Faculty
Paula Nunez
Osmany Montano
Barbara Valles
Susan Thompson
Sadie Lehmker
Kate-Lynn Robichaux
Audrey Richter
Paula
Nuņez’s professional
career started in 1978 at Ballet International of Caracas, under the
direction of Vicente Nebrada and Zhandra Rodriguez. Since then, she has
danced as a soloist and principal dancer of Ballet Internacional de
Caracas, Ballet Nuevo Mundo, Ballet Teresa Carreņo, Cleveland Ballet,
and Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley. Zhandra Rodriguez, former principal
dancer of American Ballet Theater, was her most influential teacher and
coach, together with Lidija Franklin, Jose Pares, Vicente Nebrada,
Hector Zaraspe, and Julio Lamas. Throughout her career as a
professional ballet dancer, she performed at prestigious theaters
around the world, including Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, France,
Russia, Romania, Austria, Hungary, China, Japan, Taiwan, North,
Central, and South America. She has worked within an ample classical
and neo-classical repertoire of renowned choreographers such as
Balanchine, Choo San Goh, Alvin Ailey, Agnes de Mille, Terry Orr,
Judith Jamison, Jhon Butler, Elisa Monte, Carlos Orta, Dennis Nahat,
Ulisses Dove, Vincente Nebrada, Hans Van Mannen, Hector Zaraspe,
Flemming Flindt, and Margo Sapington. She has also participated in
numerous festivals such as Spolleto in Italy, Cervantino in Mexico, and
Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She has shared the stage with
prestigious ballet dancers such as Cynthia Gregory, Rudolf Nureyev,
Fernando Bujones, and Julio Boca
Osmany Montano
Osmany Montano trained with the Cuban National Ballet under the direction of Alicia Alonzo, Vincente Nabrada, Ramona Desaa and Mata Campo. He has danced with The National Ballet of Cuba and later danced with the National Ballet of Caracas in Venezuela. He has also danced with the El Paso Ballet and Tulsa Ballet starting in 2001, and then he joined Sarasota Ballet until his retirement in 2007. His repertory includes Arlequinada, Coppelia, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, The Nutcracker, Paquita and The Sleeping Beauty, among others. He has danced principal roles in contemporary works such as Carmina Burana, Doble Corchea, Majisimo, Midnight Summer's Dream and Scherezade. Osmany competed in international competitions in United States, Curazao, Colombia, Italy and won a silver medal in the Cuban Ballet Festival. He joined ABS as ballet faculty in 2007.
Paula Nunez
Osmany Montano
Barbara Valles
Susan Thompson
Sadie Lehmker
Kate-Lynn Robichaux
Audrey Richter
Paula Nunez
Paula
Nuņez’s professional
career started in 1978 at Ballet International of Caracas, under the
direction of Vicente Nebrada and Zhandra Rodriguez. Since then, she has
danced as a soloist and principal dancer of Ballet Internacional de
Caracas, Ballet Nuevo Mundo, Ballet Teresa Carreņo, Cleveland Ballet,
and Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley. Zhandra Rodriguez, former principal
dancer of American Ballet Theater, was her most influential teacher and
coach, together with Lidija Franklin, Jose Pares, Vicente Nebrada,
Hector Zaraspe, and Julio Lamas. Throughout her career as a
professional ballet dancer, she performed at prestigious theaters
around the world, including Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, France,
Russia, Romania, Austria, Hungary, China, Japan, Taiwan, North,
Central, and South America. She has worked within an ample classical
and neo-classical repertoire of renowned choreographers such as
Balanchine, Choo San Goh, Alvin Ailey, Agnes de Mille, Terry Orr,
Judith Jamison, Jhon Butler, Elisa Monte, Carlos Orta, Dennis Nahat,
Ulisses Dove, Vincente Nebrada, Hans Van Mannen, Hector Zaraspe,
Flemming Flindt, and Margo Sapington. She has also participated in
numerous festivals such as Spolleto in Italy, Cervantino in Mexico, and
Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She has shared the stage with
prestigious ballet dancers such as Cynthia Gregory, Rudolf Nureyev,
Fernando Bujones, and Julio Boca
Osmany Montano
Osmany Montano trained with the Cuban National Ballet under the direction of Alicia Alonzo, Vincente Nabrada, Ramona Desaa and Mata Campo. He has danced with The National Ballet of Cuba and later danced with the National Ballet of Caracas in Venezuela. He has also danced with the El Paso Ballet and Tulsa Ballet starting in 2001, and then he joined Sarasota Ballet until his retirement in 2007. His repertory includes Arlequinada, Coppelia, Don Quixote, Le Corsaire, The Nutcracker, Paquita and The Sleeping Beauty, among others. He has danced principal roles in contemporary works such as Carmina Burana, Doble Corchea, Majisimo, Midnight Summer's Dream and Scherezade. Osmany competed in international competitions in United States, Curazao, Colombia, Italy and won a silver medal in the Cuban Ballet Festival. He joined ABS as ballet faculty in 2007.
