Gerard Ebitz (305) 915-5217 [email protected]

EDUCATION

University of Florida/New World School of the Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts

School of American New York, New York Full Scholarship, Ford Foundation

The Finis Jhung School The David Howard School The Robert Denvers School The Maggie Black School New York, New York

Professional Children's School New York, New York High School Diploma

Miami Conservatory Full Scholarship, Ford Foundation

National Ballet School Toronto, Canada Full Scholarship, National Ballet of Canada

International Dance/Drama Workshop Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Full Scholarship

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

New World School of the Arts, 1988-2021 Miami, Florida

Associate Professor Senior with the Department of Dance. Duties include teaching classes in ballet, repertory, and pedagogy to high school through university students, choreographing works for the Dance, Theatre, and Music Departments, auditioning incoming students, as well as, rehearsing, coaching, counseling, and working with

students after hours, in addition to conducting classes for the National High School Festival and assisting in off-campus student performances.

Miami City Ballet School, 2013-2017 Miami, Florida Directed by Lourdes Lopez/Darlene Callaghan

Dance Alive!, summer intensive 2017-2019 Gainesville, Florida Directed by Kim Tuttle

The Ballet School, 2013 summer program Savannah, Georgia Directed by Heidi Carter

The University of Miami Theatre Department, 2011-13 Miami, Florida Directed by Christine Kellogg

Charlotte Ballet (North Carolina Dance Theatre), 2001-13, 2017-2019 summer programs Charlotte, North Carolina Directed by Darlene Callaghan/Aishia McMillian-Cravatta

La Grand Diva, 2003 company class New York City, New York Ballet Master, Paul Boos

University of Miami Summer Arts Institute/Dance, 2000 Miami, Florida Directed by Virginia B. Shuker

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 1997 company class Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Directed by Terry Orr

Rochester City Ballet, 1997 summer program Rochester, New York Directed by Tim Draper

Ballet Classique, 1992-94 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Directed by Magda Aunon

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, 1992 summer program Carlisle, Pennsylvania Directed by Marcia Dale Weary

Dance Alive!, 1992 master classes Gainesville, Florida Directed by Kim Tuttle

Governor's School for the Arts, 1992 summer program Greenville, South Carolina Directed by Virginia Uldrick Jazzeria Dance Center, 1983 -1984 Zurich, Switzerland Directed by Aninko Czisky

Zurich Opera Ballet, 1981-1984 company class Zurich, Switzerland Directed by Patricia Neary

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program 2006

Downstage Miami Program for Playwrights Selected 2001-02; 2002-03

Individual Choreographic Fellowship State of FL, 1992-93; 1997-98

Honorable Mention /National Choreographic Plan 1991

Selected to Choreograph for the Carlisle Project 1991-93

Ford Foundation Scholarship Student 1969-75

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Ballet Randolph Artistic Director Founding Member Miami, Florida 1990-93 1988-90

New World School of the Arts Faculty/Choreographer Miami, Florida 1988-2021

Miami City Ballet Founding Member Miami, Florida 1986-88

Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Seattle, Washington 1984-86

Zurich Ballet Principal Dancer Zurich, Switzerland 1981-84

New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet with Solo Roles New York, New York 1974-81

GUEST ARTIST ROLES

From The Horse’s Mouth Miami Performance

Ballet International German Tour (Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg)

The Ballet du Nord Lille, France

The Lone Star Ballet Amarillo, Texas

The Miami Ballet Miami, Florida

Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre United States Tour Bonnefous and Company

Peter Martins and Dancers New York State Tour

TELEVISION/FILM

The Nutcracker 1986 Live from Lincoln Center (Coppelia) 1981 Dance in America/P.B.S. (Emeralds, Violin Concerto) New York City Ballet 1976

REPERTOIRE GERARD EBITZ has danced leading roles in the following :

George Balanchine Allegro Brillante Four Seasons Evenings Waltzes Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Jacques d'Amboise Divertimento No.15 Tchaikovsky Suite No.2 Donizetti Variations Irish Fantasy Emeralds Episodes Jean-Pierre Bonnefous Glinka Pas de Trois Nuit à Lisbon Midsummer NIght's Dream Haydn Concerto Minkus Pas de Trois Nutcracker (Cavalier) Kent Stowell Hail to the Conquering Hero Stars and Stripes Sonatine La Bergère Celimène Square Dance Ravenna Seattle Slew Tarantella Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Tchaikovsky, Suite #3 (Elegy) Peter Martins Valse Fantaisie Sonati del Scarlatti Violin Concerto Who Cares? John Clifford Western Symphony Fantasies

Christopher Bruce Patricia Neary Ghost Dances Jazzific Kalman Waltz Vincente Nebrada Percussion for Six Men Colleen Neary Winter Dreams Rudolf Nureyev Manfred Frederick Ashton Don Quixote Cinderella (pas de deux)

August Bournonville Heinz Spoerli Folk Tale (pas de sept) Giselle Flower Festival (pas de deux) Laszlo Seregi Jiri Kylian Nursery Songs Symphony in D Roberto Fracilla Jürg Bürth Aida (Triumphmarch) Kindertötenlieder West Side Story Gerri Houlihan Lumina

CHOREOGRAPHY BY GERARD EBITZ (partial list)

2020 Hall of Glass Mirrors Thomas Armour Youth Ballet Miami. Florida

2019 Go Rocco Charlotte Ballet/Dance Alive Summer Intensive Charlotte, North Carolina/Gainesville, Florida

Mourning Light New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Tumble Weeds Thomas Armour Youth Ballet Miami. Florida

2018 North by Northeast (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2017 Triptych New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Danza nei Giardini di una Contessa New World School of the Arts (re-staging) Miami, Florida

Firebird (re-staging) Dance Alive Gainesville, Florida

2016 Sixteen Miami City Ballet School Pre Professional II

A Place I’ve Never Been (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Tuxedo Park (re-staging) New World School of the Arts

2015 A Place I’ve Never Been Miami City Ballet School Pre Professional II

Danza nei Giardini di una Contessa Thomas Armour Youth Ballet Miami, Florida

Sunshine State (re-staging) New World School of the Arts National High School Dance Festival Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Frost (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

2014 Sunshine State Miami City Ballet School Pre Professional II

Away New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

2013 Tuxedo Park New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Closet 5716 New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Seven for Eight Thomas Armour Youth Ballet Miami, Florida 2012 Serenade New World School of the Arts (Rehearsal Director) Miami, Florida

They Came from the North New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2011 Arno New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Die Tanzenden Prinzessinnen New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Passengers (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

2010 Train Travel New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Passengers (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

2009 North by Northeast (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Next 8 Miles Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Jacksonville, Florida

2008 Remembrances New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2007 New Old World New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2006 Frost New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2005 Sieben Tanzen New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Trio (re-staging) Ballet International Miami, Florida

Firebird (re-staging) Dance Alive! Gainesville, Florida 2004 Faith New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2003 North by Northeast (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2002 Reunion (re-staging) New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 2001 Snail Mail Rosario Suarez, Solo Artist Miami, Florida 2000 Ghosts Dance Alive! Gainesville, Florida 1999 Firebird Dance Alive! Gainesville, Florida

Working (Choreography/staging of two-act musical) Miami-Dade College Miami, Florida 1998 Reunion Freddick Bratcher and Company Miami, Florida

1997 Forest Walk Rochester City Ballet Rochester, New York

Before We Were Young New World School of the Arts (Original music Bruce Lazarus) Miami, Florida

1996 All in the Timing Acme Acting Company (Movement and Choreography) Miami, Florida

Avernus New World School of the Arts (Original music Bruce Lazarus) Miami, Florida

1995 Rapsodia Privada Juegos del Arte Miami, Florida 1994 Up Root Freddick Bratcher and Company Miami, Florida

Travelers’ Rest Ballet Jorgen Toronto, Canada

To Grandma’s House Dancewave Miami, Florida 1993 Night Fog Ballet Randolph Miami, Florida

Passengers New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Valse and Tango Carlisle Project Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1992 Broken Forks Ballet Randolph (Original music Max Vanderbeek) Miami, Florida

North by Northeast New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida

Help; Help the Globilinks New World School of the Arts (Opera in one act) Miami, Florida

Haydn Excursion Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (Presented at Midstates Northeast Regional Ballet Association in Chicago, IL. Received honorable mention by The National Choreographic Plan.)

1991 Trio Cycle Ballet Randolph Miami, Florida

1990 Company(Choreography/staging of two-act musical)Miami-Dade College Miami, Florida

Court Dance Ballet Classique (Selected and presented at the S.E.R.B.A. Festival) Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Milhaund Mellee New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 1989 Traveler Ballet Randolph Miami, Florida

Rustic Wedding Ballet Theatre of Miami Miami, Florida

Corelli Variations New World School of the Arts Miami, Florida 1988 Distant Dream Ballet Randolph Miami, Florida 1987 Les Six Dance Alive! Gainesville, Florida 1986 Nocturne Ballet International Zurich, Switzerland 1981 Five Joplin Place Lonestar Ballet (Performed by members of the New York City Ballet) Amarillo, Texas

1973-74 America City Center of Music/Drama Education Department New York, New York