Artistic Director Janne Dean
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Company Staff
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Janne Dean, founder and Artistic Director of Allegro Dance Theater, danced professionally
for ten years with American Ballet Theater (ABT), the premiere New York ballet company,
as well as with the San Francisco Ballet, National Ballet of Holland, and Ballet Oregon.
While at ABT, Janne danced with some of the great dancers of the twentieth century, including
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Markarova and Rudolf Nureyev and worked with choreographers such
as Agnes de Mille, Anthony Tudor, and Jerome Robbins. She performed in the movie, The Turning
Point, the nationally televised production of Baryshnikov's The Nutcracker, and the opera,
La Giaconda with Luciano Pavorotti.
Since 1986, Janne has been staging classic works and choreographing for performances in Wausau.
She owns and teaches at the Medford Academy of Ballet and teaches at Judy Peterson Dance Studio
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Amy Fote, originally from Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, began her dance training at the Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance in Manitowoc
and furthered her studies at the National Academy of the Arts, the Interlochen Arts Academy
and the Harid Conservatory. In her six years as principal at the Milwaukee Ballet,
Ms. Fote has had starring roles in Romeo and Juliet,
Anna Karenina, The Sleeping Beauty,
Swan Lake and Giselle,
Carmen, La Fille Mal Gardee,
Coppellia and Madame Butterfly.
Ms. Fote teaches class and confers on the choreography for Allegro during the summer
intensive.
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Matthew Bruno grew up in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. After beginning early training at the
Milwaukee Ballet School, he continued with the School of American Ballet in New York
and is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts. Mr. Bruno is a soloist with
the Milwaukee Ballet and has danced professionally with the Miami City Ballet. Mr.
Bruno teaches class and guides the choreography for Allegro during the summer intensive. |
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Daniel Larson, hails from a musical family and received his B. A. in Music Education
at the University of Wisconsin -- Stevens Point in 1984. At UWSP, he became interested
in composing and participated in the "Composers' Forum," where he wrote fugues,
variations, and a set of art songs. He began working for the Wausau School District in
1989, and he presently works at Horace Mann Middle School. He has written many musical
scores including, The Ugly Duckling, Pinocchio,
Cinderella,
The Little Mermaid and
The Beauty and the Beast.
Mr. Larson is also an active church musician playing for
First English Lutheran Church. |
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Allegro Dance Theater | P.O. Box 744 Wausau, WI 54402 |
Artistic Director: 715-845-5199
E-mail: allegro.dance@charter.net | Web Design: Karen Peters |
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