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ARTISTS<br />
Melissa Rummel (Dancer/Associate Director of<br />
SCDE) was raised in Dryden, Michigan where she started<br />
dancing at the age of seven. She graduated from Belhaven<br />
University with a BFA in dance, emphasis on modern<br />
dance and choreography. She has trained with companies<br />
such as Eisenhower Dance Ensemble, RiverNorth Chicago,<br />
Ad Deum Dance Company, and Sarasota Contemporary<br />
Dance. This is Melissa’s eighth season with Sarasota<br />
Contemporary Dance and fourth as Studio Coordinator.<br />
Melissa is the Associate Director for Sarasota Dance Ensemble (Training Company) and<br />
the SCD Summer Intensive Administrative Director. She also enjoys fitness and the<br />
positive effect it can bring to others, and she strives to find new ways to combine her<br />
love of dance and fitness. She strives to never stop stretching herself as a performer,<br />
choreographer, and teacher.<br />
Jessica Obiedzinski (Dancer/Rehearsal Assistant)<br />
A Florida Native, Jessica is in her 4th season as a performer,<br />
choreographer, teaching artist and is currently serving as<br />
rehearsal assistant with Sarasota Contemporary dance.<br />
She is also involved with independent dance projects<br />
in the St. Petersburg community and works with many<br />
interdisciplinary artists, playwrights and photographers.<br />
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Dance and a Master’s<br />
Degree in Science in Tourism and Hospitality Management<br />
from the University of Florida. She’s created works in Tampa for the New Grounds<br />
Festival, Creative Pinellas, and Sarasota Contemporary Dance summer intensive as well<br />
as the In The Round performance series. Jessica is certified as a Simonson technique<br />
teacher and has a love for teaching the dance community, collaborating new works<br />
with the company members, and is excited to continue teaching Yoga each week at<br />
the studio this season.<br />
Juliana Cristina (Dancer/Development Associate)<br />
was born in West Palm Beach, FL. A graduate from the<br />
University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA).<br />
She received her B.F.A Degree in Dance under the direction<br />
of current Artistic Director of American Ballet Theater<br />
(ABT) Susan Jaffe and Associate Dean Brenda Daniels<br />
former faculty at Merce Cunningham Studios, NY. During<br />
her time at UNCSA, Ms. Cristina has had the pleasure<br />
of performing works by Azure Barton, Martha Graham,<br />
Trisha Brown, Brenda Daniels, Kira Blazek, Helen Simoneau, Ming Lung-Yang and Juel<br />
D. Lane. Juliana has studied in Trainee Programs with Nashville Ballet, Ballet Palm<br />
Beach, CDI directed by Casey and Cassidy Noblett and the New York City Rockettes.<br />
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