"...a fine dancer with amazing extension and the innate ability to dance for her audience without sacrificing her own joy in her art."
- Portland Press Herald, Maine, U.S.A.
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Karen Montanaro: Resumé
Professional performing experience:
Tanzspiel, Co-Written and Directed by Tony Montanaro (Casco, Maine)
One-Woman Show (Mime, Dance, Mime-Dance), 2000-present
Montanaro-Hurll Theatre of Mime and Dance (USA and Abroad)
Partnership with Tony Montanaro, 1988-2002
Portland Ballet (Portland, Maine)
Principal Dancer 1987-present
Darmstadt Opera Ballet (Darmstadt, Germany)
Principal Dancer 1984-1987
Ohio Ballet (Akron, Ohio)
Dancer 1979-1983
Berkshire Ballet (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Student Dancer (non-professional engagement) 1975-1978
Teaching experience:
Celebration Barn (South Paris, Maine)
Mime Instructor, 2003
Portland School of Ballet (Portland, Maine)
Ballet, Mime, Mime/Dance Instructor, 1988-present
Montanaro-Hurll Retreat (Casco, Maine)
Ballet, Mime/Dance Instructor, 2000-present
Tony Montanaro (USA and Abroad)
Teaching Assistant to Mr. Montanaro, 1988-2002
Education:
Montanaro School of Mime and Dance
Mime and Interpretive Dance with Tony Montanaro, 1988-2002
American Ballet Center (New York City)
Ballet and Character Dance with Basil Thompson and Meredith Baylis, 1979
Scholarship Student
Ram Island Dance Center (Portland, Maine)
Ballet, Modern, Jazz with Andrea Stark, 1978
Cantarella School of Dance (Pittsfield, Massachusetts)
Ballet with Madeline Cantarella Culpo and Nancy Pierce, 1968-1978
Skills:
Extensive training and performing experience in dance (ballet, modern, jazz, character dance) and mime.
Some experience in African and Indian dance
Writing: Published Author (see below)
Writing experience:
Ghost writer of Mime Spoken Here: The Performer's Portable Workshop
by Tony Montanaro with Karen Hurll-Montanaro
Tilbury House, Publishers (Gardiner, Maine) January 1996
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