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Gianna Curless

Professional Dance Instructor

Certified Pilates Instructor

 

 

Education

Bachelor’s of Business Administration (George Brown, Toronto, ON)

 

Certifications & Training

Pilates Mat Teacher Training (Pilates Practice Chicago)

Ruth Page Center for the Arts,

San Antonio Performing Arts Center,

Just Dancing West Ballroom

Performing Arts Centre

Stegmann’s Academy of Dance

Tennessee Dance Arts Conservatory

Credo Dance Academy

Gus Giordano Dance School College/Pro Intensive

Chicago Repertory Ballet Adv./Pro Intensive

Joffrey Ballet School Summer Intensives

Cecchetti Council of America Examinations

 

 

 

Styles

Ballet (RAD, Vaganova, Cecchetti, Balanchine)

Contemporary/Lyrical

Modern (Graham, Dunham, Horton)

Tap

Jazz

Musical Theatre

Hip Hop

Acro

 

 

 

 

About Gianna

Gianna Curless is a professional dancer, choreographer, educator and certified instructor in Pilates. Along with completing ballet exams for Cecchetti Council of America, she has trained in Zumba and with a variety of national and international dance styles at academies including Ruth Page Professional Dance Program and Joffrey Ballet-New York. Gianna has more than a decade of teaching experience with ages two to adult.

 

Currently, she is a member of Ardent Dance Company and has performed in guest roles with FEVER/WCIB, VH Dance Center, Bravura Dansu, Bartlesville Civic Ballet, Dance Project-Austin, Alamo City Dance Company, and Dance Company of St Charles. She has appeared as a guest choreographer and dancer at OKM Music Festival, Dancing with the Stars-Bartlesvile, Bartlesville’s Got Talent, and ConocoPhillips Holiday Dinner. Along with her sister, she co-created an original ballet titled Variations on Spring, that was performed in 2023 by the Bartlesville Civic Ballet. Internationally, she has danced at the Contrapunto Festival de Danza as part of an exchange student program with Conservatorio Professional De Danza in La Coruna, Spain.

 

She is also a freelance photographer and actress in the Chicago area.

 

 

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