Jennifer McKelvey
Choreographer

Jennifer McKelvey began her formal ballet training at the age of eight. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School Dance Division with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Since then, she has danced with several ballet companies such as Central California Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, Bay Coast Youth Ballet and has worked with choreographers such as Alexander Tressor, Ron Guidi, David McNaughton, Cynthia Pepper, Anna Sokolow, Alexandre Proia and Ali Pourfarrokh. Ms. McKelvey is currently a Principal Dancer and Ballet Mistress with the Eglevsky Ballet. Jennifer McKelvey began her formal ballet training at the age of eight. She is a graduate of The Juilliard School Dance Division with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Since then, she has danced with several ballet companies such as Central California Ballet, New York Theatre Ballet, Staten Island Ballet, Bay Coast Youth Ballet and has worked with choreographers such as Alexander Tressor, Ron Guidi, David McNaughton, Cynthia Pepper, Anna Sokolow, Alexandre Proia and Ali Pourfarrokh. Ms. McKelvey is currently a Principal Dancer and Ballet Mistress with the Eglevsky Ballet.

  

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Résumé

Jennifer McKelvey
37-33 61st Street #3C
Woodside, NY 11377
(718) 779-4493
cell: (917) 586-6506
e-mail: crazeddancerjen@juno.com
 

Performance Experience

Eglevsky Ballet-Principal Dancer, Ballet Mistress 1998-02
Anglo-American Ballet Company 1999-00
Staten Island Ballet-Guest Performer 1999
St. Pauls School-Guest Choreographer 1997-1998
Juilliard Summer Program- Guest Choreographer 1998
The Juilliard School-Guest Choreographer (Student Jury, Freshman Project) 1995-96
Tressor Dance Company 1997-99
Ballet San Joaquin Nutcracker-Guest Performer 1997
Bay Coast Youth Ballet Nutcracker-Guest Performer 1997
New York Theatre Ballet Midwest Tour, Nutcracker, Nutcracker Tour 1995-1997
Active Cultures Dance Group Co-founder, Choreographer,Performer-Taiwan Tour 1995
Juilliard Dance Ensemble 1991-1995
Juilliard Stage and Studio Workshops
Lark Ascending, choreographed by Alvin Ailey, staged by Linda Kent
Time Passed Summer, choreographed and staged by Benjamin Harkarvy
Alexander Roy’s London Ballet Theatre 1993 Guest Performer
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Stanley Love Performance Group 1993 Guest Performer Self Portrait
Modern One Dance Ensemble 1991-1992 (The Juilliard School)
Excerpts from: Missa Brevis, A Choreographic Offering, and There is a Time, choreographed by Jose Limon, staged by Laura Glenn
Pacific American Ballet Theatre 1989 Nutcracker
Central California Ballet 1989-1991 CCB Premiere, Alice in Wonderland, “Live”
Also performed excerpts of works by: Paul Taylor, Helen Tamiris, Jiri Kylian, Jose Limon, Cynthia Pepper, Ron Guidi, Lois Buelly, Ali Pourfarrokh
 

Training and Education

Ballet School NY/New York Theatre Ballet 1995-1997
Diana Byer, Francois Perron, Alexander Proia, Sallie Wilson

The Juilliard School, Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree 1991-1995
Benjamin Harkarvy, Hector Zaraspe, Maria Grandy, Caroline Adams, Linda Kent,Christine Dakin, Pauline Koner, Anna Sokolow, Bessie Schoenberg

Northwest Studio for the Performing Arts, Fresno, CA 1989-1991
Julie Lowe, David McNaughton, Diane Mosier, Cynthia Pepper

California State Summer School for the Arts 1987-1989

California State University at Fresno, Summer Program 1985-1987
 

Other Dance Styles

Tap, Jazz, Classical Spanish, Classical Indian, Graham, Taylor, Lewitzsky, Limon, Dance Composition
 

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