Liz Alford
July 23, 2000 by TCG Nordica
Filed under artists, visual artist
Liz Alford began her classical ballet training at the age of 7. By age 13 she was spending every summer at the nation‘s top ballet summer programs on full scholarship. Some of the schools she attended were the Chautauqua School for Performing Arts, The School of American Ballet (official school of the New York City Ballet), the Houston Ballet Academy, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet School. At age 91 she was invited to become a year round student at the School of American Ballet so she moved to New York City to train there full time. When she was 18 she was hired by the New York City Ballet as a ballerina. After dancing with them professionally for one year she resigned to attend college.
Liz now has her bachelor’s degree in Social Work and Communications from Gordon College in Boston, USA.
Since graduating, Liz has taught ballet, jazz, and funk to adults and children in both Shanghai and Kunming.
As well as dance performances, Liz can also be seen in Columbia Picture’s film Center Stage as an ABA dancer. This film was released in 2000.
Professional Dance Experience:
New York City Ballet- professional dancer
New York City, New York, USA 1999-2000
Columbia Picture’s movie Center Stage- professional dancer ABA student
New York City, USA Summer 1998, Film release May 2000
Louisville Ballet-student artist
Louisville, Kentucky, USA 1995-1996
Dance Teaching Experience:
Power House Gym- Jazz and Funk teacher
Kunming, PRC Current
JazzDuFunk- Lyrical Jazz and Ballet teacher
Puxi, Shanghai, PRC March 2006- June 2006
SMIC Kindergarten- Ballet and Creative Movement teacher
Develop curriculum and choreograph for student performances
Pudong, Shanghai, PRC September 2005- present
SMIC Kindergarten- teacher, choreographer
Cultural dance exchange with local Chinese teachers
Pudong, Shanghai, PRC November 2005-present
Dance Training:
School of American Ballet-full scholarship
New York City, New York, USA Year round student 1996-1999
Summers 1994 and 1998
Pacific Northwest Ballet-full scholarship
Seattle, Washington, USA Summer 1997
Houston Ballet Academy-full scholarship
Houston, Texas, USA Summer 1995
Chautauqua Institute-full scholarship
Chautauqua, New York, USA Summer 1993
University of Louisville Dance Academy
Louisville, Kentucky, USA 1990-1996
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and Communication
Gordon College, Boston, USA May 2004
China Studies Program
Xiamen University, January- April 2003
Xiamen, Fujian, PRC
(Studied Chinese culture, history, language, religion, and economics)
Tong Ji University
Chinese language program February- June 2005
Puxi, Shanghai, PRC
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