Lori E. Cunningham...

Professional and Stage Experience

Cape Cod Ballet: Fall 2001- January 2006

Productions: Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Dew Drop Fairy, Spanish Coffee, Candy Cane) Spring Concert soloist: Metropolis; Always with You, Always with Me; corps de ballet: Paquita, Folk Songs, Angles and Lust, Sea Chanteys, North Wind
Theatres: MV PAC, Barnstable PAC, MV Public School System
Choreographers: Tanya Vincent, Gillian Fuller

Built on Stilts- Choreographers' Showcase, Martha's Vineyard: Summers 2000- 2006

Built on Stilts: Decisions, Decisions, De...; Ode to Charlotte; Piqued; Metropolis; Gone, Days Only Until; Adios Elsa Blanco!; Back in the Day Cabaret; Storms in Africa
Theatres: Union Chapel
Choreographers: Lori E. Cunningham, Bobby Carlson, Abby Bender, Tanya Vincent

Connecticut Ballet: 1998- Spring 2001

Productions: Les Sylphides- Waltz Girl; Indian Summer- Maid; Sleeping Beauty- fairy; Goose Pimples- School Marm; First Night; CBC Benefit Gala; Health Awareness Lecture Demos; SoNo Arts Festival; Back Stage at the Ballet (Pagannini); excerpts from La Belle Otero
Theatres: Rich Forum/ Palace Theatre, CBC Studios, Norwalk YMCA, Connecticut Public School System, Grand Central Station- NY
Choreographers: Brett Raphael, Helen Coope, Elena Commendador, Tatiana Litvinova, Joseph Locarro

Lumiere Ballet, L.I.: Winter 2000 season

Productions: Nutcracker- Arabian, Snow, Waltz of the Flowers
Theatres: Center Stage at Molloy College
Choreographer: Sveltlana Canton- Noble

Bergen Ballet Theatre: 1998/ 99 season

Productions: Nutcracker- Snow, Waltz of the Flowers, Le Bayedaire
Theatres: Williams Center
Choreographer: Mark Jelks

ACRODANSE Theatre: 1996- 2000 (Company Manager 1998/ Rehearsal Assistant)

Productions: Blue Snow; Exaxis; Witness; 10^th Anniversary Gala
Choreographer: Michael Gary
Theatres: Crossroads Theatre, Union County Arts Center, Raritan Valley Community College, Nicolas Music Center, Mercer County College

NJ Dance Theatre Ensemble: 1989- 1996 (Rehearsal assistant and 3 time winner of the Ruth Anne Deutch Scholarship Comp.)

Productions: Nutcracker- Mouse Queen, Arabian, Toy Soldier, Russian Lead, various Corps; Alice in Wonderland- Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts
Choreographers: Nancy Turano, Pedro Ruiz, E. Laura Hausman
Theatres: State Theatre, Union County Arts Center, Dreyfuss Theatre (Drew University), Moscow Television, East Brunswick High School

Rutgers Opera Company: 11/94- 12/31/94 (*Featured Dancer)

Performances: Vienna Vienna, Viennese New Year
Choreographer: Sherry Alban
Theatres: State Theatre, Nicolas Music Center

Rutgers University: 1993-1997 (*Member of University Dance Works 1994-1995)

Performances: Dance Plus 1995 and 1997 (Faculty Concert), Spring Dance Concert (1994, 1995, 1996), The Seventh Sense (BFA Senior Concert 1997)
Choreographers: Lorn McDoogle, Sherry Alban, Jean Leon Destine, Nicole Mombaur, Lori Cunningham
Theatres: Nicolas Music Center, The New Theatre, Loree Theatre, Various NJ Public Schools and Colleges

Plays in the Park: Summers of 1992- 1996 (Featured Dancer/ Dance Captain/ Assistant Choreographer)

Performances: Me and My Girl, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, Man of Lamancha, Dances in the Park I-IV
Choreographers: Sherry Alban, Linda Kay Griggs, Lorinda Santos, Ellie Lizarre
Theatre: Roosevelt Park Amphitheater

Choreographic and Teaching Experience

Presently- MV Dance Theatre (Founder/ Director)

Sept. 2001- Jan. 2006, MV School of Ballet (Ballet Mistress/Assistant Director)

Providing the highest quality of dance instruction to the island of Martha's Vineyard, uniting the efforts of D.A.U.- M.V, the Martha's Vineyard School of Ballet, and the Edgartown Elementary School System.

Guest Artist Instructor- Cape Cod Ballet School

1/2001- Aug 2002, Dance Artists Unite- M.V. (Founder and Director)

Providing the highest quality of dance instruction to the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Artist in resident at the MV Charter School, Spring 2001.

4/4/2000- Present, Dance Artists Unite- Iselin, NJ (Founder and Co-Owner)

Provide supplementary dance classes for the ADV/Int. student in Classical Ballet and Modern Dance.

Teach workshops through out the East Coast.

9/92- Aug. 2001, NJ Center of Dance- East Brunswick, NJ (Ballet Mistress)

Head award winning ballet program.

Teach Advanced and Company levels. Choreography prepared for this group has been showcased through out the tri- state area as well as Disney World, FL.

Run ballet division of school's Summer Dance Workshop.

Choreographed and rehearsed "Snowflakes" for the ’99 Nutcracker season performed in conjunction with the internationally acclaimed Donetsk Ballet.

May 2000- August 2001, Center for Dance Education- Clark, NJ

Level IV Ballet instructor.

1996- 2000, Acrodanse Theatre, Inc.- Rahway, NJ (Company Manager, Prof. and Junior Company Ballet Mistress)

Summer Intensive 2000 Faculty.

Taught professional and pre-professional company ballet classes.

Set two new pieces on the professional company to be incorporated in their Winter Season Production, "Blue Snow".

Ran Professional company rehearsals.

10/95- 5/99, Cabaret Theatre- New Brunswick, NJ (Resident Choreographer)

Credits include "Evita" and "Once Upon This Island".

1/95- 4/96, M.C.C. Youth Arts Feld- Edison, NJ (Resident Choreographer)

Credits include "God Spell," "A Christmas Carol," "Lil’ Abner."

3/96- 5/ 96, M.C.C. Backstage Players- Edison, NJ (Choreographer )

Credits include "Working."

9/94- 5/96, NJ Dance Theatre Ensemble- East Brunswick, NJ (Rehearsal Assistant)

Assisted ballet mistress with running rehearsals for the Nutcracker season as well as taught choreography to guest artists.

Training

Connecticut Ballet: 1998/ 2001	School Director- Brett Raphael	Training- Brett Raphael, Helen Coope, Ingrid Fraley, Steven J. Hoff
Mason Gross School of the Arts: 1993- 97	School Director-Patricia Mayor	Training- Patricia Mayor, Claudia Gittleman, Don Redlich, David Grenke, John Evans, SarahHook, Paulette Sears,Lorn McDoogle, Sherry Alban (ballet)

NJ Ballet School: 1996- Present	School Director- Carolyn Clark	Training- Carolyn Clark, Eleanor D’Antuono, Luba Gulyaeva, George Tomal, Era Korotaeva, Paul McRae

NJ Dance Theatre Ensemble: 1988- 1996	School Director-Nancy Turano and E. Laura Hausman	Training- Nancy Turano, E. Laura Hausman, Pedro Ruiz, Lynn Glauber, Susan Shields, Nadine Mosse
*Summer Workshops: 1995 and 1996

AAADT: 1994- 1997	School Director- Denise Jefferson	Training- Lynn Glauber, Ms. Marino, Freddie Moore
*Winter Intensive: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997

Princeton Ballet School: 1993- 1996	School Director- Marypat Robertson	Training- Laurie Abrahmson, Katie Glassner, Katarina Wester- O'Rourke

Vineyard Dance: summers '88, '89, '90	School Director- Cathy Costanza	Training- Cathy Costanza