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Embargoed: For release on Sept. 12, 2007 Media Contact: Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337, carpem@ncarts.edu Photos available upon request NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS CHANCELLOR JOHN MAUCERI APPOINTS AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE PRINCIPAL DANCER ETHAN STIEFEL AS NEW SCHOOL OF DANCE DEAN
WINSTON-SALEM – North Carolina School of the Arts Chancellor John Mauceri has announced that American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Ethan Stiefel will be the new dean of the NCSA School of Dance. Chancellor Mauceri said, "The founding visionaries of NCSA imagined a unique school for young artists who would be taught and inspired by great performing artists. Ethan Stiefel fulfills that vision. He is one of the greatest dancers in the world and is an artist of enormous erudition, creativity and curiosity. He has a passion for learning and a passion for teaching. "As the unanimous choice of our search committee and as my ideal partner in taking NCSA to an unparalleled future, we welcome him to our school, our city and the state of North Carolina," Chancellor Mauceri concluded. Stiefel said, "I am grateful to have been offered this opportunity and I am energized about the possibility to take the NCSA School of Dance to new heights. I truly feel that this is a defining moment in my career." Mauceri said Stiefel will serve as "Dean Designate" during a period of transition in which Stiefel will continue to dance professionally as a principal with ABT and as an international guest artist. "My involvement with and input into the School of Dance will grow as I assume the dean's responsibility full-time," Stiefel said. "Over time, I will be more selective about my professional engagements, but I will continue to have a career as a performer. "The fact that I will continue to dance will not only benefit the School of Dance students here on campus," Stiefel said, "but hopefully will raise the School's profile here and abroad."	Chancellor Mauceri and Ethan Stiefel By Donald Dietz Chancellor Mauceri, Ethan Stiefel, Mary Semans, Robert Lindgren (l-r) By Donald Dietz Ethan Stiefel By Barry Wetcher
Last month, Chancellor Mauceri announced that NCSA Chancellor Emeritus Alex C. Ewing (former general director of the Joffrey Ballet and son of the late Lucia Chase) would serve as interim dean of the School of Dance for the coming year. During his transition, Stiefel will divide his time between Winston-Salem and New York. He has been in-residence at NCSA for the past week-and-a-half, meeting new and returning students, observing placement classes, and conferring with faculty and staff. Ethan Stiefel was born in Pennsylvania. He starred in Columbia Pictures' feature film, CENTER STAGE, directed by Nicholas Hytner and choreographed by Susan Stroman. Stiefel is the artistic director and principal teacher of an annual summer training and performance workshop, Stiefel & Students, on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. Stiefel's television and video credits include The Dream, Le Corsaire, Die Fledermaus and the documentary, Born to be Wild. Stiefel is a performer and artistic associate of Kings of the Dance, a program featuring four of today's best male dancers. It premiered in Orange County, Calif., and New York in 2006 and will tour Russia in 2007. Ethan Stiefel began his performing career at age 16 with the New York City Ballet, where he quickly rose to the rank of principal dancer. He was also a member of the Zürich Ballet and joined Ballet Theatre in 1997. His repertoire of full-length works includes Florimund (The Sleeping Beauty), Siegfried (Swan Lake), Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), Albrecht (Giselle), Lescaut (Manon), Lenski (Onegin ), Jeanne (Raymonda), Colas (La Fille Mal Gardee), Solor (La Bayadere), Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Cassio (Othello), Basil (Don Quixote), Franz (Coppelia), Conrad and the Slave (Le Corsaire). He appears in a wide variety of shorter works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Michel Fokine, William Forsythe, Lar Lubovitch, Nils Christe, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Jiri Kylian, August Bournonville, Bob Fosse, Antony Tudor, Christopher Wheeldon, Eugene Loring, Peter Martins, Nacho Duato, Frederick Ashton and Twyla Tharp. Stiefel made his debut with the Royal Ballet in Twyla Tharp's Junk Man pas de deux and returned frequently as a guest, dancing the roles of Franz, Solor, Colas, Albrecht, Lenski, the Prince in a new production of Sleeping Beauty and In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated by William Forsythe. The Kirov Ballet invited him to dance Apollo in St. Petersburg and he later returned as Solor. Other guest appearances include the Australian Ballet, the Zürich Ballet, the Munich Ballet, Teatro Colon, and tours in the United States, Japan, Russia and throughout Europe. He has been a guest teacher for many institutions including the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and Royal Ballet School. He frequently teaches master classes internationally; was artistic director of Ballet Pacifica and a juror for the Prix de Lausanne in 2001. Ethan Stiefel began his dance studies in Madison, Wis. His early teachers included Paul Sutherland and Ted Kivitt. He continued his studies at Marcia Dale Weary's Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. He was awarded a full scholarship at the School of American Ballet, where he studied under Stanley Williams and studied with Mikhail Baryshnikov at his School of Classical Ballet. Stiefel has received many honors for his artistry including a Princess Grace Foundation-USA "Emerging Artist" grant in 1991. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Albert of Monaco presented Stiefel with the Statue Award of the Princess Grace Foundation at a gala dinner in October 1999. The award, the foundation's highest honor, is given "in recognition of exceptional and continuing professional achievements." The North Carolina School of the Arts is located in Winston-Salem and is part of the University of North Carolina system. The School of the Arts, comprising schools of dance, design and production, drama, filmmaking, and music, grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees for performing, moving image and visual artists. John Mauceri, founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, has been chancellor since June 2006. ###
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Embargoed: For release on Sept. 12, 2007
Media Contact: Marla Carpenter, 336-770-3337, carpem@ncarts.edu
Photos available upon request

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
CHANCELLOR JOHN MAUCERI APPOINTS
AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE PRINCIPAL DANCER ETHAN STIEFEL
AS NEW SCHOOL OF DANCE DEAN

WINSTON-SALEM – North Carolina School of the Arts Chancellor John Mauceri has announced that American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Ethan Stiefel will be the new dean of the NCSA School of Dance.

Chancellor Mauceri said, "The founding visionaries of NCSA imagined a unique school for young artists who would be taught and inspired by great performing artists. Ethan Stiefel fulfills that vision. He is one of the greatest dancers in the world and is an artist of enormous erudition, creativity and curiosity. He has a passion for learning and a passion for teaching.

"As the unanimous choice of our search committee and as my ideal partner in taking NCSA to an unparalleled future, we welcome him to our school, our city and the state of North Carolina," Chancellor Mauceri concluded.

Stiefel said, "I am grateful to have been offered this opportunity and I am energized about the possibility to take the NCSA School of Dance to new heights. I truly feel that this is a defining moment in my career."

Mauceri said Stiefel will serve as "Dean Designate" during a period of transition in which Stiefel will continue to dance professionally as a principal with ABT and as an international guest artist.

"My involvement with and input into the School of Dance will grow as I assume the dean's responsibility full-time," Stiefel said. "Over time, I will be more selective about my professional engagements, but I will continue to have a career as a performer.

"The fact that I will continue to dance will not only benefit the School of Dance students here on campus," Stiefel said, "but hopefully will raise the School's profile here and abroad."

Chancellor Mauceri and Ethan Stiefel
By Donald Dietz

Chancellor Mauceri, Ethan Stiefel, Mary Semans, Robert Lindgren (l-r)
By Donald Dietz

Ethan Stiefel
By Barry Wetcher

Last month, Chancellor Mauceri announced that NCSA Chancellor Emeritus Alex C. Ewing (former general director of the Joffrey Ballet and son of the late Lucia Chase) would serve as interim dean of the School of Dance for the coming year.

During his transition, Stiefel will divide his time between Winston-Salem and New York. He has been in-residence at NCSA for the past week-and-a-half, meeting new and returning students, observing placement classes, and conferring with faculty and staff.

Ethan Stiefel was born in Pennsylvania.

He starred in Columbia Pictures' feature film, CENTER STAGE, directed by Nicholas Hytner and choreographed by Susan Stroman.

Stiefel is the artistic director and principal teacher of an annual summer training and performance workshop, Stiefel & Students, on Martha's Vineyard, Mass.

Stiefel's television and video credits include The Dream, Le Corsaire, Die Fledermaus and the documentary, Born to be Wild.

Stiefel is a performer and artistic associate of Kings of the Dance, a program featuring four of today's best male dancers. It premiered in Orange County, Calif., and New York in 2006 and will tour Russia in 2007.

Ethan Stiefel began his performing career at age 16 with the New York City Ballet, where he quickly rose to the rank of principal dancer.

He was also a member of the Zürich Ballet and joined Ballet Theatre in 1997.

His repertoire of full-length works includes Florimund (The Sleeping Beauty), Siegfried (Swan Lake), Romeo (Romeo and Juliet), Albrecht (Giselle), Lescaut (Manon), Lenski (Onegin ), Jeanne (Raymonda), Colas (La Fille Mal Gardee), Solor (La Bayadere), Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Cassio (Othello), Basil (Don Quixote), Franz (Coppelia), Conrad and the Slave (Le Corsaire).

He appears in a wide variety of shorter works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Michel Fokine, William Forsythe, Lar Lubovitch, Nils Christe, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris, Jiri Kylian, August Bournonville, Bob Fosse, Antony Tudor, Christopher Wheeldon, Eugene Loring, Peter Martins, Nacho Duato, Frederick Ashton and Twyla Tharp.

Stiefel made his debut with the Royal Ballet in Twyla Tharp's Junk Man pas de deux and returned frequently as a guest, dancing the roles of Franz, Solor, Colas, Albrecht, Lenski, the Prince in a new production of Sleeping Beauty and In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated by William Forsythe.

The Kirov Ballet invited him to dance Apollo in St. Petersburg and he later returned as Solor. Other guest appearances include the Australian Ballet, the Zürich Ballet, the Munich Ballet, Teatro Colon, and tours in the United States, Japan, Russia and throughout Europe.

He has been a guest teacher for many institutions including the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and Royal Ballet School. He frequently teaches master classes internationally; was artistic director of Ballet Pacifica and a juror for the Prix de Lausanne in 2001.

Ethan Stiefel began his dance studies in Madison, Wis. His early teachers included Paul Sutherland and Ted Kivitt. He continued his studies at Marcia Dale Weary's Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. He was awarded a full scholarship at the School of American Ballet, where he studied under Stanley Williams and studied with Mikhail Baryshnikov at his School of Classical Ballet.

Stiefel has received many honors for his artistry including a Princess Grace Foundation-USA "Emerging Artist" grant in 1991.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Albert of Monaco presented Stiefel with the Statue Award of the Princess Grace Foundation at a gala dinner in October 1999. The award, the foundation's highest honor, is given "in recognition of exceptional and continuing professional achievements."

The North Carolina School of the Arts is located in Winston-Salem and is part of the University of North Carolina system. The School of the Arts, comprising schools of dance, design and production, drama, filmmaking, and music, grants high school, undergraduate and graduate degrees for performing, moving image and visual artists. John Mauceri, founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, has been chancellor since June 2006.

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