Abela Dance strives to attain artistic excellence and unbound choreography. You will find a culmination of dance styles with a strong ballet center.

Diane Abela has trained and performed in dance with an accumulation of 15+ years of experience. Her artistic concentration primarily comprises of a lyrical jazz technique. Diane has performed with several dance companies and has choreographed for various events and productions.

The focus of aesthetics and balance has been incorporated in her training and work. Diane Abela has trained under instructors such as John Parks of Alvin Ailey, Wahgi Adoella and Luisa Meshekoff of the Joffrey Ballet and the Dance Project of Tampa. Diane has also worked in production crews for artists such as Ann Reinking and Gretchen Warren.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Abela Dance Notables



Notable           • Guinness World Book Record for Most Ballet Dancers on Pointe 2010
Work:              • Pointe choreography and performance in Webster Hall, music by Nicolas C Lewentorp
• 2010 NYC Dance Parade with 60x60
• Diamond-Sokolow Modern Dance Company NYC, principal dancer 2009
                        • Pointe choreography and performance at Nicu Spoon Theatre (spoontheater.org)
•  Roles as an Extra for Open Book Casting by Jane Blodwell
                        •  Cirque Du Soleil web promo featured yoga character, NYC premier of Ovo
                     •  Boost Mobile Dance Promo – Dance Stylez Entertainment
                     •  Short film: Moves – dance improvisation, by producer Jacob Krupnick
                     •  Featured Choreography: http://www.youtube.com/balletabela
                     ‘Clandestine’ - composed by Unne Liljeblad, ‘Good Kinda Tired’ - music by Bridget
                     Barkan, ‘Rebound’ - composed by Unne Liljeblad (performed at Moving Beauty)
‘Moments in Love’ - Art of Noise (filmed and performed),
‘Carmina Burana’ - Carl Orff (filmed and performed),
‘Always With Me, Always With You’ - Joe Satriani (choreography showcase)
•  Certified by Fred Astaire as basic ballroom instructor in foxtrot, waltz, tango, meringue, cha-cha, salsa and swing
•  Kennedy Dancers Summer Intensive – dancer, performance of modern, ballet and jazz pieces, including a modern piece to Philip Glass                                                                         
•  Firethorn Dance Company – seasonal performances, finalist in
                             Miss Dance of Central Florida: Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty on pointe

 
Affiliation          ♦  Kennedy School of Dance                              1987-1989
& Training:                     of the Kennedy Dancers – Jersey City
Disciplines: Ballet, Jazz and Modern
                     Styles: Graham and Fosse                     
                     ♦  Firethorn School of Dance                             1989 – 1991
                                    of the Firethorn Dance company – Tampa
                     Disciplines: Lyrical Ballet and Modern
                     Styles: Horton, Graham, Checcetti and Voganova
♦  USF Fine Arts - Dance                                  1991 – 1995
                     Styles: Horton and Voganova
                     ♦  Fred Astaire Ballroom – Zepyrhills, FL        1993
♦  School of Classical Ballet, Tampa                  1996
♦  The Dance Project (Tampa, FL)                    1997 – 2000
Concentration: Gyrotonics
http://www.thedanceproject.org
♦  Steps on Broadway                                        2001 – present
♦  Alvin Ailey Extension
♦  Broadway Dance NYC



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