Classical & Contemporary Dance Conservatory
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CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY DANCE CONSERVATORY
ALISON HENNESSEY Chair of Dance [email protected] CLASSICAL & CONTEMPORARY DANCE CONSERVATORY
Ms. Alison Hennessey The Classical & Contemporary Dance Conservatory offers students graduated from New York intensive and specialized pre-professional training in a variety of University with a Master of dance styles and disciplines, including ballet, modern, pointe, Arts in dance education, choreography and composition, dance history, and much more. ABT® pedagogy. She is also a Students are exposed to renowned guest dance instructors, graduate of Loyola Marymount university faculty, and leaders in the professional industry, who University and Orange County School of the Arts. Ms. Hennessey’s performing visit the campus to share their expertise and creativity through career has taken her across the world from New York residencies and master classes. Intended for serious, mature dancers City to Japan, where she gained dance experience with a passion for their artistry, the Classical & Contemporary Dance in concert, television, theme parks, regional musical Conservatory also offers exciting performance opportunities, allowing theatre, and international touring companies. students the chance to demonstrate the artistic skills and talents they Ms. Hennessey was an original member of BARE Contemporary Dance Company and performed the have gained throughout their time in the conservatory. role of Frenchie in the international tour of Grease the Musical. In 2011, she created and directed Friends For Japan, a Broadway community concert in New York City, which raised funds to benefit victims and survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Prior to this appointment, Ms. Hennessey was CURRICULUM the director of a dance school in the New York metropolitan area. She has won numerous awards for Acting For Dancers Dance Pedagogy her choreography on both the regional and national Anatomy for Dancers Jazz levels. Her students have gone on to dance with Ballet Modern Beyoncé, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ballet Idaho, Choreography/Composition Pointe/Variations Nashville Ballet, Dana Foglia Dance, and numerous Contemporary Professional Development others. Ms. Hennessey is an ABT® Certified Teacher Dance Conditioning Stage Makeup/Hair and has successfully completed the ABT® Teacher Training Intensive in Pre-Primary through Level 7 and Dance History Strength Training/Male Variations Partnering of the ABT® National Training Curriculum. She is also an Acrobatics Arts Certified Teacher * Please note the Classical & Contemporary Dance Conservatory curriculum is subject to change. through Level 6.
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