North Bay Performing Arts Center
Contessi Ballet
(707) 242-3478 ~ 11790 Main Street, Suite E, Penngrove, CA 94951
Ballet VI
Students will learn more advanced Classical Ballet technique, turns, and leaps, in addition
to more advanced barre and center work. At this level practice increases to three times a week. All participants will have the opportunity for signficant rolls in The Nutcracker and Spring Showcase. Level 6 emphasizes strong technique and form in order to prepare our students for pre-intermediate and eventually pointe work.
Andrea Beach
Experienced Dancer Trained in Classical and Modern Ballet, Jazz and Tap, North Bay Performing Arts Company Dancer
Instructors:
Owner and Artistic Director
Marcella Contessi
See Director page for full resume.
Sharon Hess
has been a teacher with Contessi Ballet since 1991. Performing lead roles in many well known productions; She was an original member of the Petaluma City Ballet Company. Sharon spent nine summers under scholarship to the San Francisco Ballet under the direction of Herold Christensen and was also a first place recipient in the Helen Cochran Memorial Scholarship competition in Sonoma County.
2018 Summer Dance Schedule
Halie Nelson
North Bay Performing Arts Company Dancer, Principal Dancer, Trained by Marcella Contessi Smith