IRINA HAMILTON

Ballet

TEACHING TRADEMARK

A unique gift to intuitively sense a dancer’s potential and to passionately guide, articulate, translate, and apply the movement of dance to individual needs and abilities. Expanding the interior of each dancer, aiming for the core movement in an inclusive unbiased approach through a fusion of contemporary ballet that is based on classical tradition, resulting in dramatic technical improvement, artistic maturity and high level performance.

DANCE EDUCATION – AWARDS

Bachelor of Arts Degree: Choreographic Ballet School, Bucharest, Romania modeled after the Vaganova Choreographic Institute of Leningrad, Russia – 8 years.

Medal Winner: Youth, 1968 International Ballet Competition, Varna, Bulgaria.

Recipient of Full scholarship: SMU, Dallas Texas to study Dance Pedagogy.

Guild Certified Teacher: Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education.

DANCE EXPERIENCE

Professional Dancer: National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Bucharest, Romania

Performed: Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Coppelia, Sheherezade, Petrouska, Prince and Pauper, Don Quixote, Sleeping Beauty, Bolero, Contemporary Repertoire.

Soloist: Bat-Dor and Bat-Sheva Dance Company (Graham based), Tel Aviv, Israel.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Teacher: Tamara Krasovska’s Ballet Jeunnesse – Dallas, Texas.

Former Teacher: Academy of Colorado Ballet p Level 2A Vaganova Syllabus and Contemporary Ballet Dance, Levels III, IV, V, VI, VII.

Former Principal: Academy of Colorado Ballet South Pilot School.

Former Teacher: Ballet Arts in Boulder, Co; Jr. II, Advanced, Adults II, Professional.

Teaching Specialties: Contemporary Ballet, Classical Ballet based in Vaganova Method or R.A.D. Syllabus (Royal Academy of Dance), Men’s Contemporary Ballet Workout (body awareness with rapid movement), Modern-Graham, Limon Techniques, Lyrical Jazz (Luigi), Creative Movement for differently able Children, Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement Lessons.

DANCE SCHOOLS FOUNDED

El Estudio: Official School of Dance; Bogota, Columbia.

Iotaro dance School and Performing Company; Miami, FL.

Freddick Bratcher Contemporary School of Dane and Company; Miami, FL.

Soul Motion Movement Arts & Performing Company; Denver, CO.

Soul Motion Integral Movement Arts; Los Angeles, CA.

Ballet: Intermediate

Mon, Wed 10:00-11:30A