Lesley Bories-Scalise and Linnea Stureson, Giordano Dance Chicago

Lesley Bories – Scalise

Linnea Stureson, Giordano Dance Chicago

$7/1 hour class $10/1 ½ hour class $15/2 hour class $145 /week

July 6-10

10:00-10:30 Devotions Christina Maria, Sovereign Ballet
10:30-11:30 Pilates Michelle Bielanin, certified Pilates instructor

11:30-1:00 Jazz Linnea Stureson, Giordano Dance Chicago
1:00-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:30 Ballet Christina Maria, Sovereign Ballet
3:30-4:30 Variations Christina Maria, Sovereign Ballet

*July 8 and 9 Ballet and Variations Lesley Bories-Scalise

Lesley Bories – Scalise, is a freelance teacher and choreographer. She trained at the National Ballet of Canada, Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Interlochen Arts Academy, North Carolina School of the Arts and was one of six young dancers chosen from across the U.S. to attend a summer intensive with Suzanne Farrell and Paul Mejia in New York.

Mrs. Bories-Scalise has danced with the Chicago City Ballet under the direction of Maria Tallchief, Ballet Chicago under the direction of Daniel Duell and The Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre under the direction of Patricia Wilde and Terrence Orr. She has performed numerous principal roles, some of which include: Balanchine’s Square Dance, Western Symphony, Jewels, Apollo, The Four Temperaments, and The Nutcracker. Other Principal roles include Daniel Duell’s Hansel and Gretel, Marius Petipa’s Sleeping Beauty and Lisa de Ribre’s Amazing Grace.

Linnea Stureson, Giordano Dance Chicago began her ballet training at Lake Erie Ballet School of Dance in Erie, Pennsylvania under the directorship of Lesley Bories-Scalise. She was later accepted and hired into the school-affiliated performing dance company. There she had the privilege of performing various roles such as Dew Drop, Snow Queen and Spanish Lead in their rendition of The Nutcracker. The majority of her ballet training has been an eclectic mixture of Balanchine, Cecchetti and Vaganova techniques. However, before pursuing a diligent and technically ballet specific training program, Linnea had established strong jazz, tap and modern techniques at various competition and recreational dance studios. Through her competition years she learned to value and excel in performance expression, artistry, and musicality. Linnea graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts from Mercyhurst University in 2014. Her expedited experience at Mercyhurst shaped her into a well-rounded, diverse, mature artist with a hunger for knowledge. She looks forward to returning to school and working towards a Master in Fine Arts later in her career. Currently, Linnea is proud to be a Junior Performing Associate in her first season with Giordano Dance Chicago, the originally American jazz company. Within her first season, she has had the esteemed pleasure of working with world-renowned choreographers such as: Ray Leeper, Ray Mercer, and Joshua Blake Carter. In addition to performance and choreography, Linnea is a passionate dance educator and teaches at various schools across the U.S. each year.

About the Author: Christina Maria

Christina Maria Adelhardt is considered one of the leaders in dance of Erie, PA. She arrived here, after dancing with Boston Ballet, as one of the first members of the professional company at Lake Erie Ballet. Training dancers to excel and capture the love of dance is her greatest passion.