Anna is a 2003-2005 Dance West alum. After attending North Carolina School of the Arts in 2006 she moved back to Oregon and danced with Kinetic Images Dance Company. Anna is currently in her senior year at Pacific University and will graduate with a major in Exercise Science and a minor in Dance. After graduation Anna plans to apply to graduate school to earn her doctorate in physical therapy. She aspires to specialize in knee injuries of dancers and other athletes while continuing to dance, choreograph and perform.
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I was in Dance West from 01-03. I’m currently entering my 6th season dancing with Oregon Ballet Theatre and my 3rd season as a Soloist with the company. Since joining OBT I’ve had the opportunity to dance featured roles in works by George Balanchine, Christopher Stowell, Paul Taylor, Helgi Tomasson, Yuri Possokhov, Peter Martins, Julia Adam, Nicolo Fonte, William Forsythe, Val Caniparoli, Christopher Wheeldon, and James Kudelka. If you’d like some more info, feel free to e-mail me!
Reanna is a 2004 – 2006 Dance West alum currently attending the University of Oregon. Reanna is receiving a Bachelor of Arts in dance focusing on choreography, as well as a double minor in American Sign Language and Business. She is also currently in the company Dance Africa touring through out the north west. After Graduation she plans on applying to graduate school around the country, and getting her master’s in Choreography.
Chenise currently attends Western Oregon University in Monmouth, Oregon. She majors in dance, going for a BA in dance. Chenise hopes to become an apprentice for Rainbow Dance Theater (the professional dance company based at WOU) within the next couple years.
Corey Mathews was a five-year member of Dance West, joining the company with two other eighth-graders in 2002 and graduating from both ACMA and DW in 2007
Corey Mathews Firefighter 2008
Corey is now working on an engineering degree at Oregon State, but he continues to tap with Nancy Traina in Corvallis and travels to Portland for an occasional class with Terry Brock or visiting master teachers with Hoofers and Company.
Dance conditioning worked out well for Corey the last two summers as he fought fires in Oregon and California. Both years he passed the field pack test in less than 35 minutes and way ahead of the rest of his test group. The field pack test is a 3-mile hike wearing a 45-pound pack that must be completed in 45 minutes or less–who says dancers are wimps!
Finishing college or building a dance career? Performing on Broadway; barnstorming the country with the JTE; managing PR or operations with PNB or Miami City Ballet?
We know some of you are currently in schools such as: Tisch, Cal Arts, Marymount, U of Oregon, UNLV, Utah, and many other schools with dance departments. Some of you are dancing on Broadway or in touring companies. Many of you are teaching in studios and schools across the nation, either full time or part time.
So, whatever you are doing, let us know where you are now.