CYB hosts instructor Janet Hana Park; former dancer with the Korean National Theater
The City Youth Ballet will host classes Sept 10-12 and Sept 24-26 with Janet Hana Park, a former member of the Sun Hee Jang’s Ballet Company with the Korean National Theater. Classes are open to dancers ages 10 and up.
Classes will be held at the City Youth Ballet’s studios, 3501 W. Market Street, September 10 at 3:30 and 5 p.m.; September 11 at 3:30; and September 12 at 11 a.m. She returns September 24-26 for another set of classes. Classes are $20 each for non-CYB members. For more information, call the City Youth Ballet at 423-434-2195.
Ms. Park was born in Ashland, Ohio and after age 6 was raised in the Republic of Korea. She started her dance training at age 9, and later graduated from Kae-Won High School of Art. In 2009, she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Dancing (classical ballet) from Sae-Jong University, Seoul, Korea, one of the finest schools of performing arts in Korea.
She received a Certificate of Qualification of Ballet Teaching from the Korea Association of Dance Leaders in 2008. She was a instructor of Yi-Reh Dance Academy in 2007-‘08, and became a leading instructor teaching at Bun-Dang International School in 2008. Ms. Park was a member of Professor Sun Hee Jang’s Ballet Company at the Korean National Theater in Seoul and appeared in performances of FAUST and CARMEN, and also performed in PRAYER and COUNTRY MARKET OF KOREA at Khabarovsk, Russia in 2000.
Ms. Park has earned numerous awards including the Special Gold prize in Ballet by the Korea Association of Dance Leaders. Ms. Park moved to Buffalo, New York, in January, 2009, and joined the Buffalo City Ballet. Ms. Park will be working with the City Youth Ballet and its training school, the Johnson City Ballet Academy, this year in association with Marvin Askew of Buffalo City Ballet and through the generosity of Stanley and Christy Dunbar.