Karin FahrenholzWellington, FLFrench/Music/Dance
I have 40 years of experience in dance including performance, instruction, and choreography. I currently am focusing on Ballet, but in the past have taught Ballet, Pre-Ballet, Creative Dance, Jazzballet, and Contemporary Dance. I have even taught Piano + Creative Dance in French!
My performance repertoire with various community ballet companies includes roles from "Beauty and the Beast," "The Nutcracker," "The Grinch," "The Firebird," "Hansel and Gretel," "The Princess and the Pea," "Meditations, Songs of Hope," "Creator's Love, Fantastique Toy Shoppe," "Such A Time As This: The Biblical Story of Esther," "George Mueller: The Man Who Saved 10,000 Orphans," "The Wizard of Oz," "Cinderella," "The Nightingale," "Little Red Riding Hood/Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty," "Doll Collection," "Clara's Dreams," + a variety of dance showcases and performances including self-choreographed works. At Howard County Ballet in Ellicott City, MD and Ballet Atlantica in West Palm Beach, Florida I had the opportunity to dance with professional dancers. I am currently studying at Dance Arts Conservatory in Wellington, FL under Artistic Director Melissa Waters McCoy.
Some of my favorite roles have included The Mouse Queen, Snow Corps, Flowers, Big Mouse, Mother Ginger, Spanish, Mother Angel, Russian, and Party Parent from The Nutcracker; Summer Attendant, Ball Princess, Princess of Other Lands (w/Arabian solo) from "Cinderella;" Grandmother, Queen of Hearts, Fairy Godmother, Forest Fairy Corps, and Understudy for Jewels from "Little Red Riding Hood/Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty;" Tornado, Monkey Assistant, Emerald City Citizen, Big Monkey and School Teacher understudy from "The Wizard of Oz;" + the Sapphire Variation from "Sleeping Beauty."
My own choreography includes "Je Chanterai" (Céline Dion), "Broken Together" (Casting Crowns), Fields of Gold (Sting), "Papillon" (George Winston), "How Beautiful" (Twila Paris); Emperor Concerto (Beethoven);"Into the Night" (Julee Cruise).