Learning with Feeling, Moving for Life

Peff Modelski

52 Sterling Circle #205 ~ Wheaton, Il ~ 60189

peffdance@aol.com
Home: 630-690-2140
Cell: 630-730-8737

Professional Experience

2007 - present - Masterteacher of Classical Ballet, Visceral Dance, Chicago

Columbia College, Chicago, Il Guest Teacher

1998 - present Sounder Sleep Specialist™

1997 - present Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®

1978 - 2007 Masterteacher of Classical Ballet - Steps On Broadway, New York, NY

Daily class, Professional level

1970 - 2007

Company Class Guest Teacher, Masterclasses, Repetiteur, Choreographer, Personal Coach (to classical ballet and Broadway principal professional, pre-professional, figure skaters and gymnasts), Theatrical Movement Consultant (for singers, actors, and musicians), Workshops (for injury prevention and recovery for dancers, athletes, performing artists, and teachers), Teaching Syllabi

1993 - 2001 PeffTalk TechTalk – nationwide column for Dancer Newspaper

1991 - 2000 Dance Critic - Attitude Magazine

1991 - 1999 Dance Critic - Attitude Magazine

1994 - 1998 Book Reviewer -Dance Teacher Now, Building Your Library

1980 - 1987 High School of Performing Arts, New York, NY

1954 - 1981 Performing

including Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Broadway (Fiddler on the Roof-original company, Camelot), television, repetiteur to choreographers in Royal Ballet tours in America, Stuttgart Ballet tours in America, and principal dancers in Acanthus Ballet and Novantiqua Renaissance

Other

• Produced CDs and Notes for music to teach ballet – Pointe Technique I and II (Roper Records), Swan Lake for Pointe Class

• Created workshops including Painless Stretch, Ultimate Maintenance, Hamstring Maintenance, The Art of series (including Pirouette, Jumping, Arabesque), Dancing in Heels, PeffPointe©

• Magazines – Dance Magazine (May and June 1998, 2007), Young Dancer (Summer study Guide NYC & Getting Around NY)

• Books – The Next Step, Maximizing Your Results, The Pointe Book

Education and Training

2003 Sounder Sleep™ Specialist (SSS)

1996-2000 Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner (GCFP)

1998 Nationally Registered Dance Educator (RDE

1959-61 High School for the Performing Arts, New York, NY

1950-54 Rudolph Steiner NYC

1954-58 Hunter High School NYC

More detailed resume on any specific experience available upon request.

References available upon request.