Entrepreneur and choreographer,
Rebecca Davis is committed to developing rising talent and transforming
young dancers into performing artists. In founding The Rebecca Davis
Dance Company, she has pioneered a unique pre-professional
dance-theater training program that imparts literary works, historical
events, and social issues to students and adult audiences alike. The
Rebecca Davis Dance Company fills the market gap between training and
professional employment for young dancers in the Philadelphia community.
Rebecca draws from over thirteen
years of professional dance training in Canada , Russia , and the US .
She choreographed 15 works in Vancouver and implemented a creative
dance program for under-served children in Toronto . Rebecca was
classically trained in the Russian Vaganova method of ballet while
studying under Tatiana Petrovna in Moscow and Valery Tereshkin in
Siberia . She has received a degree in choreography from The Saint
Petersburg Conservatory under the tutelage of Artistic Director Nikolai
Boyarchikov.
Rebecca has acquired substantial arts management experience serving as:
• Marketing Coordinator for the Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts – New York
• International Marketing Coordinator for Nord-Ost: The First Russian Musical - Moscow
• International Coordinator for the New York International Ballet Competition
Ms. Davis is more than just a dance aficionado; she is a natural entrepreneur. Rebecca came to Philadelphia in 2002 to contribute
to the array of cultural delicacies that the city has to offer.
Immersing herself in Philadelphian life has given birth to her vision
of making this city a center of dance training on par with New York and
Moscow . Rebecca has captured this vision in her award-winning business
plan recognized as the most viable small business by The 2004 Annual
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. She is a summa cum laude
graduate of The Fox School of Business, where she was an official
nominee for both the Rhodes and Marshall scholarships, and
granted the Fulbright Scholarship. Rebecca is also the recipient of the
Garfield Weston Scholarship, Canadian Merit Scholarship and is a
two-time winner of the League for Entrepreneurial Women's Essay
Competition.
Ms. Davis is partnering with the
community to position The Rebecca Davis Dance Company as a catalyst for
improving the integration of the humanities with the physical discipline of dance. Her first was a full-length modern ballet based on Sophocles' Antigone . The show premiered at The Kimmel Center in March 2006.
