Carrie Beth Wick - Director Through
her leadership, Ballet Nevada continues to execute its mission of
caring about our community and its future by educating and nurturing our
children, teens and adults through outreach programs, professional
performances and workshops, with a special emphasis on assisting those
who experience socio or economic disadvantage.
She is currently the President of the Board of Inner
Star Performing Arts of Nevada, Inc., a nonprofit, 501c3 organization. Recent accomplishments
include the creation & direction of a program to increase awareness
of and to prevent Sexual Assault; this program "No Means No" was recently nominated for an award by the Alliance for Victims Rights of Northern Nevada. She is Founder & Director of
Ballet Nevada (2000); the school
has a student enrollment of 150 and a staff of professional instructors
from all over the United States and world. For the
past 12 years, Carrie has successfully brought the possibility of the
arts to hundreds of homeless and poverty stricken elementary school
children with her Outreach Program for At-risk and Homeless Youth: The
Wizard Within. This program has been honored with the Truckee Meadows
Tomorrow Silver Star Award. Carrie has also been awarded the Nevada
Womens Fund Woman of Achievement Award in 2003. She holds the
distinguished honor of passing two Royal Academy of Dancing Majors
Examinations and has completed extensive studies of the Royal Academy
Childrens Syllabus in Toronto, Canada. As an artist, Carrie has
performed principal roles in productions of Christmas Carol, The King and I, The Nutcracker, and University Spring Dance Concerts, as well as the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors. Miss Carrie's first dance instructor was one of the infamous Mouseketeers, Nancy Abbate.
Sylvia Wick - Wardrobe Director Sylvia
Wick has an extensive background in the management and program
coordination of the performing arts. She has been an executive
assistant of a nonprofit organization in Nevada for numerous years, and
has been Wardrobe and Props Director for Ballet Nevada since its
inception. Her expertise is in managing and administrating casts,
wardrobe crew and overseeing technical operations. She single-handedly
created the costumes for the production Oliver! in August 2000, for all 4 presentations of Christmas Carol (2001-2004), for Frankenstein in October 2003 and for the performance of excerpts from our original ballet The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe in
May 2004. She also designs and creates costuming for Ballet
Nevada's Youth Company and Rape Prevention and Sexual Assault Awareness
Program. She has been in charge of the Outreach Program costumes,
props and sets since the program began in 1997. Ms. Wick has
specialized training and vast experience with youth who are
disadvantaged and/or in challenging circumstances.
Marty Lewis - Instructor Mr. Lewis is one of the most sought-after dancers and
choreographers in the country. His
career began in Las Vegas at the Aladdin with a major role in Guys and Dolls as a dancer. From there
he went to The Lido Cabaret in Paris, France, Television Broadcast Limited in
Hong Kong, and then touring as a star in productions in Italy, Korea and Japan.
After his extensive world tours, he accepted an important role in Hello Hollywood, Hello! at the MGM
Grand, thereby bringing Mr. Lewis to Reno, NV.He starred in a production with Charo, and then danced in Jubilee in Las Vegas, a show that is
still very popular today.In 1992 Marty
choreographed Twist and Shout: The
Ultimate Beatle Review at Harveys Lake Tahoe, a show that received many
rave reviews for its choreography.In
1994 he choreographed Jesus Christ
Superstar for Arts-for-the-Schools in Northern Nevada, a tremendously
important arts program for educating youth about the performing arts. He has
been guest-choreographer at numerous regional schools over the last few
decades.From 1997-2005, Marty became
the Director and Dance Captain of the Outreach Program, a performing arts
program that helped thousands of at-risk youth in the Reno/Sparks area.Additionally, Marty appeared as a Soloist,
the Mouse King, in Nevada Festival Ballets The
Nutcracker in 1999. His other credits include working at NBC, City Kids,
Miss Teen USA, La Toya Jackson in Concert, Smokey Robinson in Concert and the
Suzanne Sommers TV Special. Mr. Lewis is
also a part of the Karen Burns Production Company. He is currently the head of
ICDA High School Dance Department and teaches at many Reno/Sparks dance
studios, including Sportswest.
Le Nguyen-Instructor
Ms. Nguyen began her
training at the State College of Ballet and Choreography in Hanoi, Vietnam. In
1984, after winning a national ballet competition, she received a scholarship
to the Russian Classical Ballet Academy in Kiev, Ukraine. Her professional
career began with the Danyesk Ukraine Dance Company in 1992 and since has
included the Nataly Dance Company of Moscow, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Long
Island Ballet Company. She has also toured as a principal and soloist in the International
Arts Group in Brazil. Le has taught classical ballet in Brazil at Nova Danca
Ballet for Advanced Students, the Garina Ballet School and Elisa Ballet. She
has also taught advanced students at the Long Island Ballet Company. Le has
performed principal and soloist roles in classics such as Don Quixote, Cinderella,
Coppelia, Swan Lake, Giselle, Paquita and Nutcracker.
In addition to her wonderful accomplishments in dance, Le speaks Vietnamese,
Russian, Portuguese, French, Spanish and English.
Hennah Khan Hennah
Khan started her dance training when she was a toddler. She is a
classically trained Cecchetti ballet dancer, having received high marks
in the Cecchetti Grades1-7 Examinations.In addition to ballet, she studied tap, jazz and modern. Her first soloist role was the Spanish Variation from The Nutcracker. Since then, she has danced soloist roles in The Secret Garden, Christmas Carol, Don Quixote, as well as other variations from The Nutcracker.Hennah
participated in intensive workshops at Joffrey Ballet, Contra Costa
Ballet with Nikolai Kabaniev, and Mills and Hope Colleges (both with
Cecchitti Council of America). She also had the honor of dancing with
Gregory Hines in Chicago, IL when she was 19 years old. She was a
member of INSYNCH Tap Theatre in Michigan and Wing and a Prayer modern
dance company. Hennah holds the prestigious title of an accredited dance teacher with the Cecchetti Council of America.she also teaches at the Caughlin Club Sports Center.
Jeremiah Busha "Jiaolian Busha" Jeremiah has been doing martial arts since 1988, starting
with Karate with RenoParks and Rec, then going
on to Kenpo and finally Kung Fu.His
passion for Kung Fu inspired him to travel to China
to the famed ShaolinTemple.Once in China, he was accepted to the
Shaolin Shui Ku Wushu Xue Xiao where he would live and learn the Shaolin hand
and weapon styles as well as traditional ways of hardening the body and the
Chan (Zen) way of life.Jeremiah's
skills progressed rapidly and was placed on the Biao Yan Ban(demonstration
team).While on the biao yan ban, he
participated in many demonstrations for Henan
province officials, appeared on CCTV(china central television), and went on a
week long promotion for a branch Shaolin school in Tian Jin, China.Jeremiah also competed and brought home two
silver medals from the International Traditional Wushu Championship 2004 in
Zheng Zhou, China.
Miss Elisha- Tiny Treasures Instructor
Elisha has been training
in the art of ballet for six years. She began her training in New
Orleans, LA at the Visual Praise Conservatory of Dance. Her instructors
included Jocelyn Richards, formerly of Joffery Ballet School and the Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theater. She continued her training in El Paso, TX
at Barbara Driscoll School of Ballet. There she was taught for two
years by Ms. Driscoll, an understudy of George Balanchine. While at
Barbara Driscoll School of Ballet, she started working as an Assistant Teacher. After moving to Susanville, CA she helped teach and
choreograph at A Time to Dance. In September of 2010, she began taking
classes with Ballet Nevada. Since which she has enjoyed performing with
her fellow advanced dancers for events such as radio contests, performances for
the elderly throughout the community, and a Christmas performance for the
disabled held at The Nugget. She has also attended Youth America Grand
Prix SF Regional ballet/contemporary workshop at San Francisco Ballet.
Miss Kaytlain- Hip Hop & Jazz Instructor
Kaytlain began dancing at danceSpirit in Carson City, Nevada
at the age of 10 years where she received training in ballet, tap, jazz and her
favorite, Hip Hop. She has also trained with Nicole Scott at WNPAC. Kaytlain
has attended many workshops, including a Craig Hempstead Winterfest, Aspen Ballet and Pulse. She has been awarded a week
scholarship to a Craig Hempstead workshop in Las Vegas NV, A DPA scholarship
and danceSpirit Scholarship. Her performance experience includes dancing at
Disneyland and Disney California Adventure in their Disney Magic Music Days, Royal Caribbean Vision of The Seas, Nutcracker
All Jazzed up, Scrooge Jazzed up like
the Dickens, Christmas Angel,
Opus 5 ARTown two years in a row, and Dance
of Noise, among many other community and regional performances. Kaytlain is
currently a senior at Dayton High School. She is on the Varsity Cheer Squad and
is enrolled in Honor, AP classes and is in Leadership. She Lettered in
Danceline in her freshman year and will receive her letter for cheer this year
as well. She intends to attend college majoring in Biology, but will also pursuing
dance.
Gabriela Simich- Guest Instructor
Miss Simich has been dancing from an early age and has
attended summer programs such as Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Ballet West, Ballet
Austin and The Kirov Academy in Washington D.C.She received her B.A. in both Dance and Russian from the University of
Alabama in 2007.Since then she has
danced professionally with the Nevada Ballet Theatre and collaborated with
Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas.She
teaches, choreographs and performs around Reno, her hometown.She has been accepted to UC Irvine MFA program
in dance and will be attending graduate school this fall in hopes to become a
Professor of Dance.
Brad D. Martin... Guest Instructor/ Director of Stage Management Brad has worked with Carrie Wick and Sylvia Wick since 2001,
and is currently an acting instructor and Stage Manager for Ballet Nevada. He has worked on the production and or the
performance side of forty one stage and film productions, with organizations,
such as Ballet Nevada, Nevada Performing Arts, Truckee Meadows Community
College, TheatreWorks of Northern Nevada, Actors Conservatory of Northern
Nevada, Nevada Shakespeare Company, Reno Philharmonic, Nevada Opera, Gift for
Fiction and Warner Brothers.His most
enjoyable performance roles were, George in the TMCC production of Pride
of Lions, Bob Cratchit- 4 years running- in the Wick NPA production of Christmas Carol, and Earl Brother-Boy Ingram in ACNNs production of Sordid Lives.Brad has been in four independent films and a
major motion picture.Brad endeavors to
further his acting and modeling career.
CONTACT BALLET NEVADA: INFO@BALLETNEVADA.COM OR (775) 329-2026 2910 MILL STREET IN RENO, NV (AT THE CORNER OF MILL & TERMINAL- OFF 395- BEHIND QUICKSTOP)
