Marianella Desanti Dance, MAPP Middlesex University London, Student Blog

Thursday, October 19, 2023

Creativity and Choreographic Collaboration

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I studied extensively to become a dancer.  I was a dance student for so long that I do not remember ever not being a dance student- I was a ...
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Monday, May 30, 2022

Healing Through The Arts

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Have you ever felt like your struggling a little bit and can not really pinpoint why? Have you ever felt indescribable joy and wish you coul...
Saturday, July 25, 2020

On Discovering Dance Teaching as an Art Form

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Photograph by Adriana Porras  with Mariana Solano, ballerina. Both my ballet students, from a photo session in the studio with me. Discoveri...
Saturday, July 18, 2020

Of a New Dream, Of Dance Renewed

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Aspiring Ballerina Julianna Solano in ballet class  Recently a beautiful, young and aspiring ballerina has joined as a new student of mine. ...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

On Finding My Voice

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On Sunday we had a lovely class discussion at our Middlesex University London evening class.  It was on the topic of finding one’s voice of...
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Our Afro-Caribbean Dance and Soul

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Claudio Taylor and Costa Rican Children's Folklore Ballet  (Ballet Folklórico Infantil de Costa Rica)  This is the story of how...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

Costa Rican Folklore Dance and Early Childhood Education

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Costa Rican Folklore Folklore and Creative Movement Dance Teacher  Valeria Chavarria during her formative years.   As a danc...
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Marianella Desanti- Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher
I am an international ballerina and dance teacher. I am pursuing an MA in Dance Technique Pedagogy at Middlesex University, London. My dance studies began in England. In Mexico at Dance Center and was certified by La Sociedad Mexicana de Maestros de Danza. I studied intensively with Cuban Ballet´s Raul Bustabad and Denia Hernandez.I later trained with Maryland Youth Ballet´s Tensia Fonseca. I culminated my professional dance studies at the Washington School of Ballet training with Lupe Serrano, Rudolf Kharatyan, Patricia Berrend, Victoria Leigh and Lorraine Spiegler. My professional experience began at fifteen, dancing with the Washington Ballet in The Nutcracker. I continued dancing in Washington DC dancing with the Washington Opera, in the Kennedy Centre and Spanish Dance Theatre. I received teacher training with Miss Mary Day at the Washington School of Ballet. In Costa Rica, with Danza Libre, I danced as a principal and soloist at Melico Salazar Theatre and Teatro de la Danza. I directed Ballet Clásico de Costa Rica with a programme of community outreach. I am currently a ballerina with Al Alandalus and a ballet teacher at Body Motion Dance Studio.
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