San Pedro Ballet School Faculty
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Cynthia Bradley
Artistic Director
Mrs. Bradley began her studies at the school of the Atlanta Ballet Company. Later she studied with New York City Ballet's School of American Ballet. She joined the Virginia Ballet Company, under the direction of Oleg Tupine; the Louisville Ballet Company, under the direction of Richard Munro; the San Diego Ballet Company, under the direction of Keith Martin; and the North San Diego County Ballet, under the direction of Victor Moreno. As well as choreographing many original works, she has staged “The Nutcracker,” “ Coppelia,” and “Swan Lake”. Ms. Bradley co-founded Jetsetter Productions in 2005 and created “Shag With a Twist” with world-renowned artist Josh Agle aka Shag. The dance musical premiered at the Los Angeles Theatre Center and won an Ovation award for best costume design, was nominated for eight Lester Horton Awards and had an extended run in Las Vegas in 2007. |
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Patrick Bradley
Artistic Director
Patrick David Bradley has been teaching and dancing in the greater Los Angeles area since 1978. Mr. Bradley holds a BA in studio art and an MA in Intra-Media Art and Performance from California State University at Domiguez Hills. He started dance at Los Angeles Harbor College, then at California State University at Dominguez Hills, continued at Western Michigan University, danced with the CSU Dominguez Hills Dance Company, Angels Gate Dance Company, Loyola Marymount Dance Company and Rose Polsky and Dancers. He was founding director of Matrix Performance Art Company and currently teaches art at San Pedro High School. His works have been featured on many programs including SOLA, Celebrate Dance, California Choreography Festival, Los Angeles Harbor Arts Festival, Dance Under the Stars, and The Los Angeles Dance Invitational. In 2003 San Pedro City Ballet was nominated for a Lester Horton Award for Excellence In Performance for Mr. Bradley's work "Light," and in 2007, Mr. Bradley received a nomination for Excellence In Choreography, Short Form, for "Silence." |
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Cathleen Egasani
Instructor
Cathleen trained in the Vaganova method of ballet in San Diego at the Pieknik's School of Classical Ballet. She has been dancing for over 20 years and has been teaching for over 10 years. Cathleen graduated from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in Dance. She has danced with Mandala DanceWorks, a modern dance company in Orange County directed and choreographed by Karin Jensen. She has studied with various artists such as Nancy Colohan, Christopher Pilafian, Jerry Pearson, Valerie Huston and many others. Using a strong ballet background she believes that ballet is the foundation of all dance due to the discipline, strength and technique of this traditional form of art. She is currently pursuing her pilates instructor certification. Cathleen is a firm believer in expanding dance ability training yourself to learn everything that is offered because you never know what can inspire you. |
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Marni Brewster
Instructor
Marni recently moved to Long Beach to pursue her MFA in Theatre Management at Cal State, Long Beach. She recently graduated cum laude from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with her BA in Theatre Arts. Marni grew up performing all over California's central coast and then began dancing competitively throughout the state. She studied dance at The Studio of Performing Arts, American Dance of SLO and Pacific Dance Center. She began teaching dance at a private studio six years ago and a couple years later added musical theatre as well as competitive dance choreography to her repertoire. In 2006, she won her first Platinum medal for her choreography at Spotlight Dance Cup in Los Angeles. She has directed and produced many children's theatrical and dance shows, choreographed for many community theatres as well as public schools, and acted as a resident dance and drama artist for Children's Creative Project. |
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Tony Angellano
Instructor
Tony has been dancing professionally since 1993. He is trained in ballet, jazz and hip-hop. He has been teaching hip-hop in the South Bay since 1995. Tony is currently teaching the Boys' and Co-ed Choreo program at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, where he has been teaching for over eleven years. Tony is also pursuing a degree in dance at Cal State University Long Beach. |
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Kelly Valignota
Instructor
A Chicago native, Kelly received her training at Chicago Ballet Arts, the Joffrey Ballet, Giordano Dance Center, Lou Conte Dance Studio (home of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago), Ruth Page Center for the Arts, the Edge Performing Arts Center, and Broadway Dance Center, in addition to summer studies at American Ballet Theatre. She received her BA from Northwestern University where she performed and choreographed numerous works with the Graffiti Dancers. Kelly has also appeared in regional productions of Miss Saigon (Mimi/Gigi) throughout the Chicagoland area and was a former member of the Lyric Opera of Chicago Children’s Chorus, Lima Lama Polynesian Dance Company, and Philippine Performing Arts of Chicago. Kelly is delighted to join the faculty of San Pedro Ballet School, and as an active member of the International Association of Dance Medicine and Science, she emphasizes the use of proper biomechanics, injury prevention, and athletic conditioning while nurturing the artistic potential of each individual dancer. |
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