_Claire Jacob-Zysman
Education
University at Buffalo BFA Studies in Dance Department (2002-2006)
Forms: Choreography, Modern, Ballet, Creative Movement, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Musical Theater
Teachers:Thomas Ralabate, Tressa G. Crehan, William E. Thomas, Melanie Aceto, Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, Jeanne Fornarola, Shelly Hain, Karen Georger, Kerry Ring
Awards: Dean's List, Golden Key International Honors Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honors Society, and 2006 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence Nominee
Choreographic Experience
DUMBO Dance Festival, John Ryan Theatre, Brooklyn, NY (2012)
Title: birth to a dancing star
Back to Buffalo (alumni invitational concert) State University of New York at Buffalo (2012)
Title: a single dot of light
Claire Jacob-Zysman and Dancers, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, NY (2012)
Title: Returning to the restless stars, where you were drifting all along
Choreography on the Edge, Byrdcliffe Theatre, Woodstock, NY (2012)
Title: birth to a dancing star
Inside/Out at Jacob's Pillow, Henry J. Leir Stage, Becket, MA (2012)
Title: a single dot of light, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, and Meu Fado
WHITE WAVE CoolNY Dance Fetsival, John Ryan Theatre, Brooklyn, NY (2012)
Title: a single dot of light, a thousand trills and quivering sounds
Claire Jacob-Zysman and Dancers, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, NY (2011)
Title: a single dot of light, Orbits, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, and Meu Fado
At First Glance, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2011)
Title: a single dot of light, and Orbits
At First Glance, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2010)
Title: Meu Fado
Back to Buffalo, (alumni invitational concert) State University of New York at Buffalo (September 2010)
Title: Meu Fado
Choreography on the Edge, Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock, NY (July 2010)
Title: Meu Fado
Berkshire Pulse Gala Concert, Bard College, Great Barrington, MA (2010)
Title: a thousand trills and quivering sounds
Percussion and Dance, RPI Cultural Center, Troy, NY (2010)
Title: Rhythm Play and a thousand trills and quivering sounds
At First Glance, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2009)
Title: Meu Fado
Berkshire Pulse Gala Concert, Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simons Rock, GreatBarrington, MA (2009)
Title: Meu Fado
Contemporary Dance Series, Bush Mango Theatre, Rochester, NY (2006)
Title: Orbits
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2006)
Title: Planting Ritual
Music is Art: C 2 Dance Collective, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2006)
Improvisational score with live music for television
Dance Wonders: Zodiaque Dance Company, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2005)
Title: The Peace
Bates Dance Festival, Bates College, Lewiston, ME (2005)
Title: Falter Step #3
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2005)
Title: smallTalk
Doug Varone Dance Intensive, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (2004)
Title: Self-Portrait
On the Edge, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2004)
Title: The Grace of a Woman
On the Edge, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2004)
Title: Wave of Passing
Company Experience
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, The Egg, Albany, NY, 2006-Present
The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company is in its 19th season as resident company of The Egg, a performing arts center in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller New York State Plaza in Albany, NY. Since 1991, Ellen Sinopoli and her dancers have collaborated with over 25 artists of distinct genres and backgrounds. ESDC shares its works with audiences through concerts, showcases, residencies, workshops and educational outreach. ESDC holds an average of twenty-five performances per season at professional, regional and college theaters throughout the Northeast. www.sinopolidances.org
Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance, Buffalo, NY, 2005-2006, 2010
Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance(MACD) is a modern dance company based in upstate New York exploring both lush and comedic work. The most recent performance was this summer 2010 at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. www.melanieacetocontemporarydance.com
Anne Burnidge Dance Company, Buffalo, NY, 2006
Anne Burnidge Dancewas founded in 2004 with the goal of creating and presenting work that explores the complex and sensitive nature of human relationships though kinetically driven movement. www.anneburnidgedance.org
Zodiaque Dance Company, University at Buffalo 2005-2006
The Zodiaque Dance Company has been the University at Buffalo’s senior dance company for 37 years. Claire was selected into the company as a dancer and choreographer, and cast as a featured dancer in guest artist Bill Evans’s work.
Park Avenue Dance Company, Rochester, NY, 2001-2002
Park Avenue Dance Company celebrates over 30 years in motion. The company's mission is to encourage and develop Modern Contemporary Dance through choreography and performance. www.parkavenuedancecompany.org
Training History
Doug Varone Dance Intensives:
SUNY Brockport (Summer 2011)
SUNY Purchase (Summer 2005)
Skidmore College (Summer 2004)
Forms: Modern, Phrasework, Ballet, New Repertory, Choreography, Performance Technique
Teachers: Doug Varone and company, Jaclynn Villamil, Peggy Baker
Limón Dance Company Intensives:
Adelphi University, Scholarship Student (June-July 2010)
SUNY Brockport (Summer 2005, 2003)
New York, NY (Winter 2003)
Connecticut College (Summer 2001)
Forms: Limón Technique, Repertory, The Solo Voice
Teachers: Carla Maxwell, Roxane D’Orléans Juste, Raphaël Boumaïla, Clay Taliaferro, Elizabeth Keen and Alice Condadina
Bates Dance Festival, Bates College (Summer 2005)
Forms: Modern, Contact Improv, Advanced Improv Scores, Business in Dance
Teachers: Stephen Koester, Olivier Besson, Kim Konikow
The School of Toronto Dance Theatre (Summer 2004)
Forms: Graham, Contemporary Barre, Repertory
Teachers: Christopher House, Rosemary James, Patricia Miner, Helen Jones, Michael Trent, Sasha Ivanochko
Ballet Hispanico Dance Intensive, Skidmore College (Summer 2003)
Forms: Modern, Ballet, Flamenco, Jazz, Pilates, Repertory
Teachers:Tina Ramirez, Pedro Ruiz, Mary McCleod, Sara Eryde
Official Dance School of the Rochester City Ballet (2001-2002)
Forms: ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, stretch and strength
Teachers: Timothy Draper, Jamie Leverett
Park Avenue Dance, Rochester, NY (2001-2002)
Forms: modern, improvisation, creative movement
Teacher: Christine Fendley
Wood Dance Intensive at SUNY Brockport (summer 2000)
Forms: release technique, repertory
Teacher: Ellis Wood
Michelle Buschner School of Dance, Rochester, NY (1986-2002)
Forms: modern, ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, character
Teachers: Michelle Buschner, Tawni Laird
Education
University at Buffalo BFA Studies in Dance Department (2002-2006)
Forms: Choreography, Modern, Ballet, Creative Movement, Pointe, Jazz, Tap, Musical Theater
Teachers:Thomas Ralabate, Tressa G. Crehan, William E. Thomas, Melanie Aceto, Lynne Kurdziel-Formato, Jeanne Fornarola, Shelly Hain, Karen Georger, Kerry Ring
Awards: Dean's List, Golden Key International Honors Society, Phi Eta Sigma National Honors Society, and 2006 Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence Nominee
Choreographic Experience
DUMBO Dance Festival, John Ryan Theatre, Brooklyn, NY (2012)
Title: birth to a dancing star
Back to Buffalo (alumni invitational concert) State University of New York at Buffalo (2012)
Title: a single dot of light
Claire Jacob-Zysman and Dancers, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, NY (2012)
Title: Returning to the restless stars, where you were drifting all along
Choreography on the Edge, Byrdcliffe Theatre, Woodstock, NY (2012)
Title: birth to a dancing star
Inside/Out at Jacob's Pillow, Henry J. Leir Stage, Becket, MA (2012)
Title: a single dot of light, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, and Meu Fado
WHITE WAVE CoolNY Dance Fetsival, John Ryan Theatre, Brooklyn, NY (2012)
Title: a single dot of light, a thousand trills and quivering sounds
Claire Jacob-Zysman and Dancers, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, NY (2011)
Title: a single dot of light, Orbits, a thousand trills and quivering sounds, and Meu Fado
At First Glance, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2011)
Title: a single dot of light, and Orbits
At First Glance, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2010)
Title: Meu Fado
Back to Buffalo, (alumni invitational concert) State University of New York at Buffalo (September 2010)
Title: Meu Fado
Choreography on the Edge, Byrdcliffe Theater, Woodstock, NY (July 2010)
Title: Meu Fado
Berkshire Pulse Gala Concert, Bard College, Great Barrington, MA (2010)
Title: a thousand trills and quivering sounds
Percussion and Dance, RPI Cultural Center, Troy, NY (2010)
Title: Rhythm Play and a thousand trills and quivering sounds
At First Glance, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2009)
Title: Meu Fado
Berkshire Pulse Gala Concert, Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simons Rock, GreatBarrington, MA (2009)
Title: Meu Fado
Contemporary Dance Series, Bush Mango Theatre, Rochester, NY (2006)
Title: Orbits
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2006)
Title: Planting Ritual
Music is Art: C 2 Dance Collective, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2006)
Improvisational score with live music for television
Dance Wonders: Zodiaque Dance Company, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2005)
Title: The Peace
Bates Dance Festival, Bates College, Lewiston, ME (2005)
Title: Falter Step #3
Emerging Choreographers Showcase, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2005)
Title: smallTalk
Doug Varone Dance Intensive, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (2004)
Title: Self-Portrait
On the Edge, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2004)
Title: The Grace of a Woman
On the Edge, Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2004)
Title: Wave of Passing
Company Experience
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, The Egg, Albany, NY, 2006-Present
The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company is in its 19th season as resident company of The Egg, a performing arts center in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller New York State Plaza in Albany, NY. Since 1991, Ellen Sinopoli and her dancers have collaborated with over 25 artists of distinct genres and backgrounds. ESDC shares its works with audiences through concerts, showcases, residencies, workshops and educational outreach. ESDC holds an average of twenty-five performances per season at professional, regional and college theaters throughout the Northeast. www.sinopolidances.org
Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance, Buffalo, NY, 2005-2006, 2010
Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance(MACD) is a modern dance company based in upstate New York exploring both lush and comedic work. The most recent performance was this summer 2010 at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. www.melanieacetocontemporarydance.com
Anne Burnidge Dance Company, Buffalo, NY, 2006
Anne Burnidge Dancewas founded in 2004 with the goal of creating and presenting work that explores the complex and sensitive nature of human relationships though kinetically driven movement. www.anneburnidgedance.org
Zodiaque Dance Company, University at Buffalo 2005-2006
The Zodiaque Dance Company has been the University at Buffalo’s senior dance company for 37 years. Claire was selected into the company as a dancer and choreographer, and cast as a featured dancer in guest artist Bill Evans’s work.
Park Avenue Dance Company, Rochester, NY, 2001-2002
Park Avenue Dance Company celebrates over 30 years in motion. The company's mission is to encourage and develop Modern Contemporary Dance through choreography and performance. www.parkavenuedancecompany.org
Training History
Doug Varone Dance Intensives:
SUNY Brockport (Summer 2011)
SUNY Purchase (Summer 2005)
Skidmore College (Summer 2004)
Forms: Modern, Phrasework, Ballet, New Repertory, Choreography, Performance Technique
Teachers: Doug Varone and company, Jaclynn Villamil, Peggy Baker
Limón Dance Company Intensives:
Adelphi University, Scholarship Student (June-July 2010)
SUNY Brockport (Summer 2005, 2003)
New York, NY (Winter 2003)
Connecticut College (Summer 2001)
Forms: Limón Technique, Repertory, The Solo Voice
Teachers: Carla Maxwell, Roxane D’Orléans Juste, Raphaël Boumaïla, Clay Taliaferro, Elizabeth Keen and Alice Condadina
Bates Dance Festival, Bates College (Summer 2005)
Forms: Modern, Contact Improv, Advanced Improv Scores, Business in Dance
Teachers: Stephen Koester, Olivier Besson, Kim Konikow
The School of Toronto Dance Theatre (Summer 2004)
Forms: Graham, Contemporary Barre, Repertory
Teachers: Christopher House, Rosemary James, Patricia Miner, Helen Jones, Michael Trent, Sasha Ivanochko
Ballet Hispanico Dance Intensive, Skidmore College (Summer 2003)
Forms: Modern, Ballet, Flamenco, Jazz, Pilates, Repertory
Teachers:Tina Ramirez, Pedro Ruiz, Mary McCleod, Sara Eryde
Official Dance School of the Rochester City Ballet (2001-2002)
Forms: ballet, pointe, modern, jazz, stretch and strength
Teachers: Timothy Draper, Jamie Leverett
Park Avenue Dance, Rochester, NY (2001-2002)
Forms: modern, improvisation, creative movement
Teacher: Christine Fendley
Wood Dance Intensive at SUNY Brockport (summer 2000)
Forms: release technique, repertory
Teacher: Ellis Wood
Michelle Buschner School of Dance, Rochester, NY (1986-2002)
Forms: modern, ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, lyrical, character
Teachers: Michelle Buschner, Tawni Laird
