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Casey O’Neill

Contact: (973) 902-7705

Education:

Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

BFA Dance Major, Class of 2014

Faculty: Randy James (modern), Keith Thompson (modern, choreography, performance skills), Julia Ritter (improvisation, choreography), John Evans (modern, choreography, performance skills), Raegan Wood (modern, improvisation), Sherry Alban (ballet), Ginger Thatcher (ballet), Kim Gibilisco (modern, choreography), Kimani Fowlin (Afro-fusion), Frederick Curry (choreography, Bartenieff Fundamentals, Laban Movement Analysis), Sally McMahan (Alexander Technique), Jacqueline Reid (dance production), Robert Benford (rhythm for dancers)
Resident Guest Artists: Sidra Bell, Brian Brooks, Meghan Frederick, Roxanne Lyst, Laura Peterson, Manuel Vignoulle, Niv Sheinfeld & Oren Laor

Bergen County Academies, Academy of Performing Arts – Theater

Hackensack, NJ

Theater Major, Class of 2010

Faculty: Victoria Pero (Acting, Theater History, Voice & Speech, Alexander Technique), Rebecca Strum (Acting, Theater History, Directing) Playwriting, jazz, ballet, tap

Performance Experience:

Member of University DanceWorks - Mason Gross student company (Fall 2012- Spring 2013)

Battlefield, by Robert Battle, staged by Erika Putjik
Performed on tour at 6 New Jersey high schools in spring 2013 as well as in Mason Gross DancePlus concert series

DancePlus Fall/ DancePlus Spring- Mason Gross faculty/guest artist concert series, held at Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater, New Brunswick, NJ

Bergen County Academies, Academy of Performing Arts – Theater Class 2010

Plays and Musicals: Urinetown, dancer/chorus (Winter 2006), Romeo & Juliet, Lord Capulet (Spring 2007) Twelfth Night, costume assistant (Fall 2007), The Secret Garden, dancer/chorus (Winter 2007), Cinderella Wore Combat Boots, Stepmother (Spring 2008), Stage Door, Kaye Hamilton (Fall 2008), Into the Woods, Stepsister/chorus (Winter 2008), ‘Dentity Crisis, Edith Fromage (Spring 2009), Children of Eden, dancer/snake/chorus (Winter 2009)
Co-Directed the play Scuba Lessons with student Alisa Gennarelli for senior directing project Spring 2010

Teaching Experience:

Ambition Dance Academy, Washington Township, NJ (Sept. 2009 – Jun. 2011)

(201) 664-7022

Teacher for ballet, tap, jazz from ages 2.5 – 7
Front desk, office work with billing, costumes, and filing, cleaning and organizing

Art of Motion, Ridgewood, NJ (Summer & Winter 2012)

(201) 652-5800

Intern/Assistant Teacher with Lynn Needle, from ages 4-12
Cleaning, organizing costumes, front desk
Assistant for A Nutcracker Suite (Winter 2011)Co- taught master classes in 6 high school dance programs throughout New Jersey while on tour with University DanceWorks (Spring 2013)

Choreographic Experience:

Push to Open, by Casey O’Neill, group piece (April 2014)
Visage, by Casey O’Neill, solo (Nov. 2013)
Tic, by Casey O’Neill, group piece (Mar. 2013)
American College Dance Festival at Hofstra University (Spring 2013) – Tic was chosen by Mason Gross faculty to be performed at the Unajudicated Concert
College Partnership Program (Feb. 2013) Push to Open was chosen by Mason Gross faculty to be shared at CPP at Mark Morris Dance Center, Brooklyn, NY.

Related Experience:

Doug Varone and Dancers 2012 Summer Workshop: pilates with Erin Owen, modern with the company, phrase work with the company, Irene Dowd, modern repertory with Alex Springer, Xan Burley, Colin Stilwell, Hollis Bartlett, and Julia Burrer
Doug Varone and Dancers 2011 Summer Workshop: pilates with Erin Owen, modern with the company, phrase work with the company, Irene Dowd with Peggy Baker, choreographic devices with Doug Varone
Cabaret Theater (student run) at Rutgers University

Shit Play, written by Emily Lowinger & directed by Boris Van Der Reecast as the lead female role Loyola

Dance Videos Choreographed, Filmed, and Edited