LYNN BRENNAN TABOR
Ms. Tabor began her classical ballet training in the Cecchetti method with Sylvia Hamer in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Upon graduation from high school, she moved to Canada to study on scholarship at the School of Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and subsequently danced with the company. From Winnipeg, Lynn moved to Montreal to dance with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens and from there, to Cleveland to dance with the Cleveland Ballet. She performed soloist roles in ballets by many well known choreographers including George Balanchine, Leonid Massine, Dennis Nahat and Agnes de Mille. Lynn has been guest teacher and choreographer for the Cecchetti Council of America's international summer conference since 1995. In August 1997 she taught a choreographic workshop for the Edinburgh International Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lynn has been on the faculty of Ballet Arts Center in Long Beach, California, New Jersey Ballet School, School of Cleveland San Jose Ballet, and Cleveland State University dance program. She was director of the Dance Department at the Cleveland Music School Settlement for five years until June 2003 when she relocated to Portland Oregon.
CHRISTOPHER TABOR
Mr. Tabor began his training in the San Francisco Bay area. He studied at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City and L'Ecole des Grands Ballets Canadiens. His professional career began in Montreal, dancing with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens where he rose to the rank of Soloist. While in Montreal, Chris was offered a position with the Basel Ballet of Basel, Switzerland, where he performed many soloist and principal roles. After dancing in Switzerland, he joined Cleveland Ballet and danced many principal roles, ranging in scope from Prince Siegfried in SWAN LAKE to the Champion Roper in Agnes DeMille's RODEO. While still dancing with the company, Chris was promoted to the position of Ballet Master, and soon thereafter, Regisseur. Chris has taught and staged many works for companies such as the Atlanta Ballet and Ballet Nuevo Mundo de Caracas of Venezuela. Since 1995 he has been guest teacher and choreographer for Cecchetti Council of America's international summer conference. During the 2001-2002 school year, Chris accepted the position of Visiting Artist at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he taught choreography, as well as all levels of ballet technique. Currently, Chris is working in Portland Oregon on the production of an original musical theater piece entitled "Parents".