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_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



 


 



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