Erie Dance Conservatory

Victoria Silva – School Director, Pennsylvania Regional Ballet, was in residence June 25 – 27 to reset the ballet Suite Antique. She taught master classes all three days. She received her training at the Cumberland Dance Company (now Pennsylvania Regional Ballet), Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Boston Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, and as a scholarship student at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. She has performed professionally with small companies in the New York area as well as with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Victoria attended and performed in the Carlisle Project Choreography Conference in Carlisle, PA, and toured Japan with a “Broadway Revue Show”. She has been part of the faculty for the Astoria Dance Center, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Greater York Youth Ballet, Harrisburg Dance Conservatory, Steps on Broadway, and is currently school director and rehearsal coach at Pennsylvania Regional Ballet. Victoria was shown as an emerging choreographer in the RDA / NE festivals in 2002, 2004, 2005. Her ballet Encounters was performed on the Gala Night at the RDA/Northeast Festival in 2006. She was awarded the Monticello Award for her work Linear Momentum in 2005 and scholarships to attend the RDA Craft of Choreography Conferences 2004 and 2005. Her work has been shown in both the US and abroad.

Tracy Vogt - Philadanco, will be in residence to set a new ballet based in Modern dance.  She began her training at the Erie Civic Ballet School and Erie Bayfront Ballet in Erie, Pa. She also attended the School for Performing and Visual Arts and the Pennsylvania Governors School for the Arts. Continuing her training, Ms. Vogt studied at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and at the Alvin Ailey Dance Center as a scholarship recipient. Professionally, she has worked with Wylliams/Henry Danse Theater in Kansas City, MO, Footprints Dance Company in NYC, and Verb Ballets and Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theater in Cleveland, OH. Ms. Vogt joined Philadanco in 1997 and is currently a principal dancer and assistant rehearsal director. She has taught at the University of Akron, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and numerous master classes throughout the United States and internationally.  Her master is TBA.

Chanelle Lagacé – SYREN Dance Company, will be in Erie to choreograph an emerging original work.  Chanelle was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Mercyhurst Preparatory High School in 2004, and graduated with a BFA in dance performance at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance in 2008. She has performed the works of Cloven Kingdom by Paul Taylor, Gloria by Mark Morris, and D Man in the Waters by Bill T. Jones. She has been in the process of having pieces being created on her by Jonathan Riedel from the Limon Company, Lauri Stallings from Hubbard Street, and Julian Barnett from the Julian Barnett Project. She is a guest teacher at Erie Dance Conservatory, and she currently is an apprentice with the Amy Marshall Dance Company, and a company member or SYREN Modern Dance Company both located in New York City. Her master class is TBA.

DeShona Pepper-Robertson - Stivers School for the Arts, will be in Erie to set an original piece.  Her master class is TBA.