Jane M. Vorburger

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Jackson Heights, NY, 11372
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Ms. Vorburger trained at the Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet and on scholarship at the School of American Ballet and Houston Ballet Academy. At age 16 she was invited to join American Ballet Theater with whom she toured internationally performing principal, soloist and corp de ballets roles. In addition to performing Amour in Don Quixote and a principal role in Anthony Tudor’s Echoing of Trumpets she was selected by John Selya to create the role of Jill in his ballet “Jack and Jill” performed during ABT’s 1992 Metropolitan Opera House season. She also had the pleasure of working with Agnes de Mille when Ms. De Mille selected her to create the role of The Child in her last ballet for ABT, “The Other”. Jane holds an MFA degree in dance from Tisch School for the Arts NYU and a BA in Biology from Oberlin College. After retiring from American Ballet Theater she continued her dance explorations by studying contact improvisation, modern and composition at Oberlin College. Jane’s choreography has been performed in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, New York, and Virginia and she has guest taught ballet and modern classes at pre-professional schools and colleges across the country including Nutmeg School for the Arts, Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Goucher College, and Rutgers University. She teaches beginning to professional level dancers and is on faculty at American Ballet Theater, Marymount Manhattan College, CAP 21 and the Mark Morris Dance Group.

Companies:

• American Ballet Theatre 1991-1996
• Richmond Ballet 1998
• Oberlin Dance Company 2002-2003

Diplomas and Certifications:

• M.F.A. in Dance: Tisch School for the Arts at New York University, May 2006
• B.A.: Oberlin College, December 2003
• Certifed ABT NTC levels primary-7 Teacher ©: February 2009
• Pilates Mat Teacher Certification: Powerhouse Pilates, May 2003

Teaching

Ballet:

• Beginner-Advanced Ballet, CAP 21: 2010-present
• Ballet Mistress for Christopher D’Amboise, Spring Repertory Marymount Manhattan College, 2009
  • Adjunct Faculty Ballet and Pointe, Marymount Manhattan College: 2007-present
  • Summer Dance Festival Faculty, Tisch School for the Arts, New York University: 2007, 2008
• Ballet Levels Primary-4, American Ballet Theater JKO Children’s Division: 2006- present
• Master class instructor/Audition teacher and evaluator, Joffrey Ballet School National Audition Tour for Summer Intensive spring 2009
• Guest Teacher, Classical Ballet Academy, AK, summer 2009
• Guest Teacher, Dance Theater of Lynchburg, VA, summer 2008-2009
  • Make a Ballet program, American Ballet Theater’s Public School programs: 2006- present
• Guest Instructor- Advanced Ballet, Adelphi University: 2006
• Guest Instructor, Advanced Ballet, William and Hobart Smith College: 2006
• Beginner-Advanced Ballet Technique, Mark Morris Dance Group: 2005- present
• Substitute Instructor, Laguardia High School for the Performing Arts: spring 2010
• Beginner, Advanced Ballet Technique, Pointe, Steps on Broadway: 2005- present

Modern:

• Modern Technique substitute instructor, Tisch School for the Arts NYU, 2009
• Advanced Modern Teaching Assistant, Oberlin College: spring 2002
• Modern, School of the Stamford Ballet, CT: summer 2008
• Modern and Composition, Lynchburg Dance Theater, Virginia: summer 2008
  • Modern, Classical Ballet Academy, Arkansas: summer 2009
• Composition, Improvisation, Modern, Dance Connection, Sommerville NJ, summers 2006-2008
• Advanced Modern substitute, Ridgefield Conservatory of Dance, CT: 2006-2008
• Intermediate and Beginner Modern, Breaking Ground Dance Center, Pleasantville NY: 2006-2007

Choreography:

• Beneath the Tango.s Veil: Marymount Manhattan College, BA Projects Class, Dance Concert, modern and ballet to Saturo Wono.s Tango no. 5, November 2008
• Adagio for 3: Oberlin College, Sprung Dance Concert, Spring 2001 Modern choreography for 3 women to Barber.s Adagio for Strings
• Last Gigue: Oberlin College, Dance Department Spring Performance, Spring 2002 Modern piece to The Chieftan.s No.6 The Coombe
• Black: w York University, Tisch Dance Showing, November 2004 Modern piece to Gabriel Faure.s Requiem, Pie Jesus
• For Stan: New York University, Tisch Second Avenue Dance Company, November 2005 Contemporary/Swing to Gene Krupa, I hope Gabriel Likes my Music
• Yesterday's Café: New York University.s, MFA Graduating Performance, May 2006 Ballet/Swing to collection of songs, Benny Goodman, Fred Astaire, Billie Holiday
• The Prism Within: Ridgefield Dance Company, spring 2007, contemporary ballet to Philip Glass, Etude No. 5
• Waltz for May: The Ailey School Junior Division, spring 2007, classical ballet to Josef Byer.s The Fairy Doll
• Bartok's Pizzicato: Ridgefield Conservatory of Ballet, spring 2007, classical ballet to Bela Bartok.s string quartet no. 4 Allegretto Pizzicato
• Figaro!: Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, classical ballet to Mozart.s Marriage of Figaro excerpt
• Thunder: Ridgefield Conservatory of Ballet, spring 2008, contemporary ballet, to Nuttin but String.s Thunder
• Allegro in Blue: Ridgefield Dance Company, spring 2008, contemporary ballet Antonio Vivaldi.s Concerto no. 10
• The Tango Gal: Brant Lake Summer Dance Camp, summer 2008, ballet to Saturo Wono.s Tango no. 5

Roles danced:

• Principal:
  • Principal female (Anthony Tudor’s “Echoing of Trumpets”)
  • Amour (“Don Quixote” Act II staged by Kevin McKenzie)
  • The Faune (John Clifford’s “Afternoon of a Faun”)
  • Princess Florine (“The Sleeping Beauty” Act III staged by Jean Pierre Bonnefoux)
  • Female in The Dying Poet pas de deux (Lynn Taylor Corbett’s “Great Galloping Gottshalk”)
• Roles Created:
  • Hope (Agnes de Mille’s “The Other”)
  • Jill (John Selya’s “Jack and Jill”)
  • The Female (Jean Pierre Bonnefoux’s “Chopin Nocturne Pas de Deux”)
• Soloist:
  • The Transvestite Whore (“Manon” by Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Cygnets (“Swan Lake” Act II, staged by Kevin McKenzie)
  • Unicorn Doll (“The Nutcracker” Act I, choreographed by Kevin McKenzie)
  • Juliet’s Friends (Romeo and Juliet by Kenneth MacMillan)
  • Aurora’s Friends (The Sleeping Beauty Act I)
  • 4 Small Ladies (Bayad’re Act I)
  • Little Red Riding Hood (The Sleeping Beauty Act III)
  • Black Swans (Swan Lake Act lV staged by Kevin McKenzie)
  • Chinese (Kevin McKenzie’s “The Nutcracker” Act II)

Teachers during professional career:

Nancy Bielski, Maggie Black, Marc de Boueays, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Wilhelm Burmann, Diana Cartier, Jacques Cesbron, John Clifford, Alexander Filipov, Alaine Haubert, Rosella Hightower, David Howard, Linda Kintz, Gelsey Kirkland, Irina Kolpakova, Elena Kunikova, Mark Mejia, Patricia McBride, Susan McGuire, Ross Stretton, Kevin McKenzie, Violette Verdy, Michael Vernon.

Training:

• Tisch School for he Arts at New York University: 2004-current. Course work includes classical dance, modern dance, dance composition, acting, pilates, Music theory, and Kinesiology taught by: Liz Franklin, Kathy Grant, Joy Kellman, Phyllis Lamhut, Cherylyn Lavagnino, Jolinda Menendez, Jim Martin, Pamela Pietro, Gus Solomons, Jim Sutton, Andrea Woods.
• Oberlin College: 2000-2003. Course work included modern dance, contact improvisation, choreography and dance history taught by Roger Copeland, Carter McAdams, Nusha
• Martynuk, Elesa Rosasco, and Ann Cooper Albright.
• Academy of the Maryland Youth Ballet: 1988-1991
• Houston Ballet Academy: summers 1989, 1990, scholarship recipient
• School of American Ballet: summer 1988, scholarship recipient