Melanie Virginia Cresson

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21125 Midday LaneAge 17Eyes: Brown

Sterling, Virginia20164Birthday: 6/16/90Hair: Brown

H: 703-430-8172website:

Senior at Bishop Denis J. O’Connell High School

Dance Accomplishments

Age 10

  • DMA Regional Dance Pageant
/ Won Petite Miss Dance 2001 DMA Chapter 17 Title / Heather Vaughn
  • I Love Dance Regional Competition
/ 1st Place Student Choreography (age 9-12) / Melanie Cresson

Age 12

  • WashingtonSchool of Ballet
/ Completed the 5-week Summer Intensive Program at Level 4 / Washington Ballet Staff

Age 13

  • Classical Ballet Academy of Northern Virginia
/ Completed 3 weeks of the Summer Intensive Program / Cynthia Rudorfer and Staff
  • Studio One for the Performing Arts
/ Completed 3 weeks of the Summer Intensive Program / Kellie Payne-Powell
  • Coppelia
/ Doll and Ensemble Dancer / Rockville Civic Ballet
  • The Nutcracker
/ Waltz of the Snowflakes and Waltz of the Flowers / Classical Ballet Academy of Northern Virginia

Age 14

  • Classical Ballet Academy of Northern Virginia
/ Completed 2 weeks of the Summer Intensive Program / Cynthia Rudorfer and Staff
  • Studio One for the Performing Arts
/ Completed 3 weeks of the Summer Intensive Program / Kellie Payne-Powell

Age 15

  • Studio One for the Performing Arts
/ Completed 3 weeks of the Summer Intensive Program / Kellie Payne-Powell
  • DukeEllingtonSchool of the Arts
/ Danced in 7 performances / Duke Ellington Staff
  • Fusion Dance Company
/ Danced in 3 performances / Kellie Payne-Powell, Candra Preshong

Age 16

  • University of the Arts
/ Completed 2 weeks of the Pre-college Summer Institute / UArts staff
  • Fusion Dance Company
/ Performed in 3 shows / Kellie Payne-Powell, Candra Preshong
  • 2007 Jazz and Tap Dance Festival
/ Performed in group pieces / Kellie Payne-Powell, Candra Preshong
  • Capital Movement Project held at the Lincoln Theater in Washington D.C
/ Performed in a trio / Kellie Payne-Powell, Candra Preshong

Age 17

  • University of the Arts
/ Completed 2 weeks of the Pre-college Summer Institute / UArts staff
  • Capitol Movement Project Summer 2007 Convention
/ Completed weekend classes / Kellie Payne-Powell, Tim Roberts, Stephanie Jojokian, Eddie Garcia
  • New YorkFilmAcademy
/ Completed the One-Week Summer Film Program / Bryan Norton, Leslie Sisson, Zach Dean
  • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
/ Took a master class / Mistress Marianna Tcherkassky

Modeling Accomplishments

Age 11

  • Wolff Fording & Company Dance Costume Catalogue
/ Posed in ballet, pointe, and jazz group pictures / Wolff Fording

Age 14

  • Barbizon Modeling and ActingSchool
/ Completed the 6-weekend modeling and acting class / Barbizon staff

Dance Instruction

Age 3 – 7Karen’s Dance Factory (Karen Cole) – jazz, tap, ballet

Age 8 – 9 Expressions in Motion (Heather Vaughn) – jazz, tap, ballet, Competition Team;

DMA Workshops

Age 10Expressions in Motion – jazz, tap, ballet, Competition team, Cecchetti I

The Rockette Experience; DMA Workshops

Age 11 Expressions in Motion – jazz, tap, ballet, Competition team, Cecchetti II, III,pre-pointe

Ashburn Academy of Ballet (Anne Marie Kimmell) – ballet

DMA Workshop

Age 12Studio One for the Performing Arts (Kellie Payne Powell, Tony Thomas, Tameika Gray) –jazz, tap, ballet, modern, lyrical, pointe

Expressions in Motion – Cecchetti IV

Rockette Master Class (2 days); Manhattan Dance Project Workshop

Age 13Studio One for the Performing Arts – jazz, tap, ballet, modern, lyrical, pointe

Classical Ballet Academy of Northern Virginia (Cynthia Rudorfer, Nell Hacker) –ballet

Age 14Studio One for the Performing Arts – jazz, ballet, modern, lyrical, pointe

Age 15Duke Ellington School of the Arts – (Charles Augins, Nikki Sutton, Katherine Smith, Sandra Fortune-Green) ballet, modern, pointe

Age 16Fusion Dance Center (Kellie Payne Powell, Candra Preshong) – ballet, modern, pointe, lyrical

Special Skills

Digital Filmmaking, Making Highlight Videos, .Playing Drums, Skateboarding, Basketball

Resume of Melanie CressonPage 1 of 2July 1, 2007