Lrtaylorstudio.com
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Lisa Taylor Academy of Ballet & Dance Arts, Buffalo, NY - Home
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Excerpted from the website:
- Academy Faculty 2007-2008
- Lisa Taylor - Director Mrs.Taylor is the owner and director of Lisa Taylor Academy of Ballet and Dance Arts, now beginning its 14th year in North Buffalo. She received her main training as a performer and teacher of classical ballet from Norma Ferrara Gelose of the Ferrara Studio of Ballet Arts. She also studied modern dance technique under Marie Ziccarelli, tap, and several styles of jazz, Character Dance, and Mime Theater. Mrs. Taylor was a performer, rehearsal director, and choreographer for the Young Dancers' Workshop, Ken-Ton Ballet, and National Theatre of Dance from 1976 - 1990 during which time she performed leading roles in Les Patinuers, Rodeo, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Les Sylphides, Coppelia, and Swan Lake; as well as children's ballets Fox Hunt, Hansel and Gretel, and Peter and the Wolf, and Mime Theater. She is a Fellow member of the Cecchetti Council of America through which she holds Professional Advanced Teaching Certification. She has 29 years of experience teaching dance. She has directed liturgical dance at several area churches as well as presenting workshops in liturgical dance. Mrs. Taylor also directs the Academy's performing troupe, which performs children's works at area schools and church and community functions, and the Towne Players' annual Christmas Show. She has taught dance for the Arts in Education Institute of Western New York for more than 10 years, and worked with Pick of the Crop Dance as a Teaching Artist, Rehearsal Director, and Assistant Production Manager for 8 years. Mrs. Taylor was also on faculty in the Fine Arts Department at the Buffalo Seminary for 5 years, and recently created a dance education program for Oracle Charter School in Buffalo. Other professional affiliations include the National Dance Association and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
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