CV
Ballett

Laura Graham

Assistant to the Choreographer, Senior Ballet Master

Nationality

US-Amerikanisch

Education

Royal Winnipeg Ballet School,
Joffrey Ballet School,
National Ballet of New Jersey

Awards

Top Prize, Silver Medal International Ballet Competition Varna (1990)

Acting jobs

Semperoper Ballett (since 2006): Principal Ballet Master

Ballett des Saarländischen Staatstheaters: Assistant Director

Guest Teacher: Bolshoi Ballet, Cullberg Ballet, Ballet Frankfurt, The Forsythe Company, Victor Ullate Ballet, Ballet National de Marseille, Netherlands Dance Theatre, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Ballet British Columbia, Charleroi Danse Co., Les Ballets de Monte Carlo

Open studios: The Loft Brussels, Belgium, Architanz Tokyo, Korzo Dance Program Den Haag

Workshops: D.A.N.C.E., Junior Ballet Geneva, The Loft Brussels, Crystal Dance Academy Bolzano, Vilnius, Lithuania

Dancer: Principal with Ballet Frankfurt (William Forsythe), Principal with Royal Winnipeg Ballet Canada

Laura Graham © Semperoper Dresden/Jubal Battisti
Laura Graham  © Semperoper Dresden/Jubal Battisti

Works

Dancer: Odette/Odile »Swan Lake«, Giselle/Myrtha »Giselle« (P. Wright); Aurora »The Sleeping Beauty«, Nykia »La Bayadère«, Kitri »Don Quichotte«, Juliet »Romeo and Juliet« (R. van Dantzig); Louisa »The Nutcracker« (J. Neumeier); Titania »The Dream« (F. Ashton)
Further Principal and Soloist Roles: Concerto Barocco, Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Tarantella, Serenade (G. Balanchine); Lilac Garden (A. Tudor); Rodeo (A. de Mille); 5 Tangos, Hammerklavier (H. van Manen); In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Artifact, Impressing the Czar, France Dance, Limb's Theorem, The Second Detail, Quartette, Eidos Telos, Isabelle's Dance (W. Forsythe)

The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Endless House, Work Within Work, Quartette, Invisible Film (W. Forsythe); L.I.F.E. (M. Peters); Myth (for Varna »Best Choreography«); Angels in the Architecture, Dame aux Fruit (M. Godden)

Dramaturge: »The Diaries« (Chuckie Dennis), Mousonturm Frankfurt
Acting: »Ironing Madonna«, Director: Sjoerd Vreugdenhil, Korzo Theatre Den Haag
German Theatre Teacher's diploma
Certified Zena Rommette Teacher
Certified Gyrotonic Instructor
Certified Rescue Scuba Diver