The Geniuses of America
America's Dream Dancers...
Among the most outstanding contemporary dancers in the United States, we recognize Silvia Nevjinsky, Heather Berest, Caryn Heilman and Annamaria Mazzini.
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from L to R: Nevjinsky, Berest, Mazzini.
SILVIA NEVJINSKY is a pure magic on
stage. A blend of grace, class and sublime harmony. She was born and
raised in Lisbon, Portugal, and she received her early dance training from Rui
Horta and at the Ballet Gulbenkian School. From 1984 to 1989, she was a
principal dancer with the Lisbon Dance Company, a repertory company. She
moved to New York in 1989 and
danced with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company for four and a half years, as well
as appearing as a guest artist with several dance companies, including the
Empire State Ballet, the New American Ballet Ensemble, and David Storey Dance
Works. In addition to performing Ms. Nevjinsky has taught intensive workshops
and master classes in Brazil, Europe, and the USA. The October 1995 City
Center Season marked her debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company.
HEATHER BEREST: Powerful, graceful and divinely enchanting. She was born in Manhasset, New York. She began her training with her mother, Olga Berest, and studied with Linda Zoffer and Ali Pourfarrokh. She went on to earn a B.F.A. at the North Carolina School of the Arts and continues to study with Jocelyn Lorenz and Christine Wright. Before joining the Taylor Company, Ms. Berest danced with Neo Labos Dance Theatre, Momix, Peter Pucci, Robert Wood Dance ASC, and Martita Goshen. The 1996 season marked her debut with the Paul Taylor Dance Company
ANNMARIA MAZZINI: The beauty of poetic motion. First class. Ms. Mazzini began studying with Frances Evers in Allentown, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Southern Methodist University, she came to New York and studied at The Taylor School, and joined Taylor 2 in 1995. She has appeared in the works of Karla Wolfangle, Hernando Cortez and reconstructed dances of Isadora Duncan, in addition to creating and performing her own work. In 1997 she created the dances for the Off-Broadway production of Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown, an Outer Critics Circle Award winner. She made her debut the Paul Taylor Dance Company at the 1999 American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina.
Photo: The magnificent Caryn Heilman in Polaris. She symbolizes the exquisite elegance, finesse and unsurpassed esthetic techniques of the American contemporary dance. A world-class dancer. Simply superb. Photo by lois Greenfield.
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