Movers & Shapers: Michele Wiles

By February 20, 2019Podcast

MOVERS & SHAPERS:

PODCAST No.79 –


Michele Wiles

 

Release Date: 2.20.19

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ABOUT MICHELE WILES

 

Michele Wiles founded BalletNext in 2011 with the vision to pair classically trained dancers and live musicians in a collaborative setting that encourages risk taking and a focus on process.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, at age 10 she moved to Washington D.C. to train at the Kirov Academy on full scholarship. She was a Gold Medal winner at the 18th International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria a Bronze Medal winner in Nagoya, Japan and a finalist at the Paris International Dance Competition. She was a Princess Grace Foundation – U.S.A. Dance Fellowship recipient for 1999–2000 and won the Erik Bruhn Prize in 2002.

She joined American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company in 1997 and joined American Ballet Theatre in 1998.  She was promoted to soloist in 2000 and to principal in 2005. In 2011, she left that position to start BalletNext.

In addition to leading BalletNext as artistic director and dancer, Michele is choreographing. Ushuaia to music by Heinrich Biber, which premiered at New York Live Arts in February 2015 marked her formal choreographic debut.

 

MORE ON MICHELE:

Website: BalletNext.com

 

PODCAST INTERVIEW LINKS

The Nutcracker with Gelsey Kirkland

Darcey Bussell

The Royal Ballet

Kirov Academy of Ballet

Vaganova Method

Star Search

ABT

David Hallberg

David Howard

“I was a Dancer”

Charles Askegard

Mauro Bigonzetti

Complexions 

School of Dance, University of Utah

New Victory Theater

Flex Dance

The Shed

 

 

Podcast produced by: The Moving Architects
Interviewer: Erin Carlisle Norton
Theme Music: Adam Crawley whose music can be found at djplie.com

This podcast episode is in partnership with JAM.  JAM is the home of dance entrepreneur Jessica Marino, providing artist management services and industry shopping. jamdancer.com, networking for dance and bringing ideas to the spotlight.