Former Texas Ballet Theater artist, Peter Zweifel, will teach a master class for dancers in the Ballet Arkansas studio at Shuffles & Ballet II, 1521 Merrill Drive, in Little Rock on Sunday, January 13.  The class begins at 3 pm and will conclude at 5 pm.

This class is the third in a series of Master Classes to be taught by Ballet Arkansas’ guest choreographers and guest dancers throughout the 2012-2013 Season.  Mr. Zweifel is choreographing a new work for Ballet Arkansas’ spring concert, Spring into Motion, which premieres at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre April 5-7, 2013.

It will take place at the Ballet Arkansas Studio at Shuffles & Ballet II (1521 Merrill Drive).  Please arrive early to register.  The class fee is $25 and the observer fee is $15.  Both participants and observer numbers are limited; advance reservations are required. Email info@balletarkansas.org to reserve your spot. Female dancers should bring pointe shoes. 

Originally from Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Peter Zweifel began his ballet training at the Jean Wolfmeyer School of Dance. After continuing his studies at the Virginia School of the Arts and Houston Ballet Academy, Mr. Zweifel joined Texas Ballet Theater where he danced for eight seasons under artistic director Ben Stevenson.

While at Texas Ballet Theater, Mr. Zweifel enjoyed dancing principal roles in Ben Stevenson’s Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Dracula, Cleopatra, Giselle, Mozart’s Requiem, Endangered Species, and Four Last Songs. He also performed principal roles in Val Caniparoli’s Lamborena and Dominic Walsh’s Flames of Eros, as well as a soloist role in George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. In 2011, he was awarded the Ben Stevenson Award for Excellence.

Mr. Zweifel first began choreographing as a student at the Virginia School of the Arts and has since choreographed for various national and international ballet schools. He has multiple ballets in Texas Ballet Theater’s repertoire including “Absence,” “Sweet and Tangy,” “Glimpse,” “Love Always Remains,” and “The Finding.”

In December of 2010, he was named by Dallas Modern Luxury Magazine as one of the top ten artists to watch, and in 2006 he received a New York Choreographic Institute Fellowship Initiative Grant. In the summer of 2012, Mr. Zweifel moved to New York City to attend Parsons The New School for Design.