Meet Hadassah

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Hadassah began her training at a very young age at MarLo Dance Studio in Bandon Oregon. She began her training with a strong classical ballet foundation focusing on the Cecchetti method and later training in the Vaganova method. In addition to ballet, Hadassah also has a strong background in various dance styles including jazz, tap, contemporary, hiphop, and ballroom. Recently, Hadassah also trained under professional mime, Nameer El-Kadi in pantomime and theater expression. Her favorite roles performed while dancing with MarLo include; Clara in the Nutcracker, Pinocchio, Aurora in Sleeping Beauty, the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, and Dew Drop Fairy in the Nutcracker.

In 2017, Hadassah attended her first summer intensive with Ballet Fantastique and was invited back the following year on scholarship to attend their full summer intensive program. In addition to summer intensives, she has also performed in BFan’s An American Christmas Carol as a young dancer and loves being on stage with BFan and is excited to be dancing with them again! Hadassah also attended the Kevin Jenkins’ summer intensive in San Diego, CA this year where she trained with Kevin Jenkins, Trisha Carter, and Gina Sorensen. During her time there she was able to perform one of Kevin’s original works, “Still Waters”. In addition to dancing, in 2018 Hadassah started teacher training under studio director Maria Merriam.

She continued training and began her teaching career and soon became the resident jazz teacher at MarLo for the last 3 years. She strives to bring her love of dance into every class and help dancers of all ages and levels build the confidence and technique needed to feel their best in class and on stage. Hadassah also obtained her Associates in Business Management & Entrepreneurship, as well as additional certificates in Early Childhood Development at Southwestern Oregon Community College while dancing/teaching full time.

Hadassah is excited to be dancing with BFan again in her first season as a company corps dancer!

Quick Facts

Hometown:
Myrtle Point, OR

Ballet Fantastique: 
First season

Favorites: 
Reading, kombucha, golfing, and sunsets at the beach.

Pointe shoes: 
Bloch