Lanette Costas
Lanette Costas
MFA, Actors Equity Association
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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Professional Performing Arts High School Fall 2023- Present
Ballet Technique (Faculty)
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The Ailey School Fall 2022 - Present
Ballet & Horton Technique (Faculty)
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Ballet Tech Fall 2022 - Present
Ballet Technique (Faculty)
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Rowan University Spring 2022
Guest Instructor
Taught classes in Horton Technique
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Edison High School Spring 2022 Modern technique master class
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InSpira Performing Arts & Cultural Center 2008 – 2022
Academy Program Director
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Lawrence University Fall 2021
Artist in Residence - Dance Series
Taught classes in Ensemble Thinking, Workshop/Performance
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University of the Arts 2012 – 2020 Pre-College Summer Institute
Modern /Horton Instructor (Summer faculty)
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The School of American Ballet Spring 2019
Intermediate level Ballet (as a part of the National Visiting Fellows Program)
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Plainfield Academy for the Arts & Advanced Studies Fall 2016 Modern technique master class
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Lawrence University Fall 2016 Artist in Residence - Dance Series
Taught classes in Dance Appreciation, Ensemble Thinking, Horton Technique, Workshop/Performance
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Hollins University/American Dance Festival Summer 2010 Donna Faye Burchfield (Chair Dance Department)
Artist Portfolio Presentation (artist talk)
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University at Buffalo Spring 2006
Modern master class - Elisa Monte Dance residency activity
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The Center for the Arts Dance Residency in Buffalo Spring 2006
Modern master class - Elisa Monte Dance residency activity
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Tapestry Charter School Spring 2006
Modern master class - Elisa Monte Dance residency activity
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Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts School Winter 2004
Workshop /Master class
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City Center’s Young People’s Dance Series Winter 2000
NYC Public Schools &
Modern technique master classes - Ailey II residency activity Winter 1999
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The Regional Partnership of Schools and Colleges
at Purchase College, State University of New York Spring 2000
Modern technique master class, Guest lecturer
Jennie Clarkson School in Valhalla Spring 2000
Modern technique master class, Guest lecturer
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New York Institute of Technology Spring 2000
Guest lecturer – Women in the Arts
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Lawrence University Dance Series Fall 2021
Guest Artist
Choreographer/Collaborator
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Skylight Music Theater - Five Guys Named Moe Winter 2019
Choreographer (Footlight’s Best Choreography nomination)
Malkia Stampley (Director)
Christie Chiles Twillie (Music Director)
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Artists Re-Assembled (Danspace) Spring 2017
Dance Ensemble/Collaborator
Margaret Paek (Director)
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Elisa Monte Dance Spring 2016
Guest ArtistElisa Monte (Choreographer)
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Whitney Museum of American Art Spring 2012
Dance Ensemble/Collaborator
Biennial residency with Jason Moran
Margaret Paek (Director)
Movement Research Festival (Danspace) Winter 2011
Dance Ensemble/Collaborator
Margaret Paek (Director)
American Dance Festival Summer 2010
Choreographer/Dancer
(partial fulfillment of Hollins University MFA)
The Dance Gallery Fall 2008
Dance Ensemble
Ray Mercer (Choreographer)
The Lion King* 2006
Featured Dancer (Cheetah Tour)
Julie Taymor (Director)
Garth Fagan (Choreographer)
Elisa Monte Dance 2005 - 2006
Company Member
Elisa Monte (Choreographer)
The Tin Pan Alley Rag* Winter 2006
Dance Captain
Jiri Zizka (Director)
George Faison (Choreographer)
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If This Hat Could Talk* Spring 2005
Rehearsal/Choreographic Assistant
George Faison (Director)
Spiritual Singers of Harlem Spring 2005
Dance Soloist/Ensemble Rehearsal Director
Linda Twine (Director)
George Faison (Choreographer)
The Lion King* 2002 - 2004
Featured Dancer (Original cast- 1st National Tour)
Julie Taymor (Director)
Garth Fagan (Choreographer)
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Donald Byrd - The Group 2001 - 2002
Company Member
Donald Byrd (Choreographer)
Ailey II 1998 - 2001
Company Member
Sylvia Waters (Director)
Kennedy Center Honors Winter 1999
Dancer
Judith Jamison (Director)
(CBS ‘Revelations’ w/Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater)
Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance Winter 1999
Dance Ensemble
Earl Mosley (Choreographer)
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Fred Benjamin Dance Company Spring 1999
Company Member
Fred Benjamin (Choreographer)
New Jersey Nets (NBA) 1998 - 1999
Dancer
Natasha Baron (Director)
Dominick Defranco (Choreographer)
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EDUCATION
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Hollins University/American Dance Festival October, 2010
Donna Faye Burchfield (Artistic Director)
Master of Fine Arts/Dance
Studied: Pedagogies of Dance, Dance Theory, Dance History, Anatomy, Somatic Practices, Contemporary Art Practice, Graduate Critique, Media, Modern Technique, Ballet Technique
State University of New York at Purchase May, 1998
Carol Walker (Artistic Director)
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Dance
Studied: Ballet, Pointe, Graham, Limon, Cunningham, Alexander, Composition, Improvisation, Stage/Dance Production, Music, Western Dance History, Anatomy, Marketing and the Arts, Principles of Accounting I & II, General Management for the Arts, Beginning Logic, Practicum in Child Development, Violence and the Family
State University of New York at Purchase June, 1997
Certificate in Arts Management
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Finance Department (internship)
LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts June, 1994
Michelle Matheseis (Dean)
Studied: Modern, Ballet, Jazz, Tap Dance, Acting, Dance History, Composition, Repertory and Performance
*Member: Actors Equity Association