Delta Festival Ballet - Galaxy of Stars















Galaxy of Dancers Delta Festival Ballet, New Orleans Youth Ballet and Giacobbe Academy of Dance continue to set the standard for dance excellence in the State of Louisiana. Joseph Giacobbe and Maria Giacobbe have both become internationally known for their skill as directors and as teachers. Their students often graduate with scholarships to major universities or positions with leading dance companies. The number of professional dancers whose careers were launched by Delta and the NOYB attests to the Giacobbes success. They include: Eleanor Bernard - Montgomery Ballet; Lexington Ballet; Ballet Arkansas; Indianapolis Ballet Theater Marcie Campo - Charleston Ballet Theatre Margot de La Barre – plays such as “Singing in the Rain” and “Hello Dolly”; currently Broadway’s “South Pacific” Kelly Fortier-Apetri – Hartford Ballet, Kressovska Ballet of Dallas; presently directing her own studio in Mandeville Elizabeth Gilbreath - Ballet Austin; Nashville Ballet; certified Pilates instructor Laura Gilbreath - Pacific Northwest Ballet; Absolute Ballet Kurt Gorrell – Nashville Ballet; national tours of “Contact” and “Movin’ Out” Ann Green – Pittsburgh Ballet Theater; Sacamento Ballet; San Francisco Opera Ballet; Rotaru Ballet of Atlanta Tobin Eason - American Ballet Theatre Jerel Hilding – Dance Director of University of Kansas; former Soloist with Joffrey Ballet Stephen Hook – American Ballet Theatre; appeared in the movie “The Turning Point”; Professor of Dance at Palomar College California Patrick Howell – Principal, Milwaukee Ballet; former Soloist with Ballet Met & Northern Ballet Theatre of England Loren Kinsella – Disney Productions; motion pictures in Los Angeles Jason Lacayo - musicals such as “Contact”, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Most Happy Fella” Simeon Long - Ballett Shindowski Carol Messmer-Szutek – Joffrey Ballet; Pavlova Celebration Toru with Alexander Goudonov; Ballet Rotaru of Atlanta Erin Monteleone - Celebrity Cruise Lines; plays such as “The Producers” and “Oklahoma” Aubrey Morgan – New York City Ballet; Los Angeles Ballet Robert Morrow – Nashville Ballet; Dayton Ballet Carli Neumann – National tour of “Phantom of the Opera” Jamie Neumann - Off-Broadway plays such as “A Taste of Honey’ Gretchen Newburger - Principal with Zurich Ballet; former Soloist with National Ballet of Canada and London Festival Ballet Denise Oustalet – Dallas Ballet; Santa Fe Opera; architect of the dance program and Dance Chair for the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Denise Pons Leone - Boston Ballet; White Oak Project; faculty of Boston Ballet and Boston Conservatory Jacquelyn Reyes - American Ballet Theatre Gregory Schramel – Ballet Oklahoma; Cincinnati Ballet; Miami Ballet; Atlanta Ballet; Vienna company of “Cats”; presently teaching and directing in New Orleans George Smallwood – David Parsons Dance Company; Battleworks Contemporary Dance Company Byron Suber – Hartford Ballet; professor of dance at Cornell University Janie Taylor - Principal, New York City Ballet Janessa Touchet - Principal, Cincinnati Ballet; Finalist in 2006 International Ballet Competition Jessica Touchet - Smuin Ballet; La JAZDANZ; faculty member of Cincinnati Ballet School Laurie Volny - Dance Captain of “Phantom of the Opera”; former Soloist with Houston Ballet Sarah Ellis Worden – Ballet Idaho Delta Festival Ballet Post Office Box 7425 Metairie, Louisiana 70010 Phone (504)888-0931 Fax (504)888-0941