Resume
Marisa Pisano
Height: 5'4"
Styles:
Classical Ballet- Trained in ABT & Vaganova Techniques
Neo-Classical - Balanchine
Contemporary Ballet
Jaqlin Medlock Photography
Principal Guest Artist for Great Neck School of Dance 2018
Swanilda, Full-length production Coppelia
Company Member, Jersey City Ballet April 2018- Present
Company Member, Zaleski & Co.
Laurel Zaleski, Director/Choreographer, New York, NY 2017
Featured Company Member, Rogue Dancers
Blair Hotchner, Director, New York, NY 2013-2017
Dancer, MoveWorks
Christian Serrano and Sarah Foster, Co-Directors, New York, NY 2013-2017
Company Member, Columbia Ballet Collaborative, CBC 2015
Soloist, The American Ballet Russe
Roberta Senn & Osamu Uehara, Long Island, NY 2012-2015
Notable Roles: Cupid (Don Quixote), Hungarian Princess (Swan Lake),
Golden Fairy (Sleeping Beauty), Mustardseed (A Midsummer Nights Dream)
Soloist with The Pink Pig Ballet (Now American Liberty Ballet) 2013-2015
Notable Roles: Dew Drop (Nutty Nutcracker), Featured Soloist (Romeo and Juliet)
Apprentice with Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre 2012
Performance
Guesting Repertoire
Swanilda, Coppelia
Black Swan Pas de Deux, Swan Lake
My One and Only/Turning girl Soloist, Who Cares? Balanchine
2nd Soloist in Emeralds, Balanchine
Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, Balanchine
Choreography
Dancer for Laurel Zaleski’s original choreography, Entropy; a solo presented at fall festivals 2016
“The Couple” An original duet choreographed by Christian Serrano 2016
Dancer for Ashley Ann Jones’ choreography presented at Alvin Ailey Theater, and summer festivals 2016
Dancer for Cecilia Seaward’s choreography presented at Triskelion and Green Space 2015
Lead Dancer, “Things That Go Bump in the Night” in Boo! Festival at The Player’s Theater 2014
Dancer for C&S’s production ReArrange on Governor’s Island 2014, 2015
The Genesis Dance Project Studio Series and Ballet Arts’ Experimental Performance Evening” 2012
“Missed Connections” Original Choreography by Christian Serrano and Marisa Pisano
“Small Town Moon” Original Choreography by Marisa Pisano
Ballet Arts’ Experimental Performance Evening” 2011
“Secrets” Original Choreography by Christian Serrano and Marisa Pisano
Dancer in Original Choreography by Marijke Eliasberg
Ajkun Ballet Theatre under Ciara Ajkun 2007
Trainee for NY State tour of Romeo and Juliet
Max in Maurice Sendac’s Where the Wild Things Are 2004
with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra and Ridgefield Dance Company
Training
Coached by Antoinette Peloso 2013-Present
Ballet Arts Center For Dance, New York, NY 2007-Present
Private Coaching with Joan Purdy 2003-2005
The Ridgefield School of Dance, Ridgefield, CT 1998-2005
Summer Courses
American Ballet Theatre in New York City 2008-2011
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida in Miami 2004-2006
American Academy of Ballet 2003
Other:
Owner, Designer of Daisies by M October 2017-Present
Custom Ballet Skirts and Costumes
B.A. in Astrophysics, Columbia University 2016