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Genevieve graduated from Eastern University with a BA in Dance in 2006. She started her Cecchetti ballet training at age 5 with the Johnstown Concert Ballet Company under artistic director Carla Pruncel of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater and Cherie Noble of the Pennsylvania Ballet Company. She has had solos in ballets such as The Nutcracker, Coppelia, and Les Sylphides. She won several solo choreography awards from competitions in Johnstown, PA. During her training, she attended many summer programs with the Allegheny Ballet Company and Seven Dance Company. At EU, she studied more forms of dance including Swing, Modern, Jazz, and African with Dr. Karen Clemente and Dr. Joselli Deans. During her college studies, she was elected the Vice President of the Dance Guild and was a member of Eastern Dance Ministry. She has been teaching throughout Pennsylvania since 2001 and has taught abroad in Poland, Jamaica, and Haiti. Along with teaching dance at Contempradance since 2006, Genevieve has been the Dance Director at the Agnes Irwin School since 2007. She performs with 180 Dance Company and SHIFT Dance Company, both based in Philadelphia. With these companies she has participated in the Philly Fringe Festival and PIFA (Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts). She is a member of Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective which teaches and performs for children affected by natural and/or socio-economic disasters. With IPDC, she has taught dance camps in North Philly, NOLA, and Haiti. She also competes/teaches Swing dancing with Swingkat Entertainment during the summer.



 
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