BIOGRAPHIES

Marie-Christine Giordano (founder) grew up in the French-speaking town of Fribourg, Switzerland. Her formal dance training began late with Beatrix Consuelo in Geneva, and with Marika Besabrasova in Monte-Carlo. In 1987, a Swiss scholarship facilitated her study of modern dance in New York City at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. Soon after, she was granted a Merit Scholarship from the Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance. She completed her Professional Trainee Certification Program in 1993. During that summer she was sent to represent the school at the International Dance Festival in Vienna where she performed her own choreographed solos. With the Martha Graham Dance Company, Ms. Giordano performed in the ballet Panorama at City Center and on tour internationally.nIn 1996, she was commissioned to choreograph and perform an opening solo for Jean Cocteau’s play The Human Voice at the Bouwerie Lane Theatre, NYC. Becoming increasingly interested in presenting her own works, MCGD premiered her first full-evening creation in Switzerland in the fall of 2002. The group has appeared at St. Mark’s Church, 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, BAX (Brooklyn Arts Exchange), the Swiss Institute, and other venues, as well as in Europe. In 2011, Ms. Giordano was invited to join the Joffrey Ballet School Faculty to teach her own technique during its Contemporary and Jazz Summer Intensive. With headquarters in Brooklyn, Ms. Giordano maintains a daily teaching schedule, offering an outreach dance program to public school children and classes to professionals. The Swiss native continues to love being in New York, settled in “a place where dance moves the world’s people to meet.”

Andrea Lanzetti trained at DeSales University where she earned a BA in dance. She was given several opportunities to perform well known works while she attended DeSales such as Alwin Nikolais' Tensile Involvement and Twyla Tharp's The One Hundreds, and was given the opportunity to work closely with several NYC artists. After her recent graduation, she moved to NYC to pursue her dancing career.

Kana Sano (apprentice) was born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in Kanagawa where she started ballet training at age of 5. She danced with NBA Ballet Company as an apprentice in 2007 before she joined Arts Umbrella professional dance program in Vancouver, Canada under direction of Artemis Gordon and Lynn Sheppard. As a member of Arts Umbrella Dance Company, She has been fortuned to work with renowned choreographers such as, Emily Molnar, Robert Campanella, Andrea Millar, Cherice Barton, Gioconda Barbuto, among others. She moved to NY to continue her dance carrier with MCGD as an apprentice.

Contributors 2010-2011
Gifts in cash and in kind

Angels

Balz Eggimann & Elizabeth Eggimann

Producers Circle

Leadership Circle

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

VIDEOGRAF

Benefactors

Ariane Braillard
Kelvin and Paul Davis
Brooklyn Arts Council — JP Morgan Chase Regrant Program
Chef Claude Solliard
Marc Fox, CPA
Famille Giordano
CATM Chelsea
Museum of The Swiss Abroad, Anselm Zurfluh

Patrons

Michael Frenchman and Karen Crowe
Francois Maillard
André Monney
Marie Nicolet
Jamie Phillips
Colette Bertagna
Consulate General of Switzerland
Danielle Nicolet & Peter Marti
Swiss Society of New York

Friends

Law Offices of Nicholas A. Penkovsky, P.C.

Donors

Has Beans Coffee, www.hasbeansbrooklyn.com