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EXPERIENCE

Fort Wayne Ballet- Karen Gibbons-Brown, Artistic Director

BalletFleming- Christopher Fleming, Artistic Director

Connect the Dots Dance Company- Amber Shriver, Artistic Director

Albany Berkshire Ballet- Madeline Cantarella Culpo, Artistic Director

Bayhawks Dance Team- Holly Anderson, Artistic Director
Mercyhurst Ballet Theatre- Tauna Hunter and Michael Gleason, Co-Artistic Directors
Lake Erie Ballet- Alethea Bodine, Artistic Director
The Mercyhurst Dancers- Tauna Hunter, Artistic Director
Liturgical Dance Ensemble- C. Noelle Partusch, Director
Urbana High School Dance Co- Stephanie Weigelt, Artistic Director
Maryland Regional Ballet- Joyce Morrison, Artistic Director



REPERTORIE
Classical and Neo-Classical
Viva Vivaldi (Gerald Arpino), Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker

Musical
Crazy for You- Company Dancer at Urbana High School



Contemporary
Christopher Fleming, Martin Løfsnes, Sara Grace, Tauna Hunter, Thom Clower, Tess Sinke, Mark Santillano, Teena Marie Custer, Carla Hughes, C. Noelle Partusch, Christine Hay, Stephanie Weigelt



TRAINING
Mercyhurst University, Frederick School of Classical Ballet, Urbana High School 

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Ballet- Tauna Hunter, Melissa Bobick, Lesley Scalise, Christine Hay, C. Noelle Partusch, Michael Gleason, Stephanie Weigelt, Joyce Morrison, Elizabeth Barber

Modern-  Mark Santillano, Solveig Santillano

Jazz/Tap-  Mark Santillano, Nate Johnson, Stephanie Weigelt


SUMMER INTENSIVES
Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Kansas City Ballet School, Mercyhurst University, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts

 

MASTER CLASSES/WORKSHOPS

Visceral Dance Chicago, Alvin Ailey II, Trey McIntyre Co., Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal, American College Dance Festival Association, Maryland High School Dance Festival, Regional High School Dance Festival, National Dance Festival



Ballet- Maria Caruso, Carter Alexander, Cameron Basden, Thom Clower 

Contemporary- Jon Lehrer, Randy James

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Urbana High School Graduated in 2009, High Honors, Christine LaRoi Scholarship, National Honor Society
Mercyhurst University B.A. in Dance, minor Psychology, Egan & Dance Merit Scholarships, Dance Club, Liturgical Dance Ensemble
Maryland HS Dance Festival: Maryland All-State Dancer
Optimist Club of Frederick Co.:   Recipient, Scholarship Competition/Dance Category

Rachael Gnatowski

Performing Artist
Choreographer
Teacher
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