Jennifer Bennett

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J E N N I F E R B E N N E T

( 2008 -2011 )

Erin Warn Jennifer Pray Allen Gregory Aaron Davies Ben Olson Oksana Konobeyeva (Tribute)

JENNIFER is a graduate of the Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington DC., She apprenticed with the renowned Alla Sizova and toured with the Kirov Ballet as a soloist. She has studied at American Ballet Theatre, the National Ballet School in Toronto and with Suzanne Farrell at the Kennedy Center. She has performed lead roles in the Nutcracker, La Bayadere, and the Monologue fro Legend of Love. Her experience includes teaching with Ballet Petite and Youth Performing Arts School in Bethesda, MD and worked as Artistic Director of the children’s Ballet Performance Company. Jennifer has performed in Ballet Minnesota’s productions of Swan Lake, the Classic Nutcracker, La Bayadere and Don Quixote. She as also performed in works by Andrew Rist including: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mozart’s 40th Symphony and Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue and Beethoven's 6th Symphony.	A Sample of JENNIFER's Artistry

D O N Q U I X O T E

R H A P S O D Y I N B L U E

Choreographer: Andrew Rist

Composer: George Gershwin

Costumes:  Cheryl Rist

Sets:  Jim Arnold

Lighting:  Tom Campbell

Photography:  Dave Trayers

BALLET MINNESOTA 2009
      Julia Heggerness
      Erin Warn
      Jennifer Bennett
      Kari Jensen
      Jordan Nelson
      Sean Laughead

CBA & GUESTS 2009
      Anna Betz
      Margaret Ulland
      Maren Gray
      Olivia Brunzell-Garrett
      Antone Gregory (guest)
      Jim Arnold (guest)

BALLET MINNESOTA PREMIERE
      Rhapsody In Blue
         4th Annual Fall Concert
         November 6, 2009
         Fitzgerald Theater,
         St Paul, Minnesota

MUSICAL PREMIERE:
     February 12, 1924,
     Aeolian Hall, New York

B E E T H O V E N' S 9 TH S Y M P H O N Y

Choreographer .... Andrew Rist

Composer ............ Ludwig Beethoven

Costumes ............ Cheryl Rist

Sets .............. Jim Arnold, Cythia Betz

Lighting ............... Tom Campbell

Photography ....... Dave Trayers

BALLET MINNESOTA 2009

      Julia Heggerness, Erin Warn (on leave)
      Jennifer Bennett, Rebecca Pelletier
      David Schmidt, Allen Gregory
      Jordan Nelson, Garvin Jellison

GUESTS

      Robert Cleary as Beethoven, Maryann
      Johnson, Antone Gregory, Elizabeth Hobbs

CBA DANCERS 2009

      Marisha Johnson, Rachelle Horowitz,
      Megan Simon, Maren Gray, Margaret
     Ulland, Anna Betz, Olivia Brunzell-
      Garrett, Maddie Klein, Juliana Johnson

BALLET MINNESOTA PREMIERE
      Beethoven: 9th Symphony

         3rd Annual Fall Concert
         October 17, 2008
         Fitzgerald Theater,
         St Paul, Minnesota

MUSICAL PREMIERE
     May 7, 1824,    Vienna Austria

Greig's P I A N O C O N C E R T O I N A M I N O R

choreography ........ AndrewRist
Composer .............. Edvard Grieg
Costumes ............... Cheryl Rist
Sets ......................... Jim Arnold
Lighting .................... Zak Humes
Photography ............. Dave Trayers

BALLET MINNESOTA 2011

      Erin Warn
      Jennifer Bennett
      Riley Thomas Weber
      Ben Olsen
      Julia Heggerness (on leave)

CBA DANCERS 2011

      Hannah Wagner
      Margaret Underwood
      Rebecca McDonnell
      Sophia Mitchell
      Harper Skulley
      Celesta Brainard

BALLET MINNESOTA PREMIERE
      Piano Concerto in A Minor

         6th Annual Fall Concert
         November 4-5, 2011
         EM Pearson Theater,
         Concordia College
         St Paul, Minnesota