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Lisa Bredahl - Vitae/Résumé
110 lbs                              LisaBredahl@Gmail.com                               5' 5.5"

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Companies:
Children's Ballet Theatre of St. Thomas       St. Thomas, USVI                     2018 - current

West Michigan Dance Collaborative             Kalamazoo, MI                          2010 - 2015

Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company             Kalamazoo, MI                          1999 - 2010

Kalamazoo Ballet Company                         Kalamazoo, MI                          1993

Young Michigan Dances                               Coldwater, MI                            1991 & 1994

Company Dance Traverse                           Traverse City, MI                       1993 - 1994

3 x 3 Dance                                                  Traverse City, MI                       1989

Featured Roles

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“Sleeping Beauty”                                 Fairy Variations                          Petipa/Bredahl

“SwanLake” Act II                                Corps de Ballet                           Sharon Garber/Ivanov

“Romeo & Juliet”                                   Pas de Deux                              Sharon Garber/WMU

“Ballet Princess”                                   Pas de Quatre                            Lisa Bredahl

 “Dancing Through the Decades”         Small ensemble of dancers        Bredahl/Danielle Wiltse

“Getting There”                                     Ballet Duet                                  Bredahl           

“Loud”                                                  Jazz Piece                                  Michele VanderBeek

“Dying Swan”                                        Pas de Quatre                            Bredahl

“Hansel and Gretel”                              Angel & Flying Witch                  Sharon Garber/WMU

“Five Japanese Bowls”                          Pas de Cinq                               Sharon Garber/WMU

“Spiritual Liquid”                                    Soloist                                        Sharon Garber/WMU

“Nutcracker”                                          Parent, Snow Waltz,

                                                              Waltz of the Flower                     Stan Godfrey/Dan Hefner


                                                              Maid, Dew Drop Fairy                 Caledonia Dance Center 2012

“Cinderella”                                            Corps de Ballet                           Therese Bullard

“In the Moon”                                         Modern Soloist                            Elisa Brabenec

Dance Education

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Western Michigan University            BA in Dance                             Sharon Garber, David Curwen, Lindsey 
                                                                                                          Thomas, Nina Nelson, Jane Baas, 
                                                                                                          Wendy Cornish  1993-1999

Dance Teacher Training by Lisa Howell                                            August 2015

DanceLife Retreat Center                  Ballet, Tap, Creative Movement    August 2014

Grand Rapids Ballet                           Ballet                                      Alexey Kulpin, Kara Taylor, Chartel Arthur,  
                                                                                                          Cherie Noble, Paul Sutherland
                                                                                                          1990, 2010, 2011

Joel Hall Master Class                       Hip Hop                                  Chicago, Illinois 2009

Lou Conte Dance Studio                   Ballet (P. Abrahamson)           Chicago, Illinois 2004-08

River North Chicago                          Workshop                                Chicago, Illinois 2004

DanceArtsAcademy                           Ballet, Modern, Jazz                Elisa Brabenec, Julie Rice, Tom Morell                           
                                                                                                           Traverse City, MI  1985-1990

Cecchetti Summer Workshop            Ballet                                       Holland, Michigan  1999

Time, Energy, Level, Shape Workshop   Teaching workshop            Atlanta, Georgia  1998

WMU’s Summer Dance Institute        Ballet                                       Kalamazoo, Michigan  1986

Teaching Experience

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Ms. Lisa Ballerina's School of Dance         2011-Current      Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Hip Hop, Contempoary, Acro
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Portage MI Community Education              2010-2016          Ballet, Pointe, Creative Movement, Hip Hop 

Citadel Dance & Music Center, MI              2010-2015          Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Creative Movement

It's Your World Studio for the Arts, MI         2010-2016          Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Creative Movement



The Music & Dance Academy, IL                2010-2011           Ballet, Tap

Steps Dance Center, MI                              2010-2011           Creative Movement, Gymnastics, Tap, Ballet

Kalamazoo School of Music & Dance         1991-2010           Ballet, Pointe, Modern, Tap, Jazz, Swing, Pilates, Creative Movement, Special Needs Classes, Hip Hop.  

Dance Interim Summer Workshop              1999-2000           Modern, Stretch, Pilates

WMU Summer Dance Workshop                 2000                    Ballet class

Community Ed - Decatur, MI                       1990-91               Children’s Classes in ballet, jazz, tap

Tapping Toes – Manton, MI                         1985-90               Children’s Ballet & Jazz classes

Community Ed – Lake City, MI                    1986-88               Children’s Ballet & Jazz classes

Choreography

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"The Legend of Tallo Taman Tree"        Ballet Production 2020             The Children's Ballet Theatre of St. Thomas

"The Never Snowy Christmas"              Ballet Production 2019             Ms. Lisa Ballerina's School of Dance

"Anansi and the Quavaberry Tart"         Ballet Production 2019             The Children's Ballet Theatre of St. Thomas

"The Tale of Cow Foot Lady"                 Ballet Production 2018             The Children's Ballet Theatre of St. Thomas

"The Crayon Box That Danced"            Children's Production                Ms. Lisa Ballerina's School of Dance

“If You Give a Moose a Muffin”              Children’s Production                Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company


“If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”             Children’s Production                Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company

“The Very Hungry Caterpillar”                Children’s Production                Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company

“Where The Wild Things Are”                Children’s Production                Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company

“The Rainbow Fish”                               Children’s Production                Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company

“Gingerbread Man”                                Children’s Ballet Production      Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company

 

“Silenced”                                             Modern Dance                          Auditioned for Michigan Youth Arts Festival

“Why Aren’t You Listening”                   Modern Dance                          “              “

“A Look in the Mirror”                            Modern Duet                             Kalamazoo Junior Dance Company

 

“Ballet Princess”                                    Pas de Quatre                            Kalamazoo Dance Company

 “Dancing Through the Decades”          Small ensemble of dancers        Kalamazoo Dance Company

“Getting There”                                      Ballet Duet                                 Kalamazoo Dance Company

“You Touched My Soul”                         Contemporary Solo                    Kalamazoo Dance Company

 

 “Dying Swan”                                        Pas de Quatre                           Kalamazoo School of Music & Dance

“Sacrifice of Dance”                               Adult Ballet                             

“Absence of Creativity” & “Inspiration”   Adult Modern Students            

 

“Nutcracker”                                          Children’s Ballet Production               

“Cinderella”                                           Children’s Ballet Production               

“The Princess and the Pea”                  Children’s Ballet Production     

“Jackie and the Bean Stalk”                  Children’s Ballet Production     

“Snowwhite”                                          Children’s Ballet Production     

“The Wizard of Oz” the ballet                Children’s Ballet Production     

“The Ugly Duckling”                              Children’s Ballet Production

"The Princess Who Never Smiled"       Children's Ballet Production   

"Gingerbread Man"                               Children's Ballet Production

"Three Little Pigs"                                 Children's Ballet Production   

"How the Grinch Stole Christmas"        Children's Ballet Production

"The Crayon Box That Danced"            Children's Ballet Production


“A Gift for Alexandra”                            Adult & Child Piece                  

“Techno Ballerina”                                 Adult Ballet Piece               

“Hee Haw Hee Billy”                             Adult Ballet Piece   

“Ballet Soul”                                          Adult Ballet Piece               

“Sleeping Beauty”                                 Act I                                       

 


See Ms. Lisa Bredahl dancing and teaching on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/MsLisaBallerina?feature=mhumweeblylink_new_window

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​Physical Location:
Ms. Lisa Ballerina School of Dance
5304 Yacht Haven Grande
Building N, Suite 105
​St. Thomas VI 00802

340-998-2467 call/text​