Резюме Dance Teacher

 Accomplished professional dancer, dance teacher & choreographer,

with experience in 60+ different countries.

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 Experience in musicals, television shows, dance companies and mass

movement productions of many styles including contemporary,
musical theatre, jazz, modern & ballet.

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 Author of the Dance Information Sourcebook, a career guide for

dancers, available on Amazon.com.

US citizen residing in Saudi Arabia

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www.cherylobal.com

International Dance Teacher & Choreographer

+ Показати контакти Italy

+966 565 853568

Saudi Arabia

MOVEMENT SDG, KAUST, SAUDI ARABIA

1/2017- Present

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1994-1998

2008-2010

Teacher of jazz, ballet, contemporary and modern at international university,
director of performances with dancers of 20 different nationalities.

NRITARUTYA DANCE COMPANY, BANGALORE, INDIA

Instructor to professional corps of one of India’s top contemporary dance
companies. Taught a mix of Graham, Horton, & Ballet. Choreographed
original works fusing Indian & Western contemporary dance.

QATAR NATIONAL DAY, DOHA, QATAR

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MEN’S WORLD HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP, DOHA

Designed choreography reflecting Qatari culture, history, and traditions
for televised mass movement performance.

TARA PATTANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL &
ANDA PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL, PATTAYA, THAILAND
Teacher of ballet, jazz, contemporary, acrobatics, music classes and private
piano lessons. Staged and directed holiday themed performances of 
singing, dancing, and acting with 80+ students. 

SEOUL DANCE PROJECT, SEOUL, KOREA

Commissioned by the Seoul Foundations for Arts and Culture to teach 
and choreograph in a city-wide dance project involving 200 dancers, with 
the goal to “heal the citizens of Seoul through dance.”

PADOVA DANZA (PADOVA DANCE COMPANY), PADOVA, 
ITALY 

Taught company classes for professional dancers of Italian 

dance company and choreographed original contemporary works.

POINT PARK UNIVERSITY, PITTSBURGH, PA

Classical Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Dance, Classical 
Piano, Voice Studies, Acting Technique, Choreography, Pilates, 
Performance and Repertory.

Performer and choreographer in many university productions

UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE, ITALY

Negotiation, Diplomacy, Human Rights, International 
Relations, Political Science, Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, 
Ethnic Relations, Cultural Mediation

Graduated with Highest Honors: 110/110 con lode

USA (birthplace)

25 years

ITALY

10 years

SOUTH KOREA

2 years

INDIA

3 years

THAILAND

1 year

QATAR

¼ year

JAPAN

½ year

SAUDI ARABIA

3½ years

+ visited additional 50+ countries

Jazz

Contemporary

Modern

Ballet

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York City

Scholarship student in intensive training program with world-

renowned Ailey artists and teachers

Lehigh Valley Ballet Company

Member of pre-professional ballet company with rigorous professional 

training and performances of Nutcracker, Coppelia, others

Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts

One of 30 dancers chosen from 800 in the state of Pennsylvania

University of the Arts Summer World of Dance

Scholarship student in intensive summer training program with 

world-class artists

300+ page marketing guide 

for dancers, published in 2004

ISBN: 

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Thailand Professionals Magazine 

Feb 2014 issue

YouTube Channel:  (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXGclznj6tSbppk7HR-Q7w)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXGclznj6tSbppk7HR-Q7w 
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-obal-international-dancer-choreographer

Aside from my multifaceted career and plethora of work experience, one of my huge passions 
is charity and volunteer work with underprivileged people and animals. Since 2007 I have been 
donating earnings from teaching dance classes to social causes I believe in.

“

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the

state of the soul's weather to all who can read it.

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-Martha Graham

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LEFT FOOT RIGHT DANCEWORKS, BANGALORE, INDIA 

Teacher and choreographer of jazz and contemporary original works 
for Bangalore professional dance company.

LEWIS FOUNDATION OF CLASSICAL BALLET, BANGALORE, INDIA

Teacher of jazz and choreographer of original jazz works for India’s only proper 
classical ballet academy and company, run by Yana Lewis of the UK.

TEATRU PE PAINE, TIMISOARA, ROMANIA

Teacher of theatre jazz in summer intensive program for dancers and actors.

Choreographer of original theatre dance works for final performance.

GYEONGGI ENGLISH VILLAGE, PAJU, SOUTH KOREA

Responsible for group of 20 professional artists from around the world, 

who wrote, produced, and performed in full-scale educational musicals.

RADISSON SEVEN SEAS CRUISE LINE, 50+ countries worldwide

Responsible for all aspects of teaching & staging musical productions 

aboard luxury cruise liners, including show installation on ships worldwide.

HOLLYWOOD DANCE AND MAGIC SHOW, MISUGI RESORT, JAPAN

Performer in American-themed production show at luxury resort in 

Mie Prefecture, Japan.

ENGLISH

ITALIAN

SPANISH

ARABIC

KANNADA

KOREAN

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Member since 2016: 

CID International Dance 
Council UNESCO Paris

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Member since 2000:

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Actor’s Equity

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Association of 
the United States

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1999 - 2004

ENSEMBLE DANCER AND SINGER

, “Hello, Dolly!” produced by

Musical Theatre West; performed in Los Angeles and Long Beach

CHOREOGRAPHER AND PERFORMER, Gazeta USA/TV Asahi, NYC

ENSEMBLE DANCER, “Chicago”- Le Masquerade Dance Co.

“CYNTHIA” in The Fairy Playz, Chashama Theater,42

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Street, NYC

ENSEMBLE DANCER, Amanda Turner Project, NYC

CHOREOGRAPHER, “Dr. Faustus Lights the Lights” Princeton Opera

DANCER, “School’s Out: Fast Forward Friday”MSG Channel, NYC

ENSEMBLE DANCER,“Spirit of the Dance,”Branson, MO

ENSEMBLE DANCER, Mary Miller Dance Company, Pittsburgh

DANCER/SINGER AND DANCE CAPTAIN, Holland America 
Cruise Line and Radisson Seven Seas Cruise Line

DANCE TEACHER, THEATRE INSTRUCTOR and 
CHOREOGRAPHER, National Theatre Workshop of the Handicapped

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Certified Teacher and 
Affiliate Member 
since 2013: 

A.T.O.D.

Australian Teachers of 
Dancing

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Ghouna Jaber

Director, Qatar National Day

Phone: +974 33270003

Email: 

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Madhuri Upadhya

Associate Director, Nritarutya

Phone: +91 9916072270

Email:  (mailto:**********************)

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Shashank Rajan

Artistic Director, LFRD India 

Phone: +91 98456 47312

Email: 

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