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Lorienne Beals: Biography

Lorienne Beals is an accomplished international performer and educator. Having trained at Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Studio Harmonique in Paris, and the New York Institute of Dance and Education, Lorienne has performed and taught internationally for the past decade. She currently is the VP of Operations for the New York Institute of Dance and Education, core faculty of the American Master Class Tour series, Associate Director of the Sean McLeod Dance Experience, and Director and Principal with Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre. Lorienne has been a faculty member and is an Associate Producer of the New York Dance Festival.

Ms. Beals is bi-lingual in French and holds three professional designations recognized in the finance industry. Lorienne is also as well versed in the corporate world as she is in dance, and has seamlessly weaved an approach to business and dance that allows her to do both at the International level.


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Top & Bottom Left: Ms. Beals leads the Tina Thompson Dance Theatre in warm ups at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's Joan Weill Center for Dance, New York City. Top Right: Leading a MT Modern Dance Class at NYIDE. Bottom Right: Private Coaching at NYIDE.

Lorienne Beals is certified to teach, and is one of only a few authorized to certify teachers, the emotion-based MT (McLeod Technique/Movement Therapy) and Reinforced Motor Function ®.  Created by Sean McLeod, Reinforced Motor Function ® is a hands-on approach to movement understanding and application that helps a dancer physically experience correct positions, and the proper execution for healthy movement in dance.





Most recently she spent a year living and working in England for ITT Corporation, and performed and taught for Fairfields Arts Centre, the Basingstoke Academy of Dancing, and helped administer the first England certification workshop for "MT Reinforced Motor Function" at the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD) studios in London, for the Society of Teachers of Alexander Technique (STAT). Lorienne is certified to teach, and is one of only a few authorized to certify teachers in MT Modern (McLeod Technique) and Reinforced Motor Function ®.

Ms. Beals has toured with the unique, interactive dance company, "The Family Dance Company," and was a featured artist in the International Drummer and Dancer Tour.  She has performed in a multitude of productions including the Great Blue Heron Music Festival to an audience of over 6,000, as well as at venues in Manhattan, Pittsburgh, Delaware, and other US cities, as well as in England, the Caribbean, and Tunisia, Africa. 

 


Left: Ms. Beals originated the role of Desdemona in the World Premiere of Othello: Requiem for Desdemona. Top Middle: Lorienne Beals, principal dancer with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, performs in "Of This Earth: A Walk With Nature," choreographed by Sean McLeod. This work, specially commissioned by the United States Dept. of the Interior, was a site-specific piece performed at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. Bottom Middle: Performing at the New York Dance Festival's International Stage Dance Concert and De Lavallade Awards, performing in "A Muse"choreographed by NYDF Artistic Fellow, Emily Vetsch, at the Smith Opera House. Right: Ms. Beals was the subject and inspiration for the celebrated sculptor, Eric Rosé, in his piece entitled "Gyre," part of the Kaleidoscope Series, exhibited at the the Schwienfurth Memorial Arts Center and galleries around the U.S.

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