BIO
Ursula Verduzco is currently a Freelance Dancer in NYC and abroad. For availability and information please email ursusv2@yahoo.com
Trained at Ballet Austin Academy and the Joffrey Ballet School with full scholarship. After graduating she has danced with several companies including Ballet Austin, Staten Island Ballet, Benjamin Briones Ballet, New York City Opera, Eglevsky Ballet, Ajkun Ballet Theatre, Connecticut Ballet, Some Dance Company,Veracity Dance Theatre, New York Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre in Westchester, Ad Hoc Ballet, Ballet Neo among others, performing in classical and contemporary repertoire.
She was honored to appear in Dance Magazine as one of the dancers to highlight in their “Race Issue”, July 2010. She is currently a freelance dancer in NYC.
As a choreographer Ms. Verduzco has created commissioned works for The Staten Island Ballet, Ellison Ballet, Benjamin Briones Ballet and Nomad Contemporary Ballet with whom she finished a 2nd Commissioned work in 2013 and Periapsis Music and Dance in 2014.
As a teacher, Ms. Verduzco has been a guest company teacher with Les Ballets Grandiva in NYC, has been on faculty at The Joffrey Ballet School and has taught extensively throughout the NYC area as well as LEON Dance Arts and Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre summer programs.
She is a professional actress with experience in the TV and the Theatre Play world since the age of nine and is currently trainning as a singer.
Among her projects, Ms. Verduzco is the
Co-Founder of Mid-Pointe Project.
As the Founder and Director of The Latin Choreographers Festival, Ms. Verduzco created this Festival in 2008 to empower the work of talented Latin Choreographers. This up and coming Festival celebrated its 5th Anniversary in 2012.
RESUME
Ht: 5’9” URSULA VERDUZCO
Eyes: Brown ursusv2@yahoo.com
Hair: Brown www.UrsulaVerduzco.com
Weight: 130
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COMPANIES:
1996-1997 Ballet Austin
1997 Connecticut Ballet
2007 New York City Opera
2003-2011 Staten Island Ballet
2007-2009 Eglevsky Ballet
2008- 2009 Ajkun Ballet (Guest Artist)
2002- 2014 Benjamin Briones Ballet
2012-2014 Some Dance Company
2014 Veracity Dance Theatre
CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE
Nutcracker: Sugar Plum, Snow Pas de Deux, Arabian Pas de Deux, Merlitons,
Spanish Pas de Deux and Lead Soloist, Snow Core, Flower Core, Party Scene. Don Quixote: Town Girl, Gypsie
Coppelia: Soloist variation, Czardas, Mazurka, Town Girl,
Cinderella: Fairy Godmother, Step Mother
Carmen: Pas de Deux
Sleeping Beauty: Aurora Variation
Dying Swan: Lead
Grand Pas de Quatre:
CONTEMPORARY BALLET
Ali Pourfarrokh, Pedro Ruiz, Jhon Selya, Benjamin Briones, Walter Rudlege, Megan Philip, Royce Zachery, David Fernandez, Felix Aarts, Brian Norris.
THEATRE DANCE- CABARET
Fundraising Events Staten Island Ballet 2007, 08, 09, 10, 11 – Soloist/ Pas de Deux
Cendrillon New York City Opera – Soloist- 2007
Leonard and Minky Musical Theatre – 2000,01
CHOREOGRAPHIC BODY OF WORK
2009 Just Getting There Commissioned by Staten Island Ballet
2010 Hidden Souls, Underneath
2010 Esperanza Commissioned by Staten Island Ballet
2011 Nothing to Hide Commissioned by Ellison Ballet
2011 Nostalgia
2012 The Game Commissioned by Nomad Contemporary Ballet
2012 Astrid and I Commissioned by Benjamin Briones Ballet
2013 Bleeding Love Commissioned by Nomad Contemporary Ballet
2014 Pushing Mud Commissioned by Periapsis Music and Dance
2014 The tears I shed yesterday Commissioned by Benjamin Briones Ballet
have become blissful rain
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Les Ballets Grand Diva (Company Class), Staten Island Ballet (Company Class), Benjamin Briones Ballet (Company class) Joffrey Ballet School NY, Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre, School Staten Island Ballet, Leon Dance Arts, Ballet Forte, Center Stage NJ, Esota Dance Academy, The Harmony Group (Gyrotonic), Village Gyrotonic, Center Stage LI, Private Instruction.
DANCE TRAINNING
1997-01 Joffrey Ballet School -Full Scholarship, 1996-97 Ballet Austin Academy -Work Study, 1995-96 Ballet El Paso
Currently trainning with Master Ballet Teacher Nancy Bielski .
SKILLS
Dance, Choreography, Professional Acting TV-Theatre Plays, Singing, English/Spanish Speaking, Teaching, Modeling, , Fitness-Yoga-Pilates-Gyrotonic, Producer, Founder and Director- The Latin Choreographers Festival, Costume Designer/Maker.
HONORS
Featured Dancer in Dance Magazine July 2010 Issue, Dance Magazine.com 2008, AGMA member.
REFERENCES:
Patricia Lavoy-Director- Southern New Hampshire Dance Theatre (snhdt1@gmail.com)
Benjamin Briones-Director-Benjamin Briones Ballet (benbriones2@yahoo.com)
Nancy Bielski-Master Teacher of Classical Ballet (nbielski@aol.com)
Mme. Peff Modelski-Master Teacher of Classical Ballet (peffdance@aol.com)
