This coming Monday will be extra special!  Not only will Ballet West have its hands full with getting MADAME BUTTERFLY pulled back together for Stanton Welch’s arrival the week of January 26th, we will also be starting on Mark Morris’ GONG which will be taught to us by Tina Fehlandt.  Below is her very impressive resume.

Tina Fehlandt was an integral part of the Mark Morris Dance Group for twenty years, from its inception in 1980 to January 2000, appearing in over 50 works choreographed by Mark Morris. With the Group she toured the world and appeared in several television specials, most notably as “Louise” in Mr. Morris’ production of The Hard Nut. She has been the subject of feature articles in SELF-Magazine, DANCE MAGAZINE, and DANCE TEACHER. The spring issue of BALLET REVIEW 1998 stated, “Tina Fehlandt is one of the most beautiful dancers anywhere.”

Ms. Fehlandt has staged Mark Morris’ work at Princeton University, New York University, University of Minnesota, University of Texas, Marymount Manhattan College, Barnard College, the Juilliard School, Long Island University, and American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, English National Ballet, The Royal Ballet Covent Garden, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Washington Ballet, and the White Oak Dance Project.

Ms. Fehlandt is a well-known teacher of both Ballet and Modern Dance. She is on faculty at Princeton University, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Mark Morris Dance Center, and American Ballet Theatre’s New York Summer Intensives. Her choreography has been performed by Houston Ballet II, Barnard College, Trinity College, Deep Ellum Ensemble, and at the ABT Summer Intensives. She has conducted workshops at the Mark Morris Dance Center, Skidmore College, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, SUNY Brockport, and the University of Washington, and taught master classes at the Edinburgh International Festival, Adelaide (Australia) Festival, American Dance Festival, Cornish College of the Arts, Wesleyan University, and The Place in London among others. Ms. Fehlandt has been Artist-in-Residence at Barnard College and Long Island University Brooklyn Campus. In addition, she has worked in television as Production Coordinator for the Emmy Award winning DANCE IN AMERICA series.

-Mark