| Ms.
Young received her formal training with the San Francisco Ballet
School and the University of Utah. Joining Ballet West she rose
to become the youngest principal dancer with a major American
ballet company, touring extensively throughout the United States
and Europe, performing a diversified classical repertoire in
addition to modern and contemporary works. Ms. Young has been
the motivating force behind Pasadena Dance Theatre since 1981.
Since then she has created many original works for the company
and been the recipient of numerous awards and honors for her
choreography. Ms. Young has taught master classes and choreographed
for companies throughout the Southwest and Western United States.
She is currently a member of the dance faculty at the California
Institute of the Arts and is Chair of the Dance School for the
annual California State Summer School of the Arts. She is currently
choreographing a new production, Beauty and the Beast, to be
premiered in Pasadena Dance Theatre's 2006/07 Season.. |
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Laurence
Blake graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts and
joined Joffrey II and then the Joffrey Ballet, working with
notable choreographers Glen Tetley, Sir Frederick Ashton, Gerald
Arpino, Robert Joffrey and Twyla Tharp. After moving to Los
Angeles, he was a guest artist with the Pacific Northwest Ballet,
California Ballet and the Nevada Dance Theatre. Mr. Blake has
set original works throughout the West and has been resident
choreographer for the Los Angeles Chamber Ballet, Hawaii Ballet
Theatre and Pasadena Dance Theatre. His choreography has been
nominated for numerous awards, including the Lester Horton Dance
Award in 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997. In 1998 he received the
Regional Dance America National Choreography Plan Award for
his ballet Holberg Suite. Mr. Blake has appeared in several
television dance specials, and has been on the dance faculty
of the California Institute of the Arts since 1982. He was the
recipient of an individual artist grant from the Pasadena Cultural
Affairs Division for his collaborative work with Pasadena composer
Cary Belling and several local musicians. |
