Staff - Summer Workshop

 Irina Ushakova 2011
 Nina Danilova 2011
 Oleksandr Vykhrest 2011
 Vladimir Angelov 2011
 Nina Maria Lucas 2011
 Adriana Dew 2011
 Jessica Barrett 2011

Vladimir Angelov graduated from the National Ballet School in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1986, and studied Philosophy at the University of Sofia, before immigrating to USA in 1991. In1996, he completed a Master of Arts degree in Dance at the American University in Washington, DC. He has attended dance seminars, has studied, and was influenced by artists such as Mark Morris, Twyla Tharp, Bill T. Jones, Doug Varone, and Butoh artist Kazuo Ohno, among others. Mr. Angelov’s dances have been shown at “New Choreographers on Pointe” in New York, Paris International Dance Festival in France, Vienna TanzFest in Austria,  Kyoto Fall Arts Festival in Japan, the Latin America Ballet Festival in Puerto Ricco, among others. He has choreographed new works for American companies such as Atlanta Ballet, Arizona Ballet, Indianapolis Ballet, Richmond Ballet,  San Francisco Ballet, Washington Ballet; as well as international companies such as  Ballet Manila in the Philippines, Alberta Ballet in Canada, Tokyo City Ballet in Japan, and the Kirov Ballet in Russia. In addition, Mr. Angelov has choreographed for Placido Domingo’s Washington National Opera productions of “Samson et Dalila”, “I Vespri Siciliani”, “Trilogy” among others; the Kennedy Center’s  musical production of  Debbie Allen’s "Soul Possessed"; for the “Brothers Karamazov” of the Stanislavky Theater; and dances for TV advertisements with Hollywood director Mark Cartie. Mr. Angelov has received many distinguished awards among them the Contemporary Choreography Award of the 1996 Varna International Ballet Competition in Bulgaria, and the 2000 Choreography Fellowship Award of the Washington Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Mr Angelov has been visiting choreographer for Kingsport Ballet for three seasons.