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Her acceptances to summer intensives include Boston Ballet, Princeton Ballet where she was awarded
scholarships by Princeton Ballet's founder Audrey Estey, Washington Ballet, Colorado Ballet, workshops
with Alex Ursiliak of Germany's Stuttgart Ballet, a workshop with renowned Ballet Master Azari Plissetski
of Switzerland's Bejart Ballet, a workshop with Galina Shlyapina (former prima-ballerina of the Moscow
Classical Ballet), and Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Natick, MA where she was awarded a full
scholarship, and worked closely with people such as Denise Pons, Michael Maul, David Howard, and
Sydelle Gomberg.
At the age of 14, Ms. Mock was selected by Jean Allenby-Weidner and Eddy Toussaint to join the
former Sarasota Ballet Junior Company under the artistic direction of the world acclaimed Eddy
Toussaint. At ages 16 and 17, Ms. Mock performed with the Nutmeg Ballet Company in Connecticut
in soloist roles such as "Columbine Doll" and "Marzipan Soloist" in The Nutcracker while attending
the Nutmeg Conservatory. Ms. Mock's professional performing experience in Ballet includes the Sarasota
Ballet of Florida under the acting direction of Jean Weidner and Pavel Fomin, Classical Ballet Theatre
under the direction of Mark Mejia, and guest performances with Miami City Ballet, Ballet South, and
Southern Ballet Theatre. Her most memorable ballets performed were Walpurgis Night from the opera
"Faust", Giselle, Raymonda, Paquita, Don Quixote, "Arabian" Pas de Deux and "Marzipan" Pas de Deux
in The Nutcracker, Serenade, Symphonic Variations, variations form La Bayadere, "Wheat Fairy" from
Sleeping Beauty, Tarantella, Pas de Quatre, the principal role of "Peter" in Mejia's Peter and the Wolf,
and the soloist role as Dracula's bride in Mejia's production of Dracula!
As a jazz dancer, Ms. Mock performed for Starpointe Jazz Productions under the direction of
Fletcher McClendon. With Starpointe, she danced for Industrials, Festivals, Benefit Shows and for the
Oxy Chem Corporation's National Convention. In 1997, she assisted Mr. Frank Hatchett, "Master of
Jazz" and owner of the world famous Broadway Dance City in NYC, as a choreography demonstrator
for his South Florida Master Classes. In addition to her training with Fletcher McClendon, Ms. Mock
has also studied with Frank Hatchett, Keith Clifton, Randy Allaire, Jacqueline Hill, Rhonda Miller,
Gregg Russell, Aurey Reitz, Thymme Reitz, and Georgio Fagan in Jazz and Hip-Hop.
Before the commencement of Florida Ballet Arts Academy in 2000, Ms. Mock taught and choreographed
for the former Florida Ballet Arts School, West Florida Ballet in Oldsmar, and BJ's School of Dance in
St. Petersburg. In 1994 and 1995, while dancing with Classical Ballet Theatre, she served as the Ballet
and Lyrical coach to the Olympic Gymnast Trainees in Gaithersburg, MD. Since returning to Sarasota in
1996, Ms. Mock has maintained a large Private Coaching clientelle and a faithful following of students
who travel from as far away as St. Petersburg, FL, Tennessee, Washington D.C. and Virginia to study with
Ms. Mock at Florida Ballet Arts Academy. Her extensive training in classical ballet has given her the
opportunity to study in the methods of Vaganova, Cecchetti, and the style of Bournonville. She trains her
students under the strict pedagogy of the Vaganova Syllabus.
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