Metropolitan Ballet Co

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Monique Delhaye, Artistic Director - Monique Delhaye co-founded Dance West and the Metropolitan Ballet Company. She has successfully presided over twenty years of artistic growth. The company's success is due in large part to Monique's reputation. She has received international recognition in the areas of dance education and choreography. Monique Delhaye brings to the Southern California area over thirty years of experience as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer. She started her impressive career as a principle guest artist with a wide assortment of dance companies and made the transition to Artistic Director, in 1991. As an educator, she has touched the lives of thousands of dancers. As a choreographer she has received international awards and recognition. As an administrator she presides over an prospering arts organization, and was honored with a “Life Time Achievement Award” from the Dance Grand Prix organization. Video choreographic Samples: "What May Never Be" Nikole Smith, Special Guest Faculty – Nikki brings an extensive understanding of the art and business of dancing professionally, to Dance West. Her Credits include, Film: Did you hear about the Morgans, Zombie prom, Spread, Thieves. Television: Americas Got Talent, Glee ( pilot), Scrubs (a musical), Just Jordan, "Six feet under" dancing for me, comedy central "Last laugh 04", Buffy the vampire slayer, So Little Time, Even Stevens, Lizzy McGuire. Event: Pre-Oscar Party 2006, Britney Spears tour 2000/Aaron Carter, NBA All-Star Weekend/Arron Carter, Winter tour 2001/Aaron Carter, Rock n Rio 2001/Aaron Carter, House of blues/Arron Carter, Aaron Carter Tour 1999-2000, All that and more tour/Aaron Carter For information regarding Nikki's dance technique program, e-mail: nikki83c@gmail.com Tiffany Billings, Special Guest Faculty - Performer/singer/dancer/choreographer/director/professor, and creator of her own clothing line TIF WEAR—has received her MFA in choreography at the University of California, Irvine. Tiffany is an incredibly gifted all around entertainer, having performed with the San Francisco Ballet Company, Sacramento Ballet, trained with the School of American Ballet in New York, and has received a San Diego Tommy Award for "Best Jazz Dancer". She has also won a Gold medal in Japan in an international singing competition, was a NFL San Diego Charger Dancer, and also served as the voice of "Lucy" on the animated Peanuts cartoon series. As well as being an accomplished singer, dancer, performer and choreographer, Tiffany also directs short films, Fallen Star, which screened in Irvine and Hollywood, CA, received rave reviews. Fallen Star is currently being distributed in Japan and the United States, where it continues to change perceptions of what a ‘dance film’ is, while also leaving audiences with a lasting emotional impact. She has also instructed and mentored performers who have gone on to appear in major motion pictures, MTV and network television, Julliard and star in international stage shows and Broadway.

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