Courtland N. Peterson
Subject: Greenway Dance Teacher.
Profile: Courtland Peterson has extensive teaching experience in both the public and private sectors. She is proficient in all the dance styles and techniques of jazz, hip-hop, modern, ballet and tap. She possesses a BFA as well as a secondary education degree from the University of Arizona. Courtland is a dance educator who offers her students guidance through every step of their learning experience.
Skills: Choreography, instruction, directing, costuming, classroom management, organization, music editing, physical training, stage management.
Education: Arizona School for the Arts, 10-11 grade
Thunderbird High School graduate, 2000
University of Arizona Dance Major, 2007
Experience: Greenway High School Dance teacher
Greenway High School Dance Line Coach
Greenway High School Auxiliary Dance Coach
Glendale Union HS District symposium teacher 2003
Guest choreographer for Cortez HS 1999-2006
Guest choreographer for Washington HS 2004
Guest teacher for Sandra De O’Conner HS 2006
Artist in residence at Amphitheater HS 2005 & 2006
Phoenix Dance Gallery teacher/employee 2002
Arts Bridge Scholar 2006
Project Connect participant 2004, 2006, & 2007
Back stage manager for UA dance productions 2005 & 2006
Training: The School of Ballet Arizona
Phoenix School of Ballet
Royal Dance Works
Thunderbird High School Dance Company
Vail International Summer Dance Workshop 1997
American Ballet Theatre Summer New York Program 1996-1999
University of Arizona Dance Ensemble
Performance: Swan Lake; directed by James Closer- UofA dance professor and former Houston Ballet director
Sleeping Beauty; directed by TJ Maharas- former ASU professor of dance
Nutcracker; directed by Michael Uthoff- former Ballet Arizona artistic director
Carmen; directed by Joel Revzen- AZ Opera director and Metropolitan Opera conductor
Guitar String; directed by Susan Quinn- UofA dance professor and former Gus Giordano associate artistic director
Sabor a Mi; directed by Susan Quinn- UofA dance professor and former Gus Giordano associate artistic director
Awards: Edge dance scholarship LADF dance scholarship
Dupree dance scholarship UofA dance scholarship
UofA academic Dean’s List
|