Academy of Performing Arts
Sylvia Morales


Sylvia has danced all her life. Her training and professional experience began with ballet and has since included other dance styles - modern dance, jazz, classical Spanish and flamenco. She has performed as a soloist and ensemble dancer throughout the United States in theaters including Lincoln Center in New York City, Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and J. Paul Ghetty Museum, Theater in Los Angeles. As a soloist and choreographer Sylvia performed for the prestigious Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Beckett, MA, The Colorado Dance Festival and with the San Diego Symphony at Copley Theater. She has performed as a featured dancer with the Los Angeles Opera Company and The American Opera Center. Her experience also includes choreographing and performing for commercial television and film. In addition to Sylvia's work as a choreographer and dancer, Sylvia has many years experience as a dance educator in the private and public arenas. She has studied ballet with renown teachers Alfredo Corvino, Hector Zaraspe and Erling Sunde and classical Spanish dance and flamenco with master teachers in the United States and Spain. Ms. Morales completed a Master of Fine Arts in performance and choreography at U.C.L.A. and completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in dance at The Julliard School in New York City where she worked intensively with teachers and choreographers such as Anna Sokolow, Hanya Holme, Daniel Lewis, Ethel Winters and studied ballet and modern dance technique, performing works by Jose Limon and Martha Graham.



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