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Résumé
Karen V. Cotter
kvcotter@comcast.net • kcproductions.info
(505) 242-5636 • FAX 1-877-388-8131 • Cell (505) 321-0152
Vital Statistics at a Glance
Birthplace: London, England
Height: 5’6”
Weight: 140 lbs.
Hair: Auburn
Eyes: Hazel/Green
Passport: Current
Agent: Self
Age range: 40–70
SAG/AFTRA Member
Professional Experience:
film, television, vocals, and dance
Film and TV
Buffalo Girls, Townswoman
Digit Pace, US Department of Energy, training film (8 different roles)
Walker: Texas Ranger, Townswoman (2 episodes)
The Staircase, Nun (featured role)
Maniacts, Insane Inmate (featured role)
Commercials
Nestlé’s Chocolate®
Nissan®
Neff & Associates, voiceovers
Workshops
Alan Arkin
Jo Edna Boldin
Kathy Brinks
Janet Davidson
Ben Kingsley
Fern Orenstein
Chadwick Struck
Sheila Ivy Traister
Dance and Voice
San Francisco Ballet Company
American Ballet Theater
Southwest Ballet Company
ACLOA
Southwest Opera Company
UNM Opera Studio
Minsk Choreographic School, Belarus, USSR
Santa Fe Opera
Albuquerque Ballet Company, Inc., Founder, President, Artistic Director, Choreographer 1975–1996 (18 original ballets) abqballet.com
Vocalist for the Phil Lenk Quartet/Trio for 8 years appearing at the Rancher's Club, Hilton, Albuquerque
Classical Ballet Training
1951–1959 Maestro Pianowski (Ballet Master to Anna Pavlova)
1960–1961 American Ballet Theatre
1962–1965 San Francisco Ballet Company
1983 Minsk Choreographic School, Minsk, Belarus (USSR)
Performance
American Ballet Theatre (dancer)
San Francisco Ballet Company (dancer)
Santa Fe Opera (dancer/choreographer)
Albuquerque Civic Light Opera (dancer/choreographer)
Musical Theatre of Albuquerque (dancer/choreographer)
Opera Southwest (singer/choreographer)
UNM Department of Music (singer/choreographer)
Southwest Ballet Company (dancer)
Teaching Background
Sandia Prep, Albuquerque, NM
Mike Haley School of Dance, Albuquerque, NM
Litka School of Dance, Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque Ballet Company (ABC), Albuquerque, NM
Purchased Krasnoff School of Dance in 1975 and founded new school and company renamed Albuquerque Ballet Company. Remained Artistic Director, Choreographer, and Teacher until retirement in 1996. ABC is now “inactive” but still retains the same Board of Directors as in 1996. In good standing with NM State Corporation Commission as a Non-Profit Corporation. There are future plans for revival of ABC.
Other Skills/Interests
Play most stringed instruments, UNM Fine Arts College (piano/voice)
Extensive vocal background. Can play entertainer roles (all aspects)
2 CD releases, On the Wings of a Flutterby,and Flutterby Bleu
Founder/President, Belarusian Children of Chernobyl, Inc., NM, a non-profit, children’s humanitarian aid organization.
Crew Member, “Breezy Rider,” NM owned balloon
Screen Actors Guild, council, legislative committee, special events
Commissioner, New Mexico Arts Commission
Education
College
The University of New Mexico, School of Law, Paralegal School
The University of New Mexico, Department of Fine Arts, Music and Voice
Other
Minsk Choreographic School, Minsk, Belarus
High School, The Hamlin School, San Francisco, CA
Grade School, Amarillo, TX
Albuquerque Ballet Company
A New Mexico non-profit organization, founded in 1975 by Karen V. Cotter, Artistic Director, Choreographer, Classical, Contemporary, Original Works Repertory.
Link to abqballet.com
Original/Premiered Ballets
by Karen V. Cotter for Albuquerque Ballet Company
1980 Secret of the Sacred Cenote
1981 Keri
1982 The Mask
1984 Kosmos & Kalypso (world premiere)
1986 Pas de Trois
1988 Pirouette, All That Gershwin
1989 Tete a Tete, Nova, Tour de Force
1990 Bugsy’s, Fragile, Handle with Care
1991 Black Orpheus
1992 Wolf and The Raven, The Shooting of Dan McGre,Northern Lights
1993 Southwestern Scenes
1994 Out to Lunch, Back at One
1995 Final Nutcracker,
The Nutcracker had been presented from 1979–1996, at the KiMo Theatre (official home of ABC and City Ballet Company), Albuquerque Little Theatre, Albuquerque; Red Rock State Park, Gallup; NMSU, Grants Campus & other venues over the 17 years of annual production. Cast varied from 58–130, depending on use of local dancers in touring productions.
Vanessa playing Clara at the final performance of The Nutcracker
Children’s Ballets
Created by Karen V. Cotter for Albuquerque Ballet Company
1985 Peter and the Wolf, Carnival of the Animals
1993 Winnie the Pooh & Tigger Too
1994 Peter Pan
1994 Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
Classical Ballets
Choreographed by Karen V. Cotter for Albuquerque Ballet Company
1979 Giselle
1980 Les Patineurs
1981 Cinderella
1982 Sleeping Beauty
1983 Sylvia, Coppelia
1985 Les Sylphides
1986 Gaite Parisienne
1975–1996 Nutcracker
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