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Patsy Nippoldt has danced with Gallery Ballet, Portland Community Ballet and Portland Dance Academy (Oregon Festival Ballet). She has performed such roles as the Stepsister/Stepmother in Cinderella, Lilac fairy/Carrobosse in Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Swanhilda in Coppelia, Pas de Quatre, Raymonda Variations, Mama Papa doll in Toyshop and the duck in Peter and the Wolf. Lately, Patsy has spent her time in the costuming, choreography and teaching aspects of the ballet world, primarily with Gallery Ballet. She also enjoys participating in the character roles of the productions. Her favorite dancing/character roll of all time is Carrobosse in Sleeping Beauty. Outside of ballet, she works as a software engineer in Beaverton and lives with her husband in Newberg.
Edwina Castle, owner and artistic director, trained extensively under internationally recognized dancers and teachers. She continued studies at Oregon Ballet Theater, master classes, and Teacher Seminars at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Her career includes dancing with State Ballet of Oregon, Juice Company, and Redlands Festival Ballet. TV appearances include "Two for Ballet" on PBS; the NAIRD award winning home video "The Swan Lake Story" on Disney Channel; and music video "Body Jacking". Edwina’s ballet students have been accepted at prestigious schools and summer workshops to include Oregon Ballet Theater, Whitman College and Long Beach Ballet Arts Center. Several received dance scholarships at Oregon Ballet Theater, summer dance intensives, and WOU.
Karley Geneva Jones earned a Master of Music degree (suma cum laude) from Western Oregon University in June 2009. In 2002, Karley entered Western Oregon University on a dance scholarship, after studying ballet, tap and jazz since the age of four. She continues to study dance at WOU. Karley tapped to Good Mornin' from Singing in the Rain and also danced en pointe to Pavlova's Dying Swan in her college senior recital. As a senior in high school, Karley received the "Award of Excellence" from the Chehalem Valley Dance Studio. Throughout her high school years, she studied ballet with Edwina Castle and danced leading roles in Coppelia, Giselle, Swan Lake and La Bayadere. She was awarded the "Assoluta Award" from Edwina Castle's Classical Futures dance company.
Moriah Mansour started ballet with Edwina when she was 6 1/2 years old and has trained for over 7 years. She received her first solo in Pas de Trois, Act I in Swan Lake in 2009. Her excellent consistency in classical technique, passion for ballet, and love of children were prime traits for being selected as a student assistant. Moriah has assisted Edwina for two full years and is loved by her dance students.
Staff
Abbigail Jones has been performing at Gallery Ballet since 2002. She has been a staff assistant for Edwina for over five years and was chosen for her first solo as the Spring Fairy in Cinderella in 2007. Abigail is known for her precision turns, light footwork, and tenacious focus. She assists both Edwina Castle and Meghan Woods. She is also ballet assistant at City Ballet with Edwina Castle. Students love Abby’s gentle guidance and warm personality.
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"Mrs. Castle, Thank you so much for the positive influence you have had on Ruby this year. It has been very good for her to do something "by herself" (a rare event in our family)... you always have a smile and a kind word for all those little girls."
-Phil and Sherri Janzen
Daynelle Rowe started ballet at the age of 6 at the Lynne Marchant Dance Academy in McMinnville through the age of 8. She briefly participated in an adult Jazz class at the Chehalem Valley Dance Academy in Newberg and a Hip Hop class with Kathleen Vandaveer in McMinnville in her early twenties. Daynelle became a certified Zumba fitness instructor in April 2010 after participating in local Zumba classes and enjoying them to the point of losing 20 pounds and wanting to help others to do the same by looking at fitness in a whole new way. She believes that Zumba is all about having a great time even if you have no dance experience; Zumba is all about having fun while you're getting a good cardio vascular workout
