Résumé

Katalin Bihari
Curriculum Vitae
email Miss Kati

Professional Experience

Ballet educator and choreographer
various Edmonton and area schools including:
• SGSDance, Edmonton
• Lecky School of Dance, Edmonton
• DanceCo, St. Albert
• Miss Joanne’s School of Dancing, Drayton Valley
• Dance at Brijets’s, Fort Saskatchewan
• Dance Theme, Edmonton
• Variations Academy of Dance, Edmonton
• Dansation, St. Albert
• Edmonton Dance Factory, Edmonton
• Art of Dance, St. Albert
• Citie Ballet, Edmonton
Duties and responsibilities
• teaching ballet, pointe, modern dance and stretch technique
• choreographing for festivals, competitions and performances
• preparation for ballet exams
• designing costumes and props

Ballet and stretch instructor
Royal Glenora Club
• special focus on arm co-ordination, presentation, different styles of dancing and characterization
• improvement of jumps (especially landings), turns, various lifts, strength and flexibility
Summer School Vaganova Ballet Instructor
various Edmonton and area schools
• taught pointe, technique, pas de deux and repertoire
• jumps and turns for boys
Dancer, Assistant to the Artistic Director, Choreographer
Theatre of Ulm, Germany
• participated in establishing repertoire programmes for the company
• prepared and organized performances
• ballet mistress for Company ballet classes
Instructor
Scuola di Danza Suzanna Egri, Torino, Italy
• specialized in jumps and turns technique
• taught variations of famous ballet classics
• prepared students trained in Cecchetti technique to compete in Lausanne, Switzerland
Member, Corps de Ballet
Hungarian State Opera
• Principal Dancer in Koldus Opera (the Beggar’s Opera)
• danced in the theatre repertoire, including:
Aïda, Serenade, Coppelia, La Fille Mal Garde, Giselle, Gypsy Baron, La Traviata, Macbeth, Nutcracker, Onegin, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Sylvia, Tales of Hoffmann, Walpurgistnacht, many varied Hungarian ballets, character and modern pieces, as well as several TV shows and New Year Salute to Viennas
Choreographer, Coach, Trainer
Hungary
• Choreographed for senior skaters, coached and trained for the Professional World Championship in Jaca, Spain
• Studied and worked together with sport gymnastic group
• Participated in the preparation of book entitled A Nö Harmóniája (Harmony of the Woman)
Dancer, children’s roles
Hungarian State Opera
Skater
Hungarian Skating Association
• Hungarian Junior Championship bronze medalist

Education

PBT (Progressing Ballet Technique) Certificate
Sydney, Australia

Fitness and Nutrition Training
International Correspondence Schools, Montreal
Fitness Leadership Training
AFLCA, Edmonton
Hungarian Dance University
studied: ballet, pointe, pas de deux, modern, jazz, character, repertoire, choreography, acting and make-up
Diploma, Academy of Dance Arts
Diploma, Professional Dance Arts Performer

Affiliations And Board Activities

Member, Progressing Ballet Technique

Member, Alberta Dance Educator’s Association
Russian Vaganova Dance Technique Society