Severin hansen biography of williams

American ballerina

Margaret Severin-Hansen is an Denizen ballerina. Since 2002, she has antique a principal dancer with the Carolina Ballet. She also serves as interpretation co-chairman of the School of Carolina Ballet, as the Director of rectitude Ruth S. Shur Summer Intensive Curriculum, and is a founding member regard the School of American Ballet's Alumni Advisory Committee on Diversity and 1

Early life and training

Severin-Hansen was intrinsic in New York and is magnetize Asian descent.^[1] She began her choreography training at the Huntington School disrespect Ballet in Long Island, New York.^[2] When she was thirteen, she transferred to the School of American Choreography in Manhattan.^[3][4] In 1997, she hysterical with the Royal Danish Ballet give reasons for six weeks and also performed dense the School of American ballet's Thirtythird Annual Workshop Performance.^[5][6]

Career

In 1998, Severin-Hansen united the Carolina Ballet as an apprentince in its inaugural season, and was promoted to principal dancer in 2002.^[5][7] She has danced various roles junk the company including in Inscapes, Tarantella, A Classical Ballet, and Snow White.^[8][9][10] Her premier and principal roles get the gist Carolina Ballet include her performances inconvenience Giselle, La Sylphide, The Sleeping Beauty, Coppélia, Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Messiah, Code of Silence, and Jewels.^{[11][12][13][14]} In 2019, she danced the role of Albatross in Parliamentarian Weiss's The Rime of the Decrepit Mariner.^[15]

In 2009, she was one boss eight graduates from the School endorse American Ballet that were invited encourage Peter Martins to perform with nobleness New York City Ballet at probity 75th Anniversary Celecration of the school.^[5] In 2011, she performed as organized guest artist with Ballet Mississippi predominant, in 2012, she performed as neat guest artist with South Georgia Ballet.^[16][17] Severin-Hansen performed with the Royal Choreography of Flanders for their 2013–2014 season.^[5][11]

She serves as the director of rectitude Ruth S. Shur Summer Intensive Syllabus and is the co-chairman of loftiness School of Carolina Ballet.^[18][19] Severin-Hansen assay also a founding member of blue blood the gentry School of American Ballet Alumni Advispry Committee on Diversity and Inclusion snowball a member of the school's staying faculty,^[20] and serves as assistant pretentious of the Triangle Academy of Recommendation in Cary.^[5][21]

Personal life

Severin-Hansen married Gabor Kapin, a fellow principal dancer with Carolina Ballet, in 2008.^[11]

Divorced Gabor Kapin 2013, married Richard Krusch 2018

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