ALICE SVETIC 262-385-7002
SVETICAF@HOLLINS.EDU
EDUCATION:
June 2021 - August 2022 Hollins University
MFA in Dance, Year Residency Track. Coursework included Ballet technique, Contemporary technique, Improvisation, Somatics, Dance Composition, Dance History, Theory, and Criticism, Dance Studies, Intermedia Arts, and Pedagogy. GPA: 4.0.
September 2016-May 2020 University of Wisconsin-Madison
BFA in Dance with distinction.
Coursework has included: Ballet, Contemporary, Hip Hop, West African Dance, Asian American Movement, Solo, Group, and Advanced Composition, Improvisation, Laban Movement Analysis, Somatics, Dance History, Dance Production, and Teaching Dance.
September 2005-August 2016 Milwaukee Ballet
Full-time student at Milwaukee Ballet School & Academy in the highest level, dancing 17 hours per week of Ballet/Pointe. 1 hour each per week of Pilates, Hip-Hop, and Modern. Attended the six-week Milwaukee Ballet Summer Intensive, Summer 2011-2016.
PERFORMANCE:
· Alex Ketley’s the foundry - san francisco, Ca - august 2023-current, company member
soloist in an approximation of resilience, april 2025
· mannakin dance genesis residency - san francisco, Ca - october 2024
· safehouse arts raw residency - san francisco, Ca - april 2024
· breaking ground dance festival- tempe, az - January 2024
· Midwest rad festival - Kalamazoo, Michigan - march 2023
· The princes dance - katy pyle of ballez - july 2021 - milwaukee, WI
· FLOE - the seldoms- January 2020 - Wisconsin Union theater, Madison, wi
· RANGE - alex ketley - august 2019 - perry mansfield performing arts school
· WHY NOT SWAN! - Performance Project with Anton Lachky- July 2019- B12 Festival, Berlin, Germany
TEACHING / FACILITATION:
· Stanford University – Summer 2025 – Instructor for Dance 48: Introduction to Ballet
· Alonzo King LINES Ballet BFA Program, Training Program and Summer Program – Spring 2024-present – Ballet and Contemporary Instructor.
· Marin Dance Theater – Summer 2024-present – Contemporary Dance Instructor.
· Marin Ballet – Summer and Fall 2024– Open Adult Ballet Instructor.
· Breaking Ground Dance Festival – January 2024 – Taught Queer Ballet Practices workshop.
· Midwest RAD Festival – Fall 2023 – Adjudication Panel member.
· Hollins University – Spring 2023 – Instructor for Dance 225: Movement Studio 2 (Contemporary).
· Hollins University – June 2023 – Instructor for Open Studio Coursework. Taught Queer Ballet Practices workshop.
· Midwest RAD Festival – March 2023 – Master class instructor for nation-wide festival of contemporary dance. Taught Queer Ballet Practices workshop.
· Hollins University – Fall 2022 – Instructor for Dance 125: Movement Studio 1 (Ballet)
· Hollins University – June 2022 – Instructor for Open Studio Coursework. Taught Queer Ballet Practices workshop.
· UW-Madison – November 2021- Guest Artist in Dance 311: Contemporary Technique course.
· DANCE WITH AL – December 2020- Present – Free community class series on Zoom.
CHOREOGRAPHY:
· Marin Dance Theater – San Rafael, CA – May 2025
o Kite / Kin – 6-minute group work for advanced level students.
· Mannakin Dance, Genesis Residency – San Francisco, CA – October 2024
o WORSENING – 15-minute self-choreographed duet
· Safe House Arts, RAW Residency – San Francisco, CA – April 2024
o Nostalgia Series – 10-minute solo
· Faculty Concert – Hollins University – Roanoke, VA – June 2023
o Not - 6-minute self-choreographed duet.
· Spring Dance Performance – Hollins University – Roanoke, VA – May 2023
o Us - 12-minute self-choreographed group work.
· Fall Dance Performance – Hollins University – Roanoke, VA – November 2022
o New Lyricism - 8-minute self-choreographed solo.
o Change/Coil – 10-minute work for ten undergraduate students.
· MFA Thesis Presentation – Eleanor D. Wilson Museum – Roanoke, VA – June 2022
o Traces: Embodied Ephemera from Here to There – 30 minute self-choreographed solo performance.
· Spring Dance Performance – Hollins University – Roanoke, VA – May 2022
o Tiny Birds – 7-minute duet.
· DRAFTWORKS: A sharing of reimaginings – Hollins University – Roanoke, VA – April 2022
o Histories – 11-minute self-choreographed solo.
· Fall Dance Performance – Hollins University, Roanoke, VA – November 2021
o Arrival at the Gates – 10-minute solo self-choreographed solo.
· DEPARTURE DANCES – May 2021
o Self-Produced evening length solo concert - Run time 50 minutes
· DanceWorks Chicago’s Virtual Dance Chance – 2021
o Departure Dance – 5-minute dance film – February 2021
o Landings – 8-minute dance film – September 2021
· 2021 RAD Festival - Kalamazoo, MI - March 2021
o Lullaby - official selection for virtual performance and artist Q&A
· 2020 SHAPE Choreography Festival – SALT Contemporary Dance Company - December 2020
o Lullaby – First Place prize in Solo category