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QUELDDY CULVER
Quelddy Culver was born in Caracas,
Venezuela and began her dance training at the age of five. At
the age of twelve she was offered a full scholarship to the Keyla
Ermecheo School of Ballet in Caracas, where she studied under
the tutelage of Vladimir Issaev, Vladimir Lopoukhov, Rafael Portillo,
Eric Volodin and Irina Lopoukhova.
She joined Ballet Metropolitano de
Caracas in 1991, dancing soloist roles in the full-length productions
of Coppelia, Don Quixote, Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty
and The Nutcracker. For five years she worked for Ballet Metropolitano
de Caracas as a company member and also as Assistant to the Artistic
Director.
Since 1998, Ms. Culver has been teaching
ballet in California. She has appeared with the Nevada Festival
Ballet and the Santa Clara Ballet. |