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Reka Gyulai

Off Beat

Reka Gyulai received her professional training at the Hungarian Dance Academy in Budapest, Hungary. She was a finalist at the International Ballet Competition in Vienna in 2004. In 2006, she received the prestigious Elvira Vecsei Prize and a Scholarship of the Republic from the Hungarian Ministry of Education.

Gyulai has performed with the Hungarian National Ballet, Columbia Classic Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, New Jersey Ballet Company, International Ballet Company, and California Ballet Company in San Diego. She toured extensively with these companies to Russia, Transylvania, Brazil, and throughout the United States. Her repertoire includes principal roles in the classical and contemporary repertoire. Reka is currently a freelancer and choreographer.

Her new ballet, ‘Off Beat,’ opens the evening of our inaugural performance. Her enchanting work features 5 dancers, and is accompanied by Katya Richardson's eclectic score.

Andrea Yorita

Press Play

Andrea Yorita is from Irvine California, where she received her classical ballet training at Academy of Dance, under the direction of Merle Sepel, Rebecca Tsivkin, and Mignon Furman. In 2012, she graduated as a Gillespie Scholar with a BFA in Dance Performance from the University of California, Irvine, where she studied under Jodie Gates, Molly Lynch, and DonaldMcKayle.

In 2008, Yorita competed as a finalist in the Genee International Ballet Competition in Toronto, Canada. She has participated in the National Choreographers Initiative, and the Traverse City Dance Project. Yorita was a 2016 Dance Finalist for the Clive Barnes Award. She joined BalletX in 2012 and spent 11 seasons with the company, touring internationallywhile working with a multitude of choreographers. She is now an Adjunct Associate Professor atthe University of the Arts and freelance artist. Yorita came to Pointeworks in June to stage Caili Quan's thrilling work, "Press Play".