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Donna Pidel

Biography

Photo: Pam Long Photography.

Donna Pidel, British born, freelance teacher/choreographer trained in London, England with Richard Glastone, Leonie Urdang , Terence Etheridge, Ruth French and Alexander Morrow. She received a Capezio Award at the North America Ballet Competition, Outstanding Choreographer at YAGP and is on the recommendation list of contemporary choreographers for YAGP. Her choreography was featured at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia at the Vaganova Prix competition and the Baltimore Opera Company. She was featured in “Women of Grace” for Dance Mogul Magazine. Pidel has taught for the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, NYC, Towson University, MD, The Urdang Performing Arts Center, London, England and Mercator Ballet, Antwerp Belgium. Pidel was appointed to the Artistic Board of Examiners for American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum in 2012.