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Meet Mrs. Jenna Graham!
Originally from Oklahoma City, Jenna grew up dancing at a local ballet school directed by Lisa Webb. She spent summers furthering her training at Tulsa Ballet, Ellison Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, the Kirov Academy of Washington D.C., Kansas City Ballet, and SLK Ballet. In 2012, she moved to New York City to study at SLK Ballet, a Vagonova based ballet school under the direction of Sara Knight. A contract with Alabama Ballet brought Jenna to Birmingham in 2014. Some of her favorite roles with Alabama Ballet include: Dew Drop Fairy in Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, Russian Corps in Balanchine’s Serenade, Flower Girl in Don Quixote, Temperament Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, and Daisy in Dennis Nahat’s Blue Suede Shoes. After a nine-year career with the company, Jenna retired in June of 2023. In December of 2023, Jenna performed the roles of Snow Queen and Sugarplum Fairy as a guest professional artist with Jacksonville Community Nutcracker in Florida and Magic City Nutcracker in Birmingham. She also holds a comprehensive certification through Peak Pilates, and has been teaching at Aero Joe Pilates and at several ballet schools in the Birmingham area since 2016. Jenna joined the Briarwood Ballet faculty in 2021, and considers it a gift from the Lord to be able to teach the next generation of dancers how to dance to the best of their ability to the glory of God.
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We are thrilled to announce Briarwood Ballet’s 45th Anniversary Festival! Come celebrate the faithfulness of God during our school’s history with exciting performances and a fun time of fellowship.
// 11.02.24 // The Barbara B. Barker Auditorium at Briarwood Christian High School
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
3:30 p.m. “To God Be the Glory”
A matinee concert led by some of our upper level students celebrating the great things God has done in and through Briarwood Ballet during the past 45 years. This concert showcases several of our upper level students, and will debut a new Ballet Exaltation work titled “Crowned” by Jiri Voborsky
4:45 p.m. Fellowship Celebration
An outdoor gathering with boxed dinners, dessert trucks, an alumni reunion, a pop-up shop featuring new limited edition merch, and more!
5:30 p.m. A special viewing of “Still Waters” by choreographer Kevin Jenkins
6:30 p.m. “The Story I’ll Tell”
An evening concert led by Immanuel reflecting on God’s character through each chapter of our lives. A favorite annual tradition, this year’s performance features exciting new works from faculty and will debut “Holy Forever” by Bria Greenwood
Stay tuned this week for more concert and ticket details!
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Eeeeee!!! So exciting!
Meet Mrs. Margaret Anne Owens!
Margaret Anne has the great privilege of being a third generation Briarwood Ballet teacher. Since the age of three, she has been twirling through Briarwood’s studios, exploring (and testing) the mercies of her Creator and Savior. During high school, Margaret Anne danced with Ballet Exaltation for several years while also pursuing a path in Musical Theatre. In 2009, she moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she studied acting and dance at Point Park University and trained in many different forms of dance. Some of her favorites include musical theatre jazz (under the late Ron Tassone who performed in the movies of Hello Dolly and West Side Story), Graham technique, and contemporary. Upon graduation, Margaret Anne returned to Briarwood Ballet as a teacher until she met her husband, married, and moved with him to Houston and then Nashville. There she started a small ballet program through Covenant Conservatory, worked as the Director of Lower School Dance at Christ Presbyterian Academy, and taught ballet, jazz, hip hop, and tap for Fellowship School of Dance. In 2017 she was certified in “Leap and Learn” curriculum for preschool and early elementary aged dancers. In 2020 her family moved back home to Birmingham, and she rejoined the Briarwood Ballet team. Her deepest desire is to share the eternal gift she received in the studios of Briarwood Ballet with the next generation of young dancers.
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Meet Mrs. Beth Bischoff!
Beth Bischoff, from Oahu, Hawaii, began her classical ballet training at the age of 9 with Ballet Hawaii under the direction of Pamela Taylor-Tongg. Throughout her pre-professional training she participated in ballet master classes taught by Michael Vernon, Maria Vegh, Alaine Haubert, and Finis Jhung and attended summer intensives with Ballet Magnificat! and the American Ballet Theater. In 2003 Beth moved to Jackson, Mississippi to join Ballet Magnificat!’s trainee program and became a company artist in 2004. As a company artist she traveled around the United States as well as Czech Republic, Italy, France, Macedonia, Israel, Honduras, Belize, Slovakia, Germany, Canada, Poland, and The Netherlands performing and teaching master classes and workshops. In 2011, Beth married and moved to Birmingham, Alabama where she was the Artistic Director and instructor at Westwood Ballet for six years. In 2019 she began teaching at Briarwood Ballet. Beth’s passion in teaching is for her students to see their uniqueness as beautiful and inspiring; to realize their full potential, not only as dancers but as loved children of God; and to know the freedom of a heart that is abandoned in worship to their Creator. Beth lives in Leeds, Alabama with her husband Eric and their four children.
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