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Gina Murray began dancing at age six in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her first Performance was as a buffoon in San Francisco Ballet¹s production of The Nutcracker. After moving to Oregon, she studied ballet under the direction of Ivy Forest of the Joffrey Ballet, and the late Doreen Ditzhazy. At the University of Oregon, she studied dance for three years, including performing and touring for three seasons with the Oregon Marching Band's Jazzline and for one and one half years with Dance Africa. During time she also completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Most recently, Gina has performed with The Performer's Project and Van Ummersen Dance Company as well as dancing and touring for five seasons with Dance Theatre of Oregon. After a three year absence, Gina is pleased to be reunited with DTO! |
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Richelle Rudeen is a 17 year old student at Sheldon H.S. She has been training at the Eugene School of Ballet for the past 13 years, and has been a member of the Eugene Youth Ballet for 7 years. She loves cats, drawing, and of course dancing. She has been in many productions with the Eugene Ballet Company/Ballet Idaho as a student, and toured with them as a member of the corps de Ballet in their production of Sleeping Beauty. Richelle has danced the role of the paper doll in DTO’s production of the Tin Soldier and the Arabian Artist in the Nuttycracker. She has been a member of DTO for two years. |
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Darrell began his dance education at Lane Community College in Eugene with Mary Seerieter. Since then he has performed in a variety of venues in different cities, states and countries with a unique mix of talented groups. He has danced with Lane dance theatre, C. Rider Dance Co.,San Niccholas & Co, the EDGE(Elite Dance Gymnastics Exhibitions), and is in his 11th year with Dance Theatre of Oregon, the resident modern dance company for the Hult Center. This is also his sixth year as the artistic director of the EDGE Breakers, a break dance performance group. When not working or dancing Darrell enjoys spending time with the two most important people in his life, his wife Cat and their new daughter Isabella Rose, born this last December. |
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Jeremiah Robert Wierenga has been dancing since the autumn of 2002. His life on the stage began in 1992 in the role of Michael Darling in the musical Peter Pan. Since then he has performed various leads in numerousplays. He also is an accomplished cellist, having been a member of the Meridian Symphony of Idaho between 1997 and 2000. His credits his dancing interests to his sister Sarah, who performed in Oregon and Idaho for eleven years. Jeremy is now a principal dancer with DTO at Hult Center and on tour. |
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Lauren Madden is originally from southern California where she began her training in gymnastics. When her family moved to Florence, Oregon in 1991, she trained with the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics in Eugene. Shortly thereafter, Lauren began her studies in ballet with Devorah Frates and Doreen Ditzhazy. A few years following, she furthered her studies under the instruction of Sara Lombardi and Susan Zadoff at the Eugene School of Ballet. During high school Lauren became involved with the Last Resort Players, a theater opportunity that led to performances including "Music Man," "Hello Dolly," "Anything Goes," "Oklahoma," and "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." Since then Lauren has been principle dancer with DTO in touring productions, LCC and at Hult Center and recently performing as “The Cat” with DTO and The Eugene Symphony. Lauren was recently seen in The Shoe Bird by DTO as Arturo the Parrot. |
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Justine G. Reva began dancing 22 years ago in New jersey and New York City areas. In 2000 she received a BA in Dance and Cultural Studies from UCLA. Recently she has been studying and performing with the Lane Community College Dance Company. Justine currently serves as director of Paradise Dance Studio in Eugene where she is dedicated to teaching, studying and performing dance. This is Justine’s second performance as a principal dancer. She was recently seen as The Seagull in The Shoe Bird. |