Nicolina Michaels was trained at Redding Ballet Academie under Jackie Colosio and Cindy Michaels. She joined Redding City Ballet in 2000; attended Lines’ summer intensives in 2003 and 2004 studying with Alonzo King, Arturo Fernandez and Summer Lee Rhatigan; and from 2005 to 2006 studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet with Stanko Milov, Marisa Albee, and Meg Potter. In 2006 she moved to Venice, Italy where she continued to study classical concert dance and was a part of the performing company for Teatro De La Danza Italia directed by Salvatore Gagliardi and Stefania Sandrin. She has recently returned to Redding dancing principal roles for Redding City Ballet, teaching at Redding Ballet Academie and acting as marketing director of the company and school.


Redding City Ballet


Classical Roles and Repertory (restaged)

  1. •Don Quixote- Kitra

  2. •Nutcracker- Clara, Harlequin Doll, Snow Flake, Snow Queen, Spanish, Chinese, Dew Drop Fairy, Marzipan, Flower, Russian, and Peppermint.

  3. •Sleeping Beauty – Lilac fairy, Yellow Fairy, Blue Bird

  4. •Ramonda – Queen of the Gypsies

  5. •La Corsaire 

  6. •Gershwin

  7. •Who Cares?


Cindy Michaels (original works)

  1. •Cinderella- Winter Fairy

  2. •Coppelia- Doll

  3. •Gaite Parisian- Flower Seller

  4. •Schindler’s List - Remembrances

  5. •Beethoven’s Pastoral

  6. •Toccata in D Minor

  7. •Titanic

  8. •Swing (Sing Sing Sing)

  9. •Remember (Unchained Melody)

  10. •Fosse (Jail House)

  11. •Farewell (Legends of the Fall)

  12. •Just Dance

  13. •Zorro

  14. •Grave Digger

  15. •Drummer Boy

  16. •We Three Kings

  17. •Inspirations by Ben Brown

  18. •Phantom of the Opera


Melinda Connor

  1. •Appalachian Spring- Fairy of the Dawn

  2. •Dietrich Variation

  3. •Red Violin

  4. •Lady of Shallot


Teatro De La Danza (Venice, Italy)

Salvatore Gagliardi and Stefania Sandrin

  1. •Vivaldi Quarto Stagioni- Spring, Winter, Fall

  2. •George Balanchine - Who Cares? and La Source


Lines Ballet Pre-Professional Program

Alonzo King


International Concordia Competition (Rovigo, Italy)

  1. •Don Quixote- Kitra Variation (Wedding Dance)


Shasta High School Music Department

  1. •A Cappella Choir

  2. •Oklahoma – Dream Laurie

  3. •Hello Dolly – Chorus Girl

  4. •Disney’s Beauty and the Beast – Townsperson, Winch, Napkin (Performance Dance Captain)


Redding City Musical Theater Company

  1. •Seven Brides for Seven Brothers - Dorcus


Shasta College Summer Theater

  1. •Wizard of OZ – Munchkin, Jitter Bug, Oz Person

  2. •Sound of Music – Nun and Chorus

email:nmichaels@reddingcityballet.org

 

Nicolina Michaels, Principal