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North Coast Dance mounts three major productions a year at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, including a new spring production every year, our annual Zombie Ballet, and the Nutcracker.

North Coast Dance Company Members


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Mark Hapgood first danced in the local Redwood Concert Ballet's Nutcracker production with Virginia Niekrasz-Laurent in 1990 as a 1st Act Parent, and has danced in each Nutcracker since then. In 2002 Mark began studying ballet under Danny Furlong at North Coast Dance, and has been dancing in company performances since then. Over the years Mark has also danced with other local ballet productions including Hansel & Gretel with Victor Temple's New World Ballet, and Swan Lake (Von Rothbart), Coppelia (Dr. Coppelia), The Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer) and Midsummer Night's Dream (Bottom) with Heather Sorter's Bayside Ballet. Mark loves the artistic and  physical satisfaction that comes from ballet and continues to perform as a Company Character Dancer with North Coast Dance.   

Heather Walker started ballet classes at age 7 through a local parks and rec program after seeing a production of Nutcracker. Beginning at 10 she studied at a Cecchetti based school with Lucille McClure in Whittier until she was a senior in high school. Heather came back to ballet as an adult looking for an exercise routine and started dancing at NCD in the spring of 2001, and teaching in 2004. She has performed in every Nutcracker since 2001 (except 2005, due to an injury); roles have included Rat Queen and Mrs. Silberhaus multiple times, the Governess, Chinese Empress, and most recently the Head Baker. Other roles have included the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs in Jack and the Beanstalk, and Pluto in To Pluto and Back.

Although she continues to work full-time for the county, Heather's background as a camp counselor (10+ years) and in Early Childhood Education (8+ years) has been crucial to developing the Creative Movement classes and Passport to Dance camps. You can find her in the studio every Saturday morning, passing on her love of dance to young students, many of whom she has watched grow up and become assistants and teachers at NCD.


Andrea Williams started in ballet at the age of 9 and has been dancing for 8 years. She has attended the TCDA international ballet festival and American ballet theater summer intensives. school and enjoys dedicating her time to North Coast Dance. Andrea’s favorite roles she has danced at North Cost Dance include Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Rose Queen in the Nutcracker. 


Elizabeth (Beth) Poston has always been dancing.  She began ballet at the age of 8 and continued on with many other forms of dance including: tap, jazz, modern, contemporary, belly dance and African!  It has been a pleasure to be a part of the North Coast Dance company and staff for the past 10 years.  During this time Beth has taught many levels of ballet: pre-ballet through ballet 3 and has taken over the position of North Coast Dance’s Bookkeeper.

 

Beth has had the privilege of performing many challenging roles in the annual North Coast Dance Nutcracker and Spring performance: Rose Queen, Snow Queen, Butterfly, Glinda (the good witch), The Fairy Godmother in (Cinderella) to name a few…  Beth would like to thank North Coast Dance for the many opportunities and support they have provided her and her family for over a decade.  She would also like to thank her family for their love, encouragement and support!



Catherine Cataldo (bio coming soon)