Vancliffen Arts Foundation
About
Founded in 2004 as a non-profit, charitable Canadian Federal Organization, with an international mandate, accreditations and recognitions, has as its main focus the promotion of the Arts, mainly the Art of Classical Ballet. Mentoring, guidance for students seeking a professional career, information and advice to parents, all make part of our services.
Artistic Director Vancliffen Arts Foundation
Amelia Wanderlingh
A native New Yorker, Ms Wanderlingh began her Ballet studies with Madame Maria Nevelska (Bolshoi Ballet, Moscow). Later after only two years of study she was accepted as a student at the famed Harkness House for the Ballet Arts in New York, under the direction of Patricia Wilde and where she studied with members of the famed faculty most importantly Leon Fokine, former Ballet Master of the Harkness Ballet and nephew of the famed Mikhail Fokine. Her performing experience has brought her to perform extensively throughout the United States and in Europe.
For her many accomplishments as an Artist and Dance Educator, she was honored with entrance into the Constantinian Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences, based in the North America.
In Europe for her contribution to universal culture, honored with entrance into the Mozart Academic Society for the Arts an organization supported by the Presidency of the Italian Republic by virtue of her achievements, in particular as a Master Teacher and her outstanding artistic successes as Prima Ballerina around the world. A Member of American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and a member in good standing of Dance Masters of America.
In 2004, upon her arrival in Canada she expanded her horizons and along with Dr. Fernando Milelli founded the Vancliffen Arts Foundation in order to better help and support the dreams of young artists and to insure new generations of students and dancers a high standard in Dance Education.
From the 2008 to the beginning of 2009, she was Artistic Consultant and Acting Artistic Director for the Quinte Ballet School of Canada one of the five professional schools in Canada. From 2009 Ballet Mistress for the Balletto di Lombardia directed by Madame Svetlana Pavlova.
Director of the Ballet Faculty of the International University of Ballet Arts for North America.
FACULTY MEMBER OF EDAS-SIBA SALZBURG INTERNATIONAL BALLET WORKSHOP, MEMBER OF CID – UNESCO
Founders
Founders
Paola Pagliaro (President & CEO)
Amelia Wanderlingh (Vice President)
Franco Micoli (Treasurer)
Rosa Demonte (Director)
John Ousu Sefah (Director)
Fernando Milelli (Director)
Patrons
Brian Scott (Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Quinte Ballet School of Canada)
Leonard Stepanick (Master Teacher)
Legal Departments
Maurice Vaturi (American Nations)
Maurizio Buccarella (Europe)
Consultants
Debi Myers (Dance Therapy)
Co-Founders
Gabriela Bokros
Rosanna Rizzuto
Committee
Rosa Demonte
Lina Demirjian
Lori Magsano
Audition, Competition and Workshop Coordinator
Ada Gallo
Italian Coordinators
Ada Gallo (North of Italy)
Desire Mastrodomencio (South of Italy)
Honorable Members
Angela Tecaru Silvester
Master Teacher and Principal Adjudicator of Vancliffen Arts Foundation Ballet Competition
Representative for Romania and Greece
[email protected]
Nigel Burgoine
Artistic Director, Ballet Theatre of Toledo (USA)
www.ballettheatreoftoledo.org
Anne Marie Getz
Associate Artistic Director, Ballet Theatre of Toledo (USA)
www.ballettheatreoftoledo.org
Giuseppe Canale
Artistic Director, Northeast Academy of Dance Professional School (Oscoda, USA)
www.neadancemi.com
Scott Heinrich
Co-Artistic Director, Northeast Academy of Dance Professional School (Oscoda, USA)
www.neadancemi.com
Mary Young
Opera Singer (Alpine, Utah, USA)
[email protected]
Max Ratevosian
Artistic Director, Hamilton Academy of Performing Arts & Hamilton City Ballet (Canada)
www.haofpa.com
Melania Pawliw
Associate Director, Hamilton Academy of Performing Arts (Hamilton, Canada)
www.haofpa.com
Svetlana Pavlova
Artistic Director, Pavlova International Ballet School & Pavlova International Ballet Company (Bergamo, Italy)
www.pavlova.it
Tatiana Stepanova
Artistic Director, Stepanova Ballet Academy & Toronto International Ballet Theatre (Canada)
www.stepanovaacademy.com
