Rosannah Riess began training in Classical Ballet with the Sebastopol-Santa Rosa Ballet. Within three years, she was promoted to the role of principle dancer. While studying at the University of California at Berkeley, she expanded her studies to include Modern Dance, Jazz, Folk Dance, Fencing, Martial Arts and Aerial Dance.  In 2003, she graduated with a Bachelor’s in Mathematics. Working as a mathematician and programmer, Miss Riess continued her dance performance and movement studies at Professional Ballet School in Belmont, ODC Studios in San Francisco, The Circus Center and San Francisco State University. She is co-founder of the LionHorse, a Modern and Aerial Dance Theater Company. While at San Francisco State, Miss Riess was invited to the Palucca Schule University in Leipzig, Germany where she studied privately with Dresden Semperoper Ballet dancer, Raymond Hilbert.  Upon returning from Germany, Miss Riess performed with Trapeze World as an aerialist. After a brief sabbatical from the arts in 2006, Miss Riess relocated to Redding to turn her full attention dance and aerial performance. In addition to her work for Redding City Ballet, she has instructed classes at Redding Ballet Academie and trained for aerial performances at G-Force Gymnastics. She continues to work and perform in the SF Bay Area and may be reached directly through her website: The LionHorse

Highlights from Miss Riess’s performance experience include:

Redding City Ballet

1. •Aerial Rat King, The Nutcracker
   

Sebastopol-Santa Rosa Ballet, principle dancer

1. •Rose Queen, The Nutcracker
   

2. •Snow Queen, The Nutcracker
   

3. •The Nutcracker (fight sequence), The Nutcracker
   

4. •Autumn, The Four Seasons
   

5. •Globe Water, original work by Lois Hartman
   

LionHorse Dance Theater

1. •Freelance aerial performance
   

2. •In Her Silence, original work by Candace Younghans
   

3. •Identity, original work by Rosannah Riess and Coleen Lorenz
   

Trapeze World

1. •Aerial performance
   

Miss Riess has competed in the following venues:

California Music Teacher’s Association, Classical Piano Competition

1. •1994 first place
   

2. •1995 first place
   

3. •1996 third place
   

Helen Cochran Ballet Scholarship

Santa Rosa Junior College, Fencing Competition

1. •1999 first place
   

Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy, all school competition

1. •2003 first place – orange belt form
   

2. •2003 first place – all belt creative form
   

email: rriess@reddingcityballet.org

For further information, biography details and photos, please visit The LionHorse