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Personen / Spielzeit 09/10

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Monica Gillette was born in Los Angeles and grew up training in classical ballet with The Stanley Holden Dance Studio and the Joffrey Ballet. She continued her training in contemporary dance with several choreographers in Los Angeles and New York, where she worked with Johannes Wieland, Noemie Lafrance and Patrick Corbin, among others. In 2007, she was a danceWEB scholarship recipient and has been working in Europe since 2008, both as a performer and performance maker. She is part of the artist driven network Sweet and Tender Collaborations through which she has collaborated on projects in France, Portugal, Iran and Germany. In 2008, she was a guest artist at PVC for the production of "Tout Court", and in 2009, at The Nationaltheater of Mannheim for Joachim Schloemer's production of "Die Paradies und Peri." Monica also attended film school at Loyola Marymount University in California and worked in Hollywood as a film editor on such shows as "The Sopranos" and "Crime & Punishment."