Breanna's webpage on wooloo.org
and
Channel on YouTube
Breanna is dancing this Fall with
Mari Meade Dance.
Breanna performed this summer in Maine with
Allison Chase
in the rock quarry production of
Quarryography 2
in association with the
Stonington Opera House.
Breanna is
working during the summer of 2009
in the
New York City Mayor's
Office of Environmental Remediation as a geologist focusing on "E"-Designation on
Brownfield Sites in the 5 boroughs.
Breanna danced
in the historic
Beacon Theater
on Broadway in New York to a packed house on June 13th, 2009, in the
Turkish American Art Society's Production
of the popular Turkish Musical
Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyasi featuring the renowned Turkish singer
Burak
Kut
Youtube:
December
Ecdysis
All The Rage
Dancing with Hot Pink Granite:
Alison Chase: Quarryography
Design, Choreography, and Dance for PUMA:
que hora es?
jugar bailar nadar descansar ganar trabajar
New Shoes: Cell Meio
After four years of study at Southern Methodist University, Breanna Gribble earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree (B.F.A.) in Dance Performance, a Bachelor of Science Degree (B.S.) in Geophysics, and a minor in Mathematics graduating Magna Cum Laude in Spring 2008.
A native of Southern California, Breanna began her dance training at age thirteen at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private boarding school in her hometown of Idyllwild. After graduating the top of her class, she chose to attend Southern Methodist University, encouraged by artistic and academic scholarships. During her dance training at SMU she performed works by Martha Graham, Maurice Bejart, Carla Maxwell, William Forsythe and Max Stone. Summer 2006, she performed the Japanese Butoh piece by choreographer Takuya Muramatsu in the International Choreographer's Commissioning Project in Durham, North Carolina.
She also worked with choreographer Alison Chase, co-founder of Pilobolus Dance Company, on a site specific work called Quarryography appropriately performed in a granite quarry in Stonington, Maine. She continued her work with Ms. Chase the following summer. She gained valuable experience in the unique Pilobolus style of movement including harness suspension work. She was a valuable contributor to the Dance Theatre of Harlem in New York City when she worked as a marketing consultant through the Corporate Communications and Public Affairs division of SMU.
She was a consistent contributor to the student choreography program during her four years at SMU, she was the artistic director of the senior dance concert Common Thread: Sharp Show 2008, and was instrumental to the development of a new class, Video Dance Workshop. Most recently, Breanna is choreographing and dancing in a series of commercials for Puma Athletic Wear.EDUCATION 2004 - 2008 B.F.A/B.S. Dance Performance and Geophysics Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX POSITIONS 2007 - 2007 Mustang Consulting Dance Theatre of Harlem, New York Worked as a marketing consultant through the Corporate Communications and Public Affairs division of SMU for the Dance Theatre of Harlem for ten weeks in the summer of 2007. 2008 - 2008 Choreographer/Dancer Puma Athletic Wear, Mexico See my work at www.streamswitch.tv click on R1-R6 and the Cell Meio Ad 2008 - 2008 Dancer "Quarryography" by Alison Chase (co-founder of Pilobolus Dance Company)Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Maine Arts Commission. Commissioned by Opera House Arts at the Stonington Opera House, Stonington, ME. Produced by Opera House Arts in collaboration with Island Heritage Trust. Renowned choreographer Alison Chase brings professional dancers, university students and her beloved community together to show us what goes on at the local quarry when no one is watching... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xZccJxuaw0
2008 - 2008 Choreographer JP2 Theatre Booster Club Choreographer for the production of Beauty and the Beast RECOGNITIONS 2008 Outstanding Dance Award Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University 2008 Magna Cum Laude Meadows School of the Arts/Dedman College Southern Methodist University PROJECTS 2008 Common Thread: Sharp Show 2008 Senior dance concert at Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TXArtistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer "The annual Sharp Dance Series is a showcase of works choreographed and produced by seniors from SMU's Division of Dance. This year's show was created as a benefit for the local charitable organization Bryan's House, which helps care for children affected by HIV/AIDS. In addition to presenting the Sharp Show, the dancers taught a two-day creative movement class in January for the children at Bryan's House.SKILLSBreanna has trained in Ballet, Pointe, Classical and Contemporary Partnering, Modern, Jazz, Improvisation, Composition, Butoh, Hip-Hop, Salsa, Swing, Tap, and Argentinean Tango. She is at an advanced level in Graham technique as taught by her teachers Myra Woodruff and Nathan Montoya, both former members of the Graham Company.
Her teachers include but are not limited to Anne Krampen, Jean-Marie Martz, Deborah Brockus, Stephaine Gilliland, Diana MacNeil, Nora Reynolds, Andrew Parker, Karen Kriete, Shelley C. Berg, Patty Harrington Delany, Myra Woodruff, Nathan Montoya, Max Stone, Danny Buraczeski, Leslie Peck, Lauren Thompson, and Antonia Caruso.
She is elementary level certified in Labanotation. She has gained much experience in grant and proposal writing while she was the artistic director of Common Thread: Sharp Show 2008. She has experience as an assistant stage manager and has produced, filmed, and edited dance for camera works. She has worked with Motion Capture and suspension work (single-hand harness).
Her musicality is a result of training in the Suzuki Method on Cello. She was a member of many local orchestras in Southern California and played professionally in the Cochella Valley Symphony Orchestra.
Breanna is currently living and dancing in New York. She can be contacted as BreannaGribble (at) gmail.com.
