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\"paola\"Paola Hartley – Ballet, Pointe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Miss Hartley was born in Bonn, Germany, and grew up in South Africa and Chile, where her parents danced for P.A.C.T. Ballet and Ballet de Santiago. She studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with teachers such as Melissa Hayden, Duncan Noble, Gyula Pandi , Dianne Markham and Trish Casey.<\/p>\n

In 1993 she joined Ballet de Santiago with Marcia Haydee as her director. In 1997 Ivan Nagy took over the company and Miss Hartley was promoted to soloist after performing the role of Myrtha in \u201cGiselle\u201d with guest artist Igor Zelensky. During her years with Ballet de Santiago, she worked with other guest artists such as Jose Manuel Carre\u00f1o, Maximiliano Guerra, Carlos Acosta, and Lauren Anderson. She performed leading roles such as Olga in John Cranko\u2019s \u201cEugene Onegin\u201d, TheMad Lady in Ben Stevenson\u2019s \u201cPeer Gynt\u201d, Mercedes in \u201cDon Quijote\u201d, The Countess in Ronal Hynd\u2019s \u201cThe Devil to Pay\u201d and Stella in Mauricio Wainrot\u2019s World Premiere of \u201cStreetcar Named Desire\u201d. She had the opportunity to work with choreographers such as Ronald Hynd, Ben Stevenson, Trey Mc Intyre, David Parsons and Natalia Makarova.
\nIn July of 1998 Miss Hartley was invited to join Ballet Arizona as a Principal Dancer, company now under the directorship of Ib Andersen since 2000. Since arriving, she has expanded her modern repertoire by working and performing pieces from Kevin O\u2019Day (\u201cHellblondegroove\u201d), Paul Taylor (\u201cCompany B\u201d), Twyla Tharp (\u201cSinatra Suite\u201d and \u201cThe Golden Section\u201d), Julia Adams (\u201cBefore\u201d), and world premieres by Moses Pendleton (\u201cOpus Cactus\u201d) and Dwight Rhoden (\u201cSkinny Puzzle\u201d and \u201cScarlet Symphony\u201d). She performed with guest artists such as Marcelo Gomes (\u201cLa Fille mal Gardee \u201c pas de deux), Nikolaj Hubbe (\u201cNapoli\u201d) and Gael Lambiotte (\u201cSwan Lake\u201d). Her leading roles in full length productions include Aurora in \u201cSleeping Beauty\u201d, Odette\/Odile in \u201cSwan Lake\u201d, Giselle in \u201cGiselle\u201d, Juliet in \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d, Swanilda in \u201cCoppelia\u201d, The Sylph in \u201cLa Sylphide\u201d, and Kitri in \u201cDon Quijote\u201d. She has premiered leading roles in Ib Andersen\u2019s productions of \u201cMidsummer Nights Dream\u201d, \u201cPlay\u201d, \u201cIndigo Rhapsody\u201d, \u201cAmoroso\u201d, \u201cMozaic\u201d, and \u201cTopia\u201d. Her Balanchine repertoire includes principal roles in ballets such as \u201cTheme and Variations\u201d, \u201cAllegro Brillante\u201d, \u201cApollo\u201d, \u201cSerenade\u201d, \u201cFour Temperaments\u201d, \u201cDivertimento No 15\u201d, \u201cDuo Concertante\u201d, \u201cConcerto Barroco\u201d, \u201cStravinsky Violin Concerto\u201dand \u201cRubies\u201d. She has received extensive coaching from stagers such as Olga Eivrenoff, Freddie Franklin, Sandra Jennings, Susan Hendl and Elaine Kudo.
\nDuring the summers of 2009 and 2008, Miss Hartley performed with local company Novaballet. She worked with upcoming choreographer Emery Le Crone in \u201cPulling to Break\u201d, performed Vicente Nebrada\u2019s \u201cOur Waltzes\u201d, and restaged David Palmer and Yanis Pikieris\u2019 \u201cAdiemus\u201d. Miss Hartley has toured in Stuttgart, Buenos Aires, Budapest and New York. She performed with partner Astrit Zejnati at a Gala in Albania in 2005 and at the Miami International Dance Festival in\u00a02006. She has been seen by millions performing as a guest artist in the Chilean TV talent show \u201cRojo Fama Contrafama\u201d, where her father is a judge. In her spare time she has taught ballet at several dance academies of the valley, such as Tempe Dance Academy, Master Ballet Academy, and The School of Ballet Arizona.
\nIn the summer of 2011 and 2012, Miss Hartley was invited as a guest faculty member at the Goh Ballet Academy in Vancouver, Canada.
\nIn 2013, Miss Hartley joined The Suzanne Farrell Ballet as a Soloist, where she performed the leading roles in George Balanchine\u2019s \u201cPas de Dix\u201d, \u201cTempo di Valse\u201d, \u201cEpisodes\u201d (Symphony and Concerto), \u201cAgon\u201d (2nd Pas de Trois), “Swan Lake”,”Allegro Brillante”, the role of Juliet in Paul Mejia\u2019s \u201cRomeo and Juliet\u201d, and the Butch Girl in Jerome Robbins’ “The. Concert”.
\nIn 2015, Miss Hartley retires from Ballet Arizona and has become one mother of a beautiful boy while also continuing her career as a guest artist and teacher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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