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Donnell Quaker
Piazza
Dance Company graduate, Donnell Quaker has just
signed a 2 year contract with Cirque Du Soleil for a new Las Vegas show
entitled Believe
featuring Criss Angel Mindfreak and the choreography of emmy nominated
Wade Robson. Look for the show opening in October,
2008. Way to go
Donnell...we're so proud of you. We love you!
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Shannon Busse
PDC graduate and popular teacher, Shannon
Busse, is moving to Las Vegas where she landed a dance role with
the long-running classic Vegas Show, "Jubilee!"
Shannon will start training in Serptember. Those long legs will
only be out-distanced by those extra tall headpieces!
Congratulations, Shannon! We are so proud of you! (Photos soon
to follow)
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Amy
(Frankel) Palomino
PDC
Graduate Amy (Frankel) Palomino and husband Tony were members of the cast of
the classic musical 42nd Street which closed on Broadway in
January, 2005. Congratulations, Amy! You made it all the way to Broadway!
The couple is making plans to leave the Big Apple after 9 years of
performing and auditioning, and will make their home in Oregon. Amy already
has a job with a performance group out there and Tony will go back to school
for his master’s degree. Love to you both, from your proud PDC Family!
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PDC
Graduates Lindsay Conklin, Brienne Dluzniewski and Angelina Grima...
performed
at the Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts in Washington, D.C. last April
for A Celebration of Great African American Choreographers.
They performed the choreography of George Faison (Tony award winner; The
Wiz) entitled Suite Otis. It was a proud moment to see our PDC
alumni perform at such a prestigious event in such a historic venue.
Fantastic!
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Tania
Garrant
PDC Graduate Tania Garrant was a
member of the 1996-1997 Detroit Pistons Dance Team “Automotion.” Tania was
chosen as one of fifteen members from a state wide selection process
consisting of over 635 candidates. Tania graduated with her Masters Degree
in Physical Therapy from Oakland University in 2003. She currently works
full time, as a Director and Physical Therapist at
Physiotherapy Associates
in Walled Lake. Tania treats a multitude of dancers and performing
artists. With her diverse dance background, she is able to integrate her
physical therapy skills to create sport specific rehabilitation programs
tailored to the dancer. However to Tania, there is no such thing as not
enough time in the day. When she is not at the clinic, Tania is busy
teaching classes for both the competitive and recreational programs at
Piazza Dance Co.
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