Ava Schneider

avaschneider219@gmail.com
Education
2013-2016 Copeland Middle School Citizenship Awards
National Junior Honor Society
Rogate
High Honor Roll
2016-2020 Accepted into the Morris County School of Technology
National Honors Society for Dance Arts

Dance Education
2010-2018 Zodiacs Dance Academy
Stacy Lamb (director)
Nicole Marie Thessen (contemporary, jazz, and lyrical technique)
Paige Lucciola (ballet technique)

2012-2015 Lynch School of Ballet

Warren Lynch, principal dancer at Boston Ballet

2015-2018 New Jersey School of Ballet

Claudia Guimaraes
David Tamaki
Tatyana Yatsenko, principal dancer at Moscow State Classical Ballet

2013-2020 Morris County School of Technology, Dance Major

Lisa Peluso ( modern technique, choreography, improvisation)
Donna Scro Samori, (contemporary)
Christian Von Howard (modern technique)
Alex Biegelson (modern technique)
Michelle Robinson (musical theater and performance coach)
Tammy Klinck (ballet technique)
Nicole Corea (ballet technique)

2017-2019 Power Pak Summer Dance Intensive

Marinda Davis

2018-current Z ARTISTS GROUP (New York City Junior Company)

 Joelle Cosentino (director)
Derrick Yanford (modern, contemporary, and ballet technique)
Amber Perkins (partnering)
Kate Spreadbury (ballet technique)
Miles Keeney (hip-hop and jazz fusion)
Johna Biddle (hip-hop and jazz fusion)
Jonathan Campbell (contemporary and ballet technique)
Ben Freedman (modern technique)
Heather Lang (contemporary fusion)
James Kinney (musical theater)
Chris Kinsey (contemporary technique)

Choreography
2017-2018 Solace, Co-Choreographed with Annalese Gagliardi and Charlotte
Lavender, Annual Backstage is Onstage and May Dance, Dragonetti
Theater , NJ
2018 Untitled, Co-Choreographed with the MCST Dance Class of 2020, Dance
Film
2018-2019 Untitled, Co-Choreographed with Stephanie Arias,
Annual Backstage is Onstage and May Dance, Dragonetti Theater, NJ

Dance Performances
Lynch School of Ballet
2013-2014
Peter and the Wolf, by Warren Lynch
The Marzipan, by Warren Lynch
The Sugar Plum Fairy, by Warren Lynch

Zodiacs Dance Academy

2014-2015
The Raven, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Unchained Melody, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Lifeline, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Wicked Games, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Operate, by Nicole Marie Thessen
2015-2016
Gone, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Big Spender, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Time, by Nicole Marie Thessen
S.O.S, by Nicole Marie Thessen
I Can’t See New York , by Nicole Marie Thessen
Showstopper, by Nicole Marie Thessen
2016-2017
 Bloom, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Bird Girl, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Bridge, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Wild Horses, by Nicole Marie Thessen
River, by Nicole Marie Thessen
End of the Affair, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Ave Maria, by Nicole Marie Thessen
2017-2018
Kissing you, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Weight of the World, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Body Language, by Nicole Marie Thessen
The State of Nothingness, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Stand By Me, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Praise, by Nicole Marie Thessen
Charge, by Nicole Marie Thessen

Morris County School of Technology

2016-2017
Blockade, by Lisa Peluso
In These Walls, by Amanda Edore
Midnight, by Alex Biegelson
2017-2018
Solace, Co-Choreographed with Annalese Gagliardi and Charlotte Lavender
Overturning Eden, by Christopher Norton and Hayley Presti
Shattered Hearts, by Allison Westrick and Ariana Swain
Hinterland, by Christian Von Howard
Reviving Memories, by Veronica Greydak and Sasha Butman

Z ARTISTS GROUP
2018
I Gave It All by Joelle Cosentino performed at iDance4aCURE

Theater/Tech Education
Morris County School of Technology, Irene Fitzpatrick
(costumes, acting, props, staging)

Vocals
Tracey Grimaldi with Z ARTISTS GROUP

Silks
Angel Nieves with Z ARTISTS GROUP
Theater Performance
2011
Wizard of Oz
Casted as Wicked Witch of the West
A Heart for Uganda
Casted as daughter
2012
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Casted as Charlie Bucket
Alice and Wonderland
Casted as Iris
2014
Aladdin
Casted as the Acrobat
2013
Richard the III
Casted as the storyteller

Working Experience
2017-2018
Teaching assistant for Stacy Lamb’s Ballet and Tap class
2018-Current
Smartworld Coffee barista

Community Service
2015-2016
Railmen for Children
2016-2018
Teaching assistant for Stacy Lamb and Nicole Marie Thessen
2018
iDance4aCURE performance with Z ARTISTS GROUP
2018-Current
Miracle Project