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CHOREOGRAPHERS Lisa del Rosario is a multifaceted artist - dancer, teacher, choreographer, and Feldenkrais Teacher®. She teaches at Ballet Austin, Austin Feldenkrais®, and often creates dances on her own whim. Lisa is a native Texan, a University of Texas Dance alumni, and has been dancing professionally in the great city of Austin for over two decades. She regularly dances for Alyson Dolan and this past summer, with great pleasure, resident choreographed for Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company. She’s worked with many dancemakers including Ellen Bartel, David Chao, Magdalena Jarkowiec, Sharon Marroquin, Rosalyn Nasky, Andee Scott, and companies including Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre, BLiPSWiTCH, Blue Lapis Light, Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Co, and Ready Set Go. Melissa Cobblah Gutierrez, born in Cuba and raised in Ghana and Cape Verde moved to the United States at age 14. She began her formal dance training at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus. After graduating with her Associate of Arts from MDC, she continued her dance studies at Florida State University from where she graduated Summa Cum Laude with Honors receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance. During her time at MDC she also started working as a company member with Olujimi Dance Collective in 2016. Ms. Cobblah Gutierrez is a two-time leadership scholarship recipient of American Dance Festival for the summers of 2016 and 2018. She has worked and studied under the direction of many recognized artists such as Michelle Grant-Murray, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Nia Love, Sherone Price, A’Keitha Carey, Jorge Luis Morejon, Kehinde Ishangi, Millicent Johnnie, Tiffany Rhynard, Charles Anderson, La Toya Davis-Craig and Anjali Austin. She attended as a performing artist The Ann & Weston Hicks Choreography Fellows Program at Jacob’s Pillow in 2019. Ms. Cobblah Gutierrez danced professionally with Urban Bush Woman for two seasons (2019-2021). She also toured internationally as an instructor and performer for the MSC Preziosa 2019 Cruise through the Kieron Sargeant Dance and Performing Arts Agency. She is a co-founder of The WoodShed Online Dance Platform and The Florida Black Dance Artists Organization. Ms. Cobblah Gutierrez was recently selected as a Knight New Work 2020 Winner through the Knight Foundation. Currently, she is a company member of Olujimi Dance Collective and is working as a guest instructor at New World School of the Arts while pursuing her career as a professional choreographer. 10
Gilliane Hadley - Orlando based Choreographer, Teacher, and Dancer Gilliane Hadley has over 30 years of dance experience. Prior to teaching, Gilliane, a native of Miami, danced professionally with local production companies and special events. She received her BFA in dance from New World College, where she performed the works of José Limón, Anna Sokolow, Michael Uthoff, Ellis Wood, Gerri Houlihan, and Peter London, to name a few. Her dance education includes Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, EDGE Performing Arts Center, and New World School of the Arts High School. She performed with the Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble throughout South Florida, New York, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. She was also a company member of Freddick Bratcher and Company and has danced for many international artists in videos, television, and concerts, including Carlos Vives. She was a dancer for Celebrity Cruises and was a contestant on So You Think You Can Dance Greece. At age 17, she discovered her passion for teaching/choreographing and has received much recognition throughout Florida for her teaching style and choreography. She taught for the Young Dancers Workshop in Gainesville, Florida, and was on staff for the 2005 Florida Dance Festival. After relocating to Orlando, she continued to develop her teaching style and choreography. Gilliane helped develop the dance program at Windermere Preparatory School, offering a strong emphasis on all dance styles while also allowing the dancers to have an artistic, creative outlet. She is currently a freelance choreographer and teacher who has spent the last 15 years discovering her style as a choreographer while teaching and working with dancers of all levels in various venues. Tania Vergara Pérez has trained and taught at the prestigious National Ballet School in Cuba. In 2002, she became the founder/director/choreographer of her dance company, Contemporary Ballet Endedans. Since coming to the United States in 2014, her master classes and workshops have been in high demand, and she has taught widely at dance schools and companies in Florida, California, New Jersey, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic, among other locations. She is a master teacher on the faculty of the Sarasota (FL) Cuban Ballet School; teaches regularly at Sarasota Contemporary Dance; and is a popular guest choreographer for professional dance companies, including the Milwaukee Ballet, Sarasota Opera Theatre, National Ballet Company of Costa Rica, Dimension Dance Theatre of Miami, the National Ballet of Cuba, and many others. Her choreography has won numerous international awards, including various first place and best ensemble awards for YAGP participants, and the Ibero-American Choreography Award. 11
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