Meany, Angelina

Angelina Meany began her dance training in Boise, Idaho, where she
studied and performed with the American Festival Ballet Company
(now Ballet Idaho).

In Los Angeles, she attended Loyola Marymount University,
where she attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Dance.
Her post-graduate collaborative works in film and video have been
screened locally and in Europe.

Ms. Meany has danced professionally throughout the Los Angeles
area with the groups Sarah Elgart and Company and Katja Beisanz
Dance Theatre.

In 1996, she joined the company she dances with currently,
Donna Sternberg and Dancers. DS & D is an established Santa
Monica based company which performs throughout California
and in Mexico.

As a teacher, Ms. Meany has studied ballet's Vaganova technique,
most recently at a summer intensive at the St. Petersburg
Academy in 2002, Royal Academy of Dancing, and Cecchetti Methods.

She incorporates elements of each style and method into her
ballet classes.

Angelina is regularly invited to teach ballet at UC Irvine's
Annual Dance and Movement Workshop for California Educators.
In addition to teaching at Zeal Studios, Westside Academy of
Ballet, and giving private lessons, Ms. Meany is currently on
the faculty at Santa Monica College, where she has taught
since 1997.