Staff - Summer Workshop

 Sergei Gorbatov 
 Rostislav Dzabraev 2008
 Zina Mamedova-Kohoutova 
 Giana Jigarhan 
 Tina Yarborough Liggins 
 Nina Maria Lucas 
 Irina Ushakova 2008
 Vladimir Angelov 2008
 Adriana Dew 2008

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 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.