Jeffrey Golladay

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Jeffrey Golladay
Birth name Jeffrey Golladay
Born January, 1979
Richmond, Virginia
Nationality American
Field Ballet
Training Ballet Dallas, Houston Ballet Academy, San Francisco Ballet
Awards NFAA


Jeffrey Golladay (born 1979) is an American ballet dancer and member of the corps de ballet with American Ballet Theatre (ABT).

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[edit] Biography

Born in Richmond, Virginia and brought up in Dallas, Texas, he started his training at Ballet Dallas at age 10 under the instruction of Thom Clower and Anna Donovan. In 1995 he continued his studies at the Houston Ballet Academy until 1997, when the dancer officially joined the San Francisco Ballet. [1]

[edit] Career

Jeffrey Golladay joined San Francisco Ballet in 1997 at age 18 and continued dancing with the company until 2001. During this time he danced a variety of roles, including parts in Lubovitch’s Othello, Balanchine’s Symphony in C, Lew Christensen's Con Amore and roles in various classical pieces including Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.[2]

Golladay left San Francisco Ballet at the end of the 2001 Season and joined Houston Ballet. [3]

His repertoire with the flagship Texan ballet company includes roles in James Kudelka’s Firebird, McIntye’s Peter Pan and Stevenson’s stagings of Cleopatra, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. His contribution in young choreographer Brian Enos' The Long Road Home in March 2001 was particularly well received. [4]

He reportedly ended his tenure with Houston Ballet in 2002 without a landing spot. The Houston Chronicle attributed this to the fact that, despite Golladay's star potential, the dancer was not promoted. [5]

In 2003, Golladay joined American Ballet Theatre as a corps de ballet dancer, where he still remains.

During his time with the company Mr Golladay has danced leading roles in Sechs Tänze, Sinfonietta, Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison, workwithinwork and Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, Michel Fokine's Petrouchka, Kenneth MacMillan's Manon as well as roles in Agnes de Mille’s Rodeo [6], Lar Lubovitch's Meadow, Frederick Ashton's Sylvia, and Twyla Tharp's In the Upper Room.

His guest appearances have included dancing the Caballero and Gunslinger roles in Linda Walker's A Southwest Nutcracker with the Tucson Regional Ballet. [7]

Mr Golladay is part of ABT's principal dancer Ethan Stiefel's troupe "Stiefel and Stars", a four-week summer workshop for dance students held annually on Martha's Vineyard in the month of August offering pre-professional dancers a chance to learn from the stars of the field. [8]

Star guest teachers include Stiefel, Gillian Murphy, Johan Kobborg, Marcelo Gomes, Sascha Radetsky, Stella Abrera, and Alina Cojocaru. [9]

Golladay performed various pieces during ABT's 2007 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House, including The Sleeping Beauty, Othello and Romeo & Juliet. [10]

The company then completed its Summer tour with shows in Reno, Los Angeles [11] and Orange County [12], where Golladay also performed.

[edit] Companies and Roles

[edit] San Francisco Ballet

After joining the San Francisco Ballet, Jeffrey danced with the company until the 2001 season. Under Helgi Tomasson’s direction he performed a variety of roles, including:

[edit] Houston Ballet

Jeffrey subsequently joined the Houston Ballet as a full-time member of its corps de ballet under the artistic direction of Ben Stevenson until his departure in 2002. During this time his roles with the company included:

[edit] American Ballet Theatre

Since his start with American Ballet Theatre in 2003, Jeffrey has performed a variety of classical and contemporary roles with the company. He has been predominantly noticed for his contemporary interpretations. His repertoire with the company comprises:

[edit] Awards

  • National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts awardee (1997). [16]

[edit] Reviews

  • Fall River Legend, Roberta on the Arts, 4/11/2007: " ...Jeffrey Golladay, as Speaker of the Jury, captivated the onstage and offstage crowds with linguistic largesse."
  • Rodeo, Explore Dance, 21/10/2006: "One last note – Jeffrey Golladay knows how to call a square dance! A ballet dancer with a way for words."
  • Southwest Nutcracker, Tucson Weekly, 02/12/2004: "Guest stars Renata Pavam and Jeffrey Golladay of ABT will fly in from New York to undertake the parts of the Prickly Pear Fairy and her Caballero. (...) When the two of them dance together, people's jaws just drop. They're all legs and extensions and gorgeous arms."
  • Sechs Tänze, Critical Dance, 23/10/2004: "Closing the program was Kylian's "Sechs Tänze" danced by Monique Meunier, Anne Milewski, Laura Hidalgo, Marian Butler, Julio Bragado-Young, Jeffrey Golladay, Isaac Stappas, and Kenneth Easter. The comedy of the piece is not subtle, and the dancers ate it up."
  • Pillar of Fire, Dance Magazine, 02/2004: "The dancers looked in great shape--including a few I haven't yet mentioned, (...) such as Kenneth Easter, Jeffrey Golladay, Danny Tidwell, and Eric Underwood."
  • Sechs Tänze, Critical Dance, 08/11/2003: "In contrast with the aggression of "Petit Mort", but with equal energy and intensity, the eight dancers (Monique Meunier, Anne Milewski, Sasha Dmochowski, Marta Rodriguez-Coca, Isaac Stappas, Jeffrey Golladay, Craig Salstien and Sascha Radetski) explored their brutal, troubled world with humor."
  • The Nutcracker, The Houston Chronicle, 26/11/2001: "Sharon Teague, Jeffrey Golladay and Lisa Kaczmarek were appealing in the Dance of the Mirlitons."
  • The Long Road Home, The Houston Chronicle, 03/11/2001: "Lucas Priolo stood out in brief solo bits, as did Leticia Oliveira, Kim Wagman and Jeffrey Golladay."
  • Impetuous, San Francisco Chronicle, 30/03/2000:"The rest of the cast, many of whom shone as well in the other ballets, consisted of (...) Jeffrey Golladay, Ikolo Griffin, Pablo Piantino, Mikhail Plain and Erik Wagner. Each was used sensitively, and together they moved with an equine elegance seldom seen outside the Spanish Riding School."
  • Much Ado . . ., San Francisco Chronicle, 25/01/2000: "The selection at the Opera House whetted the appetite for the whole thing and shone a flattering light on one of San Francisco's most gifted young dancers, Gonzalo Garcia, backed with verve by (...) Jeff Golladay."
  • Con Amore, San Francisco Chronicle, 3/08/1999: " ...the Mistress' trio of suitors were gems of dance characterization: Damian Smith as the Rake, Michael Eaton as the Sailor and Jeff Golladay as the Student.."
  • Criss Cross, San Francisco Chronicle, 13/03/1999: "The ensemble, especially in the first section that included Peter Brandenhoff, Jeffrey Golladay and Gonzalo Garcia, was terrific."
  • Con Amore, San Francisco Chronicle, 11/03/1999: " ...and Jeffrey Golladay -- a corps member exuberantly in line for promotion -- as the shy Student."
  • The Nutcracker, San Francisco Chronicle, 22/12/1998: "Jeff Golladay squired Stephanie Orza and Kathryn Thomas through the Chinese Tea number."
  • Filling Station, San Francisco Chronicle, 05/02/1998: "Every stage bit became a star turn, from Kester Cotton's spunky truck driver to Jeff Golladay's repentant Gangster."

[edit] DVD recordings

[edit] References

  1. ^ ABT Bio
  2. ^ ABT Bio
  3. ^ The SFB Press Release
  4. ^ The Houston Chronicle review
  5. ^ The Houston Chronicle article
  6. ^ Ballet Dance Magazine
  7. ^ Tucson Weekly article
  8. ^ The Winger - Zin Attack!
  9. ^ Steifel and Stars
  10. ^ ABT homepage
  11. ^ http://www.musiccenter.org/dance_0607_abt.html
  12. ^ Welcome To American Ballet Theatre: Abt
  13. ^ ABT City Center - Week One - Ballet Talk
  14. ^ NY Times Photograph
  15. ^ American Ballet Theatre Fall Season: Two Americana Revivals
  16. ^ NFAA Page
  17. ^ Jeffrey Golladay at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] External links

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