Birthday:

July 22

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individual human (me)

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Laura

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Katz Rizzo

About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..short bio/ THis is the most important. It is the only way to know that you are not a SPAMBOT!Be generous!

I am a ballet artist, teacher, and scholar. She has taught at Mount Holyoke College, Bryn Mawr College, Temple University, Drexel University, the Pennsylvania Academy of Ballet, the Dance Theatre of the Southwest, and the Maryland Youth Ballet, among other institutions. She has performed with several classical ballet companies, including Ballet South, the Russian Ballet Theatre of Delaware, the Santa Fe Opera Company, and the Ballet Theatre of New Mexico, as well as many contemporary and baroque dance companies, including Dance Theatre X, Opus I Contemporary, and Sprezzatura Dance Ensemble. Her repertoire includes principal roles in The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Les Patineurs, Firebird, Swan Lake, Cinderella, Dark Elegies, Raymonda, Paquita, and many other classical and contemporary ballets. Dr. Rizzo earned a Ph.D. in dance and a graduate certificate in women’s studies from Temple University in 2007 and has published several articles in dance publications such as Dance Chronicle and Playbill Magazine.