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1 Gerard Ebitz 2121 North Bayshore Drive # (305) EDUCATION University of Florida/ Bachelor of Fine Arts Miami-Dade College Associate of Arts School of American Ballet Full Scholarship, Ford Foundation The Finis Jhung School The David Howard School The Robert Denvers School The Maggie Black School Professional Children's School High School Diploma Miami Conservatory Full Scholarship, Ford Foundation National Ballet School Toronto, Canada Full Scholarship, National Ballet of Canada International Dance/Drama Workshop Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Full Scholarship Maurice Bejart Ballet of the XX Century The Royal Danish Ballet

2 TEACHING EXPERIENCE, 1988-present Daniel Lewis, Dean of Dance Associate Professor Senior with the Department of Dance. Duties include teaching classes in ballet and repertory to high school through university students, choreographing works for the Dance, Theatre, and Music Departments, auditioning incoming students, as well as, coaching, counseling, and working with students after hours, in addition to conducting classes for the National High School Festival and assisting in off-campus student performances. Miami City Ballet School, Directed by Lourdes Lopez/Darleen Callaghan The Ballet School, 2013 Summer Program Savannah, Georgia Directed by Heidi Carter The University of Miami Theatre Department, Directed by Christine Kellogg North Carolina Dance Theatre, Summer Programs Charlotte, North Carolina Directed by Darlene Callaghan La Grand Diva, 2003 Company Class Ballet Master, Paul Boos University of Miami Summer Arts Institute/Dance, 2000 Directed by Virginia B. Shuker Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 1997 Company Class Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Directed by Terry Orr Rochester City Ballet, 1997 Summer Program Rochester, New York Directed by Tim Draper

3 Ballet Classique, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Directed by Magda Aunon Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, 1992 Summer Program Carlisle, Pennsylvania Directed by Marcia Dale Weary Dance Alive!, 1992 Master Classes Directed by Kim Tuttle Governor's School for the Arts, 1992 Summer Program Greenville, South Carolina Directed by Virginia Uldrick Jazzeria Dance Center, Zurich, Switzerland Directed by Aninko Czisky Zurich Opera Ballet, Company Class Zurich, Switzerland Directed by Patricia Neary AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program 2006 Downstage Miami Program for Playwrights Selected ; Individual Choreographic Fellowship State of FL, ; Honorable Mention /National Choreographic Plan 1991 Selected to Choreograph for the Carlisle Project Ford Foundation Scholarship Student

4 PROFESSIONAL HISTORY Artistic Director Founding Member Faculty/Choreographer 1988-Present Miami City Ballet Founding Member Pacific Northwest Ballet Principal Dancer Seattle, Washington Zurich Ballet Principal Dancer Zurich, Switzerland New York City Ballet Corps de Ballet with Solo Roles GUEST ARTIST ROLES From The Horse s Mouth Ballet International The Ballet du Nord The Lone Star Ballet The Miami Ballet Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and Company Peter Martins and Dancers Miami Performance German Tour (Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg) Lille, France Amarillo, Texas United States Tour New York State Tour TELEVISION/FILM The Nutcracker Pacific Northwest Ballet 1986 Live from Lincoln Center New York City Ballet 1981 Dance in America/P.B.S. New York City Ballet 1976

5 REPERTOIRE GERARD EBITZ has danced leading roles in the following ballets: George Balanchine Allegro Brillante Agon Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Chaconne Divertimento No.15 Donizetti Variations Emeralds Episodes Glinka Pas de Trois Midsummer NIght's Dream Minkus Pas de Trois Nutcracker (Cavalier) Serenade Stars and Stripes Sonatine Square Dance Symphony in C Tarantella Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Valse Fantaisie Violin Concerto Who Cares? Western Symphony Christopher Bruce Ghost Dances Vincente Nebrada Percussion for Six Men Rudolf Nureyev Manfred Don Quixote August Bournonville Folk Tale (pas de sept) Flower Festival (pas de deux) Jiri Kylian Symphony in D Jürg Bürth Kindertötenlieder West Side Story Jerome Robbins Four Seasons Evenings Waltzes Jacques d'amboise Tchaikovsky Suite No.2 Irish Fantasy Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Nuit à Lisbon Haydn Concerto Kent Stowell Hail to the Conquering Hero The Nutcracker La Bergère Celimène Ravenna Seattle Slew Peter Martins Sonati del Scarlatti John Clifford Fantasies Patricia Neary Jazzific Kalman Waltz Colleen Neary Winter Dreams Frederick Ashton Cinderella (pas de deux) Heinz Spoerli Giselle Laszlo Seregi Nursery Songs Roberto Fracilla Aida (Triumphmarch) Gerri Houlihan Lumina

6 CHOREOGRAPHY BY GERARD EBITZ (partial list) 2017 V-C-P Danza nei Giardini di una Contessa (re-staging) Firebird (re-staging) 2016 Sixteen A Place I ve Never Been (re-staging) Tuxedo Park (re-staging) 2015 A Place I ve Never Been Danza nei Giardini di una Contessa Sunshine State (re-staging) Frost (re-staging) 2014 Sunshine State Away 2013 Tuxedo Park Closet 5716 Seven for Eight 2012 Serenade (Rehearsal Director) They Came from the North Dance Alive Miami City Ballet School Pre Professional II Miami City Ballet School Pre Professional II Thomas Armour Youth Ballet National High School Dance Festival Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Miami City Ballet School Pre Professional II Thomas Armour Youth Ballet

7 2011 Arno Die Tanzenden Prinzessinnen Passengers (re-staging) 2010 Train Travel Passengers (re-staging) 2009 North by Northeast (re-staging) Next 8 Miles 2008 Remembrances 2007 New Old World 2006 Frost 2005 Sieben Tanzen Trio (re-staging) Firebird (re-staging) 2004 Faith 2003 North by Northeast (re-staging) 2002 Reunion (re-staging) Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Jacksonville, Florida Ballet International Dance Alive!

8 2001 Snail Mail 2000 Ghosts 1999 Firebird Rosario Suarez, Solo Artist Dance Alive! Dance Alive! Working(Choreography/staging of two-act musical) Miami-Dade College Kendall Campus 1998 Reunion 1997 Forest Walk Freddick Bratcher and Company Rochester City Ballet Rochester, New York Before We Were Young (Original music Bruce Lazarus) 1996 All in the Timing (Movement and Choreography) Avernus (Original music Bruce Lazarus) 1995 Rapsodia Privada 1994 Up Root Travelers Rest To Grandma s House 1993 Night Fog Passengers Valse and Tango Acme Acting Company Juegos del Arte Freddick Bratcher and Company Ballet Jorgen Toronto, Canada Dancewave Carlisle Project Carlisle, Pennsylvania

9 1992 Broken Forks (Original music Max Vanderbeek) North by Northeast Help; Help the Globilinks (Opera in one act) Haydn Excursion Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet (Presented at Midstates Northeast Regional Ballet Association in Chicago, IL. Received honorable mention by The National Choreographic Plan.) 1991 Trio Cycle 1990 Company(Choreography/staging of two-act musical)miami-dade College North Campus Court Dance Ballet Classique (Selected and presented at the S.E.R.B.A. Festival) Fort Lauderdale, Florida Milhaund Mellee 1989 Traveler Rustic Wedding Ballet Theatre of Miami Corelli Variations 1988 Distant Dream 1987 Les Six 1986 Nocturne Dance Alive! Ballet International Zurich, Switzerland 1981 Five Joplin Place Lonestar Ballet (Performed by members of the New York City Ballet) Amarillo, Texas America City Center of Music/Drama Education Department

EDUCATION POSITION HELD

EDUCATION POSITION HELD ASSAF BENCHETRIT Dance Department of Theatre and Dance University of New Hampshire M311 Paul Creative Arts Center 30 Academic Way (603) 862-3032 assaf.benchetrit@unh.edu FORM EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts