Mark your calendars for Saturday July 26-Ballet master classes with James Canfield
9:30am-11:30am Beginning & Advanced Beginning levels
12:00pm-2:00pm Intermediate & Advanced levels
Ages 8 through Adult
James Canfield was born in Corning, New York, and received his early dance training at the acclaimed Washington School of Ballet under the direction of Mary Day. After joining the Washington Ballet in Washington, D.C., he joined the Joffrey II Dancers in New York City. Following one season with the Joffrey II Dancers, he was invited to join the Joffrey Ballet under the direction of Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino. During his career, James danced an extensive repertoire of works by noted choreographers such as Sir Frederick Ashton, Anthony Tudor, George Balanchine, Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, William Forsythe, John Cranko, Marius Petipa, Jirí Kylián, José Limón, Agnes de Mille, Choo San Goh, and Val Caniparoli among others.
In addition, James was featured in two Dance in America PBS Series’ as well as An Evening with Diana Ross. He left the Joffrey Ballet and was appointed Oregon Ballet Theatre’s (OBT) Founding Artistic Director and served in that role from 1989 to 2003. James choreographed over 30 ballets for the year-round company and established the School of Oregon Ballet Theatre to provide the best classical training to dancers throughout the Northwest. His students have gone on to dance with New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Dusseldorf Opera Ballet, Ballet West, Colorado Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, and many others.
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