Scott Heinrich

FOUNDED AND DIRECTED BY GIUSEPPE CANALE AND SCOTT HEINRICH
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Located in Oscoda MI, just a few hours north of Detroit, NEAD was established in 1997 by co-founders Giuseppe Canale and Scott Heinrich to provide Northeast Michigan with an additional cultural and artistic resource focused on the performance of and instruction in ballet and associated forms of dance.

Scott HeinrichScott has worked professionally for Ballet Michigan, The Netherlands Opera, the Kibbutz Dance Company of Israel, the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble and as a soloist for Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy.He has danced both full-length ballets and contemporary works by choreographers Mats Ek, Rami Ba'er, Roland Petit, Joseph Russillo, Susana Linke, Loyce Houlton, Giuseppe Canale, Krystof Pastor and Agnes DeMille.Scott is also Co-Artistic Director of the Northeast Academy of Dance in Michigan.

Scott Heinrich brings to life the spirit of a mother and her dead child.

Scott Heinrich, no stranger to Dafmark audiences, has danced professionally with the Netherlands Opera, Kibbutz Dance Company of Israel, and Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy.He's currently the co-artistic director of the Northeast Academy of Dance in Michigan.

They are dancing again to music by Vivaldi, Quezerque, Beethoven, Klezmer, and Piazzola, among others.As for the program itself, the journey through the year starts in the summer.

FOUNDED AND DIRECTED BY GIUSEPPE CANALE AND SCOTT HEINRICH
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Scott Heinrich
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Scott Heinrich began his studies in music and later started dancing at the late age of 22.He received his BAA degree in music from Central Michigan University and began his dance studies with Jean Marc and Dafna Baier at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania.He has worked professionally for Ballet Michigan, The Netherlands Opera, The Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company of Israel, The Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, and as a soloist for Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Italy.He served as a teacher for the Kibbutz Company and has also taught as a guest lecturer at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.Other teaching includes the Flint Institute of Arts and The Young People's Ballet in Flint.

He has danced both full length ballets such as Sleeping Beauty, Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, and the Nutcracker, and many contemporary works by choreographers Mats Ek, Rami Ba'er, Jean Marc and Dafna Baier, Roland Petit, Joseph Rusillio, Susana Linke, Loyce Houlton, Giuseppe Canale, Krystof Pastor, and Agnes DeMille.He has also danced in numerous operas in both Holland and Italy.

Since 1997, Scott has co-directed The Northeast Academy of Dance in Oscoda, Michigan.In 1999, he conceived his first Dance/Theater work The Magi-Tour Travel Show for the students.Following that success, he choreographed and original Cinderella and co-choreographed an original Nutcracker.In 2003, Scott choreographed a new work celebrating Great Lakes History entitled Lake Odyssey: Tales and Reflections on Our Maritime Past.Last year, he conceived the production Sugar Plum's Nutcracker Fantasy set in our area of Northern Michigan.He has also added Firebird to his repretoire as his newest work.

In November of 1998, he began guest dancing with Dafmark Dance Theater in Erie Pennsylvania.This small modern touring company has made its reputation by creating works that make a comment on the human condition.Scott has performed in Duende: When Carmen met Lorca, From Dust to Ashes and The Four Seasons I & II, Unsilenced Voices, Fallen Trees, and Knock, Knock, Who is There?Shakespear in Motion! in March 2007.In April 2005, Scott made his choreographic debut for Dafmark with the piece Fallen.

FOUNDED AND DIRECTED BY GIUSEPPE CANALE AND SCOTT HEINRICH
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If you want to be a classical dancer, these guys (Canale and Heinrich) have everything ... technique, creativity, commitment, musicality ... "
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Thank you (Giuseppe and Scott) for being wonderful teachers.
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Scott and Giuseppe are world class dance educators and their leadership is unparallel to any that I have seen in many larger cities.
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This is in no small part due to Giuseppe (Canale) and Scott (Heinrich).