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Meet our staff |
Heather ZampierDirector,
Dance Academy
of Severna Park |
Heather began dancing at the age
of three at Calvert School of Dance. Throughout her fifteen years spent training there, she won
numerous awards, competitions, and scholarships. Heather received the Maryland Distinguished
Artist Scholarship. She enrolled as a dance major at Towson University, where she performed
the role of Arabian in The Nutcracker, in addition to working with many famous choreographers
such as Stephen Greenston of The Stuttgart Ballet, Carlos Rincones, and Geoffrey Holder.
She went on to perform professionally in Disneyland's Snow White: An Enchanting Musical
for their live shows in Anaheim, CA. In 2007, Heather was a featured dancer on the premier episode
of Fox's hit show, "So You Think You Can Dance". |
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Barbara HaskellDirector,
Chesapeake Ballet Company |
With over 20 years of teaching experience
with all ages and levels of dance, Barbara opened The Dance Academy of Severna Park in 1993. In
an effort to provide a fun and friendly atmosphere in which to learn dance, she decided to create
a studio that would encourage artistic expression while building self esteem. The studio was expanded
in 1998 and then again in 2002 to provide larger, state-of-the-art facilities. In 2004, Barbara founded
the Chesapeake Ballet Company to give area dancers the opportunity to perform in professionally-staged
ballets. The Chesapeake Ballet Company has performed The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Snow White,
and a special dual performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Snow Queen.
In 2007, Barbara entrusted the studio that she had built to Heather
Zampier knowing she would continue the teaching traditions and loving atmosphere that had been her vision.
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Ashley GendronAdministrative Assistant |
Ashley Gendron started
dancing at Alice’s Dancing Corner in New Jersey. After moving to
Maryland in 1996 she began training at The Dance Academy of Severna Park.
Here, she grew as a student through participation in the Star Troupe,
as an assistant teacher and eventually teaching classes on her own. During
high school, Ashley was a member of both The Severna Park Dance Team and
Advance Dance Company. Ashley was a performer in The Chesapeake Ballet
Co, a local youth ballet company. With them, she danced title roles in
Cinderella, Snow White, as well as Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow
Queen and Dew Drop in annual performances of The Nutcracker. She
furthered her training during the summer with intensive programs at The
Virginia School of the Arts and Joffrey Ballet School.
During her first two years at The University of Maryland she was a member
of The University of Maryland Dance Team, appearing at events on campus
and performing at all home football and basketball games. Now entering
her junior year, Ashley has chosen to focus on earning a degree in business
and reinstating Star Troupe II for The Dance Academy of Severna Park. |
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Dmitri Malikov,
Ninel CherevkoBallet Teachers |
Dmitri Malikov is a 1987 graduate of the famed Bolshoi
Ballet Academy in Moscow, and Ninel Cherevko is a 1991 graduate of the Lvov Choreographic Institute in
Ukraine. They met in 1993 when Ninel joined the Donetsk Ballet, where Dmitri had been performing since 1987.
Malikov and Cherevko have also been principal dancers with the Lvov Ballet Theatre in Ukraine and the
Moscow City Ballet.
In 1994 and 1995 they danced in the International Festival “Stars
of World Ballet,” and in 1995 they were both promoted to the Highest Category Ballet Artist. They
have performed in the United Kingdom, Poland, Estonia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore and
Italy, and Malikov is featured in the 2002 book A Young Dancer’s Apprenticeship: On Tour with the
Moscow City Ballet. They came to the United States in 1999 to become principal dancers with the Ballet
Theatre of Maryland under the direction of Edward Stewart. Both Malikov and Cherevko have been teaching,
coaching and choreographing for young dancers in the area since they arrived in Annapolis. Dmitri has been
teaching at the Dance Academy of Severna Park since 2001 and has staged The Nutcracker (2003, 2004),
Sleeping Beauty (2003), Cinderella (2004), and together with Ninel, Coppelia (2005).
Ninel joined the staff of The Dance Academy of Severna Park in 2004. |
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Lindsay MooreDance Teacher |
Lindsay Moore started dancing at the Dance Academy of Severna
Park when it first opened in 1993. Through the years, she was a student,
a member of the original Star Troupe, an assistant teacher, and a teacher/choreographer
with DASP. During high school, she was also a member of the Chesapeake Ballet
Company, the Anne Arundel County All County Dance Ensemble, and the Severna
Park High School Advanced Dance Company, of which she was captain in her
senior year. Through her participation in regional and national competitions,
festivals, and auditions, she has won many awards and scholarships, including
a full scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensive awarded
by the Maryland Council for Dance.
Lindsay went on to continue her education at Point Park University's Conservatory
of Performing Arts, where as an Apprentice, she was able to study with and perform
the works of some of the best faculty, guest artists, and fellow students in the country.
In May 2009, she graduated Magna Cum Laude, receiving a degree in Dance Performance
with a concentration in Jazz and a minor in Education. She now lives in
Washington, D.C., where in addition to teaching at several studios, she
is a member of two local dance companies, DanceAntonini and the Capitol
Movement Dance Company. |
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Noelle ReeseBallet Teacher |
Ms. Reese teaches master classes and adjudicates competitions
around the country. She received her B.F.A. in Performing Arts/Dance
and is also a certified yoga teacher. Noelle has danced a variety of
roles in classics such as Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Les
Sylphides, Giselle, Raymonda, La Bayadere and The
Nutcracker along with numerous original ballet and contemporary works.
Mrs. Reese has choreographed and acted
as dance consultant for several independent films, expos and photo shoots,
as well as producing original works for several private companies and studios.
She has appeared in campaigns for companies including Anheuser-Busch and
Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
As an instructor she has seen her students accepted to prestigious scholarship
and summer programs and go on to work professionally not only as concert
dancers in the U.S. and Europe but in Broadway shows including "Legally
Blonde" and "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" and movies
like "High School Musical 3" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button". |
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