The Nutcracker 2019 - December 07 - December 08, 2019
The Kintz-Mejia Academy of Ballet
Upper-Level Students & Guest Artists
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Leo Clarke
Mr. Clarke was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He trained at Virginia Ballet Theater and the Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, D.C., immediately joining the Opera Nova Ballet of Bydgoszcz, Poland, upon graduation. He next joined Dance Alive National Ballet in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a principal dancer, choreographer, and instructor. He is currently a freelance artist performing with various companies nationwide. He has been performing with KMAB since the summer of 2019.
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Gillian Dewsbury
Gillian was born in Falls Church, Virginia, and has been with KMAB since 2010. She currently resides in Falls Church and is in the ninth grade. She has danced Ocean and Pearls (The Little Humpbacked Horse); Pas de trois from Act 2, Spanish Dance, Mirlitons Dance, Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker); Sapphire Jewel variation (Aladdin)(Mejia); The Scarf Dance (Walpurgisnacht); The Dying Swan; Tales from the Vienna Woods PDD (Mejia); and Un ballo in maschera PDD (Mejia).
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Amr Farouk
Mr. Farouk was born in Giza, Egypt, and studied at the Higher Institute of Ballet in Cairo, graduating "with Excellence" before continuing on to the St. Polten School of Ballet. He has danced with the Cairo Opera House (as Principal Dancer); Victor Ullate Ballet (Spain), Vienna Staats Oper and Festspielhaus (both in Austria), and Manassas Ballet Theatre in Virginia. He teaches and performs locally as a guest artist and has been performing with KMAB for more than 6 years.
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