Lesley Bandy
Lesley Bandy
Lesley trained in Auckland New Zealand, the Scottish Ballet School, and the Royal Ballet School in London.
She danced with the Royal Opera Ballet, and appeared as a freelance artist in ballet - mainly in the USA. Roles included Giselle, Odette, Cinderella, Sugar Plum Fairy, La Sylphide, Swanhilda in Coppelia, The Cowgirl in Rodeo, Glove Seller in Gaite Parisienne.
She performed as principal dancer in Production Shows (Lido -Paris, Hello Hollywood Hello -Reno, Jubilee -Las Vegas) and had Contemporary roles created on her such as Lizzie Borden, Red Sun Rising, An American in Paris.
Lesley has since staged, choreographed and directed concerts, corporate events, musicals, ballet, opera, cabaret, and fashion shows.
She held Entertainment Management positions with Harrah’s Entertainment, MGM Grand, and Universal Studios, and was Dance Consultant for the reality TV show, Dance Moms.
Lesley has started a project-to-project dance company - Primarily Dance – with the aim of touring quality contemporary ballet to under-served regional communities in New Zealand with a small group of professional and pre-professional dancers, building an annual community-oriented Nutcracker ballet, collaborating with musicians and artists, delivering dance performance and participation in dance to community events.
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Lesley Bandy
Lesley trained in Auckland New Zealand, the Scottish Ballet School, and the Royal Ballet School in London.
She danced with the Royal Opera Ballet, and appeared as a freelance artist in ballet - mainly in the USA. Roles included Giselle, Odette, Cinderella, Sugar Plum Fairy, La Sylphide, Swanhilda in Coppelia, The Cowgirl in Rodeo, Glove Seller in Gaite Parisienne.
She performed as principal dancer in Production Shows (Lido -Paris, Hello Hollywood Hello -Reno, Jubilee -Las Vegas) and had Contemporary roles created on her such as Lizzie Borden, Red Sun Rising, An American in Paris.
Lesley has since staged, choreographed and directed concerts, corporate events, musicals, ballet, opera, cabaret, and fashion shows.
She held Entertainment Management positions with Harrah’s Entertainment, MGM Grand, and Universal Studios, and was Dance Consultant for the reality TV show, Dance Moms.
Lesley has started a project-to-project dance company - Primarily Dance – with the aim of touring quality contemporary ballet to under-served regional communities in New Zealand with a small group of professional and pre-professional dancers, building an annual community-oriented Nutcracker ballet, collaborating with musicians and artists, delivering dance performance and participation in dance to community events.
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