. On July 25, 2023, Ruiz will have a world premiere at the Baand Together Dance Festival of his new work Pas de O'Farill, a collaboration between Ballet Hispánico and New York City Ballet, commissioned by Lincoln Center. In February 2010, Mr. Ruiz created The Windows Project, a groundbreaking endeavor celebrating the art of dance as a cultural bridge between the U.S. and Cuba, which was captured in a PBS Emmy-nominated documentary in 2011 called: Coming Home. As a dancer, Ruiz was distinguished with a Bessie Award, the New York Dance World’s highest honor, the Choo-San Goh Award, The Cuban Artists Fund Award and The Joyce Foundation Award. For 10 years, Ruiz was Resident Artist of the Arnhold Graduate Dance Education Program at Hunter. He has also taught master classes and performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Central and South America. Today he is on the dance faculty of Hunter College, Marymount College, The Ailey School, Pace University and 92NY Harkness Dance Center and teaches company class for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ballet Hispanico.
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