Jessica Mezey

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Prima Ballerina Jessica Mezey
Jessica Mezey

Jessica Mezey is an American prima ballerina.

Career[edit]

She began her ballet training in upstate New York, continuing in Arizona, New York City, and finally at the famous Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she received her diploma.[citation needed] She has danced the entire classical repertoire, as well as neoclassic and diverse modern styles.[citation needed]

Mezey has danced leading roles in many national theaters, including the leading part of Medora of the Adolphe Adam ballet Le Corsaire[1] at the Slovak National Theatre.[2] The following ballets were choreographed for her at the Volkstheater Rostock (Germany)[3][4][5] from 2005 to 2009: The Nutcracker, Cinderella (by Sergei Prokofiev),[6] Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake,[7] and Undine by Hans Werner Henze.

Mezey also writes concepts for fashion shows, events,[8] and theater productions. She has created and directed two original theater productions in Gut Klöstermühle, Alt Madlitz[9] (Germany).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Divadlá na Slovensku v sezóne Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Slovak Theatrical Season 2006/2007; Page 7; Page 378
  2. ^ Jessica Mezey a.h. Ballett (Ensemble), Slovak National Theatre
  3. ^ Volkstheater Rostock press release (Drawn by representative of Volkstheater Rostock, Jessica Mezey), Season 2007/2008
  4. ^ Rostock's Ballet, Swanlake (Leading role Odette by Jessica Mezey, listed), Season 2007
  5. ^ Volkstheater Rostock Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (List of employees, Page 76), Season 2008/2009
  6. ^ Cinderella
  7. ^ Deutsches Bühnenjahrbuch Season 2006/2007
  8. ^ Starke Frauen Event, Munich (Germany), 2010
  9. ^ The Loves of Jupiter Archived March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Ballet theater with and from Jessica Mezey, 2010

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