Marianella Desanti Dance, MAPP Middlesex University London, Student Blog

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Writing About Dance

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This evening I was part of yet another discussion group with my classmates and programme leader Helen Kindred from Middlesex University ...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

On Dance Leadership and the Dance Community We Build

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It is extraordinary how we learn.  How one idea feeds from prior knowledge and is analysed from the optics of new learning.  Perception is a...
Wednesday, November 14, 2018

On the Amazing Task of Ballet Parents and My Mum

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I was extremely young when I manifested for the first time that I wanted to become a classical ballerina.  I would dance for hours in all ...
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Sunday, November 4, 2018

The Embodiment of Dance

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Dancing with Danza Libre Today my classmates and I from the Masters in Dance (I am a MAPP candidate in Dance Pedagogy and Technique) ...
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On Babies, Ballet and Early Childhood Development

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"To be a really good teacher,  one has to truly want each person to learn  and want to touch each student."                ...
Friday, November 2, 2018

Miss Mary Day

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As I reflect on my dance journey, I have taken a moment to revisit my dance mentor, Miss Mary Day the founder and director of both the Washi...
Saturday, October 27, 2018

Tearing Down Barriers to Dance

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Student Ana Montenegro in rehearsal No matter how much one studies, prepares and trains, the complexity of the dance world in its pu...
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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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