Aliyah Ballerina

WooHoo! The Dance Conservatory’s new site is up and run­ning. Check it out. There is loads of info there and more com­ing soon. We’ll be adding pho­tos fro our recent photo soot 2 weeks ago.

Don’t for­get to look for our com­mer­cial on Fox Chan­nel 5, San Diego. It runs dur­ing So you Think You Can Dance.

Per­fo­mance: Col­lab­o­ra­tions ’09

Date: April 25th 2009

Time: 8pm

Where: The Dance Con­ser­va­tory (Pre­vi­ously Dance Express)

Address: 764 Jamacha Rd, El Cajon, CA 92019

Details: This is an inti­mate stu­dio per­for­mance, seat­ing is lim­ited! Tick­ets are $7 at the door.

I’m going to be per­fom­ing a dance called Griev­ance by Natasha Rid­ley my bff. ♥

OMG! The Dance Con­ser­va­tory is going to be film­ing a com­mer­cial to be aired dur­ing So You Think You Can Dance. How excit­ing is that? We are plan­ning with the pro­duc­ers at a local news sta­tion in San Diego on how the footage will be shot and used. The com­mer­cial is going to air dur­ing the first 8 weeks of Fox’s SYTYCD. We may also film live dur­ing one of the news seg­ments. This is soooooo awe­some! Our stu­dio has grown so much over the past cou­ple of years.

The Dance Con­ser­va­tory offers, clas­si­cal and con­tem­po­rary bal­let, jazz, com­pe­ti­tion, lyri­cal, hip hop, funk, tap, tum­bling, pre and advanced pointe, and more.

The Dance Con­ser­va­tory is also the offi­cial rehearsal home of LaDiego Dance The­ater. Check us out at www.ladiego.org.

A new web­site for The Dance Con­ser­va­tory is com­ing soon too. Call or stop by for more info.

The Dance Con­ser­va­tory is cur­rently rehears­ing for our upcom­ing pro­duc­tion “Redemp­tion of the Dart Heart.”

The show is directed by Tracy Van Baalen and co-directed by me. This is our 2nd year and so far its off to a great start. I couldn’t be more prouder of all the students.

We are per­form­ing at The Joan Kroc The­ater June 12th and 13th, 2009 (Fri­day and Saturday)

6845 Uni­ver­sity Ave
San Diego, CA 92115

I am chore­o­graph­ing the Pirates, Sea Bat­tle and other parts here and there. This show is crazy, fun, a lit­tle dark but absolutely fas­ci­nat­ing. Stay tuned for more details. I’ll post more deets later. ♥

Ms. Has­san was born and raised in San Diego, Cal­i­for­nia. She started danc­ing at age 6 with the Bal­let Con­ser­va­tory under the direc­tion of Ms. Paz Sori­ano (R.A.D. Syl­labus, French and Cuban tech­nique). Many years later she relo­cated to the Lemon Grove Arts Com­plex where she received much of her bal­let train­ing from under the direc­tion of Ms. Teresa Wells. She per­formed in many L.G. Arts pro­duc­tions and became a com­pany mem­ber of Mirabile Bal­let at the age of 14.

Ms. Has­san con­tin­ued to train, teach and chore­o­graph under the men­tor­ship of Teresa Wells for over 15 years and gives much credit to Ms. Teresa for her guid­ance and sup­port.
She was a staff teacher and fea­tured per­former with the San Diego Civic Youth Bal­let and has taught bal­let, pointe, jazz, and hip hop for many stu­dios and pro­grams, including:

• Acad­emy of Per­form­ing Arts, San Diego, CA

• San Diego Dance Cen­ter, San Diego, CA

• Chula Vista Recre­ational Dance Pro­gram, Chula Vista, CA

• Joan Kroc Per­form­ing Arts Cen­ter, San Diego, CA

Ms. Has­san has also received recog­ni­tion for her tal­ents with offers from the Alvin Ailey sum­mer and year round pro­grams in New York and the Deeply Rooted Dance Co. in Chicago.

She has worked with C. Anthony Cole Reper­tory Dance Com­pany in 2000 and also with Xavier Hicks Artis­tic Direc­tor and Founder of Selah Dance Com­pany from 2001–2003.
Ms. Has­san has been fea­tured and starred in many pro­duc­tions such as the Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy from the Nut­cracker Suite and many other notable roles through out her dance career.
She is cur­rently teach­ing and work­ing with Tracy Van Baalen, Artis­tic Direc­tor of The Dance Con­ser­va­tory (for­merly Dance Express Stu­dio) as the Asso­ciate Direc­tor. 2009 marks her direc­to­r­ial debut in “A Nut­cracker Revis­ited” a Dance Con­ser­va­tory production.

Recent The Dance Con­ser­va­tory Productions:

• Co-Directed A Nut­cracker Revis­ited 2007, Directed by Tracy Van Baalen
• Co-Directed Redemp­tion of the Dark Heart (an orig­i­nal pro­duc­tion) 2008, Directed by Tracy Van Baalen
• Co-Directed A Nut­cracker Revis­ited 2008, Directed by Tracy Van Baalen
• Co-Directed Redemp­tion of the Dark Heart 2009 (an orig­i­nal pro­duc­tion) , Directed by Tracy Van Baalen

Ms. Has­san is cur­rently the Prin­ci­pal Dancer and the Rehearsal Direc­tor of LaDiego Dance The­ater. She has worked very closely with Mr. Mar­shall for many years and when he moved back to San Diego after retir­ing she was one the 1st dancers to join the company.