ANN MARIE DEANGELO is an expert in all types of dance, with an illustrious career that spans almost four decades as a dancer, choreographer, director, teacher, and producer. A former principal dancer of the Joffrey Ballet, she was featured in Time magazine as “one of America’s most outstanding ballerinas” and in the New York Times as “one of American ballet’s most spectacular dancers.” She later became the Associate Director of the Joffrey Ballet. Before that she was Artistic Director of Ballet D’Angelo, a diverse and eclectic group of dancers that toured extensively in Europe; and founding Artistic Director of Ballet de Monterrey in Mexico. She has choreographed roughly 70 works including two musicals in China. Her “The Bell Witch,” a ghost love-story, was nominated for a Benois de la Danse Award, and a segment of it was performed at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
Under her company DeAngelo Productions, she creates collaborative projects. The first was “The Variety Show: Jugglin’ Styles” (2001), and the most recent is “Ghetto Made: A Way Out,” working alongside hip hop pioneer Steve “Mr. Wiggles” Clemente. Also under her company, she was the producer/director of 16 gala shows at City Center in New York for the Tony Award-honored organization Career Transition for Dancers; and two similar shows for Capezio. These shows have included hundreds of dancers and dance luminaries from major ballet and modern dance companies with a wide range of diverse talents and personalities including Paula Abdul, Debbie Allen, Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, Cirque du Soleil, Andy Blankenbeuller, Marge Champion, Steve “Mr. Wiggles” Clemente, Misty Copeland, Herman Corneijo, DNA, Dance Theater of Harlem, Dorrance Dance, Michael Douglas, Robert Fairchild, Sutton Foster, Savion Glover, David Hallberg, Marvin Hamlisch, Dule Hill, Lex Ishimoto, Catherine-Zeta Jones, James Earl Jones, Jane Krakowski, Angela Lansbury, The Lombard Twins, Lypsinka, Nigel Lythgoe, Shirley MacLaine, Ann-Margret, Liza Minnelli, Mandy Moore, Bebe Neuwirth, New York City Ballet, Rosie O’Donnell, Parsons Dance, Billy Porter, Ann Reinking, Desmond Richardson, Chita Rivera, Rock Steady Crew, Brooke Shields, Daniil Simkin, Jason Samuels Smth, Sonya Teyah Dance, Rasta Thomas, Tommy Tune, Ben Vereen, Travis Wall, Wendy Whelan, Christoper Wheeldon, and Karen Ziemba.
DeAngelo continues to teach for dance companies, universities, and summer courses throughout the country. In addition she has been movement coach to Bette Midler. Her book “Produce Yourself! Stand Up! Step Up! & Move!” is a rich dance/life metaphor that can serve as a useful tool for anyone seeking the courage to realizing their goals.
DeAngelo is currently working on a film that illuminates her career contributing to the evolution of dance history and our current social climate.
DEANGELO: A Journey Thru Time
In thus visual bio series, Ann Marie DeAngelo discuss her career as a ballerina, choreographer, director and producer that spans over three decades.
Ann Marie DeAngelo talks about her career as a dancer, in the Joffrey ballet and as a guest artist. Video is 2:27 Min.
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses her career as a choreographer in the 1980s touring Europe with Ballet D'Angelo, Cuba and the US. DeAngelo pioneered mixed genre work. Her blend and mix of dance styles and genres started in the 1980s. 5:14 min.
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER 1990s Ann Marie DeAngelo, founding artistic director of Ballet de Monterrey discusses her contemporary choreography on Ballet de Monterrey. Paradise to music of Yanni starred Mr. Wiggles and Lorena Feijoo. And Mademoiselle de Maupin based on a novel by Theophile Gautier with Lorena Feijoo, Jodie Gates and Aerial Serrano.
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses her choreography on The Nashville Ballet called The Bell Witch, created in 2003.-- with a female creative team. The music was composed by Conni Ellisor. It is an American ghost-love story.
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses her role as Director of The Variety Show "Jugglin" Styles" and Dance Rocks/In the Mix where she continued her work of blending and mixing dance styles and genres and organic diversity.
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses her work choreographing two different musicals in China in 2010 and in 2017. The Promise and Dream City: Kublai Kahn
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses her work producing and directing the annual Career Transition for Dancers (CTFD) galas that she was involved in from 2002 - 2017. She produced/directed 15 shows that were multi-genre dance extravaganzas including 100-200 dancers annually from a diverse range of dance in NYC as well as nationally.
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses a song she asked Marvin Hamlisch to write for one of the Career Transition for Dancers galas (2010) about a dancers transition, and how dancers always remain dancers.
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses her choreographic work in what she describes as the "intuitive story" - where a piece of wisdom is gleaned by the observer as the ballet unfolds. Some of these works she created at The National Choreography Initiative
Ann Marie DeAngelo discusses the process of creating, producing and directing the Capezio 130th Anniversary Show and Capezio Awards. This took place in 2017 at the Smith Center in Las Vegas
Ann Marie DeAngelo comments on her handbook about finding ways to stay positive, be in action and produce your work. As the title suggests movement is key.... Stand Up! Step Up! & Move!
