[ karen henry ]
dancer/teacher

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Training

DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM 1975-77 , 1979-80
   with/mit:

Frederic Franklin - Bill Griffith - Rosella Hightower
Tanaquil LeClerqc - Arthur Mitchell

SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET 1977-79
   with/mit:

Mme. Danilova - Antonia Tumkovsky - Stanley Williams

WORKED WITH / GEARBEITET MIT...

Talley Beatty - Garth Fagan - Frederic Franklin
Geoffrey Holder - Louis Johnson - Royston Maldoon - Arthur Mitchell
John McFall - Irina Nijinska - Michael Smuin - Glen Tetley
Heinz Spörli - Billy Wilson - Andrew Morris - Kim Duddy

BALLET PRINCIPAL ROLES & CHOREOGRAPHER / ROLLEN & CHOREOGRAPH

SERENADE - Balanchine
ADAGIETTO NO.5 - Royston Maldoon
CONCERTO IN F - Billy Wilson
VOLUNTARIES - Glen Tetley
FOUR TEMPRAMENTS - Balanchine
FETE NOIRE - Arthur Mitchell
HOLBERG SUITE - A. Mitchell
SONGS OF MAHLER - Michael Smuin
TONES - A. Mitchell

TEACHING

1993 - Ballet Workshop at THEATER AN DER WIEN SCHOOL
1991 - 1995 professional Ballet ‘’MOVE ON’’ dance studio
1994 - 1996 Ballet ‘’Performing Arts Studio Vienna’’
1996 - 1999 Ballet Mistress/Assistant Ballet Director VOLKS OPER WIEN
2007 - Ballet Workshop at Bolzano Tanzfestival, Italy
2008 - Ballet Workshop at Bolzano Tanzfestival, Italy
2008-2010-Ballet Teacher Performing Center Austria
2009 - Ballet Workshop at Bolzano Tanzfestival, Italy
2009-2010- Ballet teacherSunrise Studios
2002 – 2010 Ballet teacher at "Halfstreet7"-Danceschool, Vienna
2004 – 2010 Ballet teacher at the Vienna State Opera School
2010 - Ballet Workshop at Bolzano Tanzfestival, Italy
2010 - Ballet Workshop at Lucca, Italy

PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE - THEATER - COMPANIES

U S A

NANETTE BEARDEN’S CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE - Full Company Member 1980/81
ALFRED GALLMAN’S NEWARK DANCE THEATRE - Full Company Member 1981/82
DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM - Full Company Member 1982-90
DANCING FOR LIFE AIDS BENEFIT - Guest: Concerto Barrocco 1987

E U R O P E

FREUDIANA (director/Regie: Peter Weck) - THEATER AN DER WIEN - Dancer 1990-92
BENEFIT AGAINST CHILD ABUSE/ GALA WIDER DIE GEWALT - THEATER A. D. WIEN - Guest: K. Duddy Dancers 1991
ROCKY HORROR SHOW (d./R.: Alexander Goebel) -SOMMERFESTSPIELE AMSTETTEN - Dancer 1992
VIENNA MUSICAL COMPANY - ‘'Best Of Musicals’’ - Full Company Member since/seit 1992, CHOREOGRAPHER s. 1999
ORPHEUS IN DER UNTERWELT - STADTTHEATER KLAGENFURT - Guest 1992/93
TO KILL A DRAGON / DRACHENTÖTEN (d./R.: Anselm Lipgens) - KÜNSTLERHAUS WIEN - Dancer 1992
MUSICAL ? ‘’OH MY GOD !’’(d./R.: A. Goebel) - APPLAUS THEATER WIEN - Dancer/Singer 1993
20^th Birthday Celebration of ROCKY HORROR SHOW (d./R.: A. Goebel) - RAIMUND THEATER WIEN - Dancer 1993
WEST SIDE STORY (d./R.: Heinz Ehrenfreund) - SOMMERFESTSPIELE AMSTETTEN - ‘’Carmen’’ 1994
BLUE MOON EXPERIENCE (d./R.: Domino Blue) - ORPHEUM WIEN - Choreographer / Dancer / Singer 1995
CARMINA BURANA (Choreograph.: K. Duddy) - WACHAUER THEATER FESTIVAL KREMS - Dancer 1995
SWEET CHARITY (d./R. + Choreog.: K. Duddy) - SOMMERFESTSPIELE AMSTETTEN - Dance captain / ‘’Carmen’’ 1995
THE X-MAS SHOW (d./R.: Ruppert Henning) - CASINEUM BADEN - Choreographer 1995
DANCE ! DANCE ! DANCE ! (dir./R.: K. Duddy) - VOLKS OPERA VIENNA - Soloist - 1996/97
KISS ME KATE (Dir.R.:Robert Herzl) - VOLKS OPERA VIENNA - Hattie - 1997
100 YRS./JAHRE OPERETTE (w./m.: Peter Minnich) - STADTHALLE WIEN - Assistant Choreographer- 1997
GIGI (d./R.: Gilian Lynne) - VOLKSOPERA VIENNA - Dancer - 1998
HAIR (d./R.:K.Duddy) - RAIMUNDTHEATER VIENNA - Dancecaptain / Swing - 2000/01
CARMEN CUBANA (d./R.:K.Duddy) - SOMMERFESTSPIELE AMSTETTEN - Dancer - 2006
CARMEN CUBANA (d./R.:K.Duddy) - DEUTSCHES THEATER MÜNCHEN- Dancer - 2007

INDUSTRIALS

BAC Deo - City Club Vienna
AGFA HAPPY COLOR FESTIVAL / PHOTOKINA Köln
PIERRE LANG MODESCHMUCK - Germany Tour 1992
VW/SKODA, UVEX, AWD, HEIDELBERGER, McDONALDS, IBM, BASF etc.- with/mit BLUE MOON EXPERIENCE

TV - VIDEO - COMMERCIALS

OLYMPIC GAMES 1984 - Los Angeles - ABC Closing Ceremony
CREOLE GISELLE - NBC 1987
AT+T Commercial - Network Primetime TV 1988
PURITANO shoe commercial - KINOWERBUNG 1990
‘’TANGO ME’’ - Videoclip w./m.: R. Bilgeri 1992
‘’25’’ yrs. ORF - 1992
PETER ALEXANDER X-MAS SHOW - ORF with/mit Hape Kerkeling 1992
‘’NIX IS FIX’’ - Reinhard Fendrich Show - ORF 1992,1993,1994
SCHMIDTEINANDER - TV Show w./m. Harald Schmidt WDR 1993/94
HBW ‘’ZURÜCK AUS DER ZUKUNFT - Image film 1994
‘’DIE KNICKERBOCKERBANDE - DAS SPRECHENDE GRAB’’ (Thomas Brezina) - Movie 1994
DAGMAR KOLLER SHOW - ORF/ZDF 1995
FEST DER FREIHEIT/ FREEDOM CELEBRATION (50 yrs. Austria) - TV Special ORF 1995
STARLIGHT - Prominenten Playback Show (Peter Rapp) - ORF 1994,1995, 1996
OPEL CORSA / MEMPHIS - TV commercial 1994
‘’GO WITH THE FLOW OF TIME’’ Videoclip w./m. Kai Peterson 1993
‘’SLIDE’’ Videoclip w./m. Cedric Bradley 1996
DARF ICH SIE BITTEN ?! (w./m.: Alfons Haider) - ORF 1997
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST - Dublin - ORF 1997
30 JAHRE Ö3 - DAS LEBEN IST EIN HIT - ORF 1997