Guest Artists

Eliezer Rabello

The Nutcracker Prince, Trepak

Eliezer Rabello was born and raised in Brazil, beginning his dance training with the dance masters Conceicao Souza, Olga Shimasaki (National Ballet of Peru), Raul Candal (Colon Theatre of Argentina), Jair Moraes (Ballet Guaira of Brazil), and other internationally renowned teachers Ivo Karaguiorguiev (National Ballet of Sophia), and Ronald E. Brown (Alvin Ailey Dance Theater).

In 1995 Eliezer founded Cia. Ballet da Barra, a dance school and company that performed Rabello’s version of The Nutcracker for three years at the famous Amazon Opera House. He also received awards in important dance festivals in Brazil such as Festival de Danca do Mercosul in Bento Goncalves from 1995 to 1997 and IX Seminario Internacional de Danca Brasilia in 1999.

Here in the USA, Eliezer has worked with Lula Washington Dance Theater and has been a guest artist with other companies such as the American Repertory Dance Company, Ballet Folclorico do Brasil, Project 21, Kin Dance Co., and Ballet Collective.

Eliezer is currently working as a ballet and modern dance teacher at the Lake Arrowhead School of Dance. This is his sixth season with the Lake Arrowhead Classical Ballet Company.

For now, Eliezer has as his most important project “to build a solid marriage and an eternal family with my wife Danae and to be the best father that I can be to our daughter Tabata.”

Jeremiah Tatum

Arabian

Jeremiah has broad experience both on stage and in television, film, and video productions. His credits include the Lion King on Broadway, the Lion King National Tour, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Lula Washington Dance Theater, the California Dance Theater, the Santa Clarita Ballet, and the opera Tosca in Rome, Italy.

He has received numerous awards, including the Teen People “20 Teens that will change the world”, Spotlight 2000 – 1st place, NYC Dance Aliance 99 – 1st place, LA/Santa Monica Most Outstanding Student 2000, and NACCP-Actso 99 (Dance Division) – Bronze Medalist.

Jeremiah trained with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the San Francisco Ballet School, the Idyllwild Arts Academy, the Lula Washington Dance Theater, and the Dance Theater of Harlem.

He is a capable dancer in a wide variety of styles — classical ballet, modern (Horton & Dunham), jazz (funky & lyrical), West African, tap, and hip hop. Beyond this, he has skills in gymnastics and tumbling, as a choreographer, as a teacher, and in modeling.

Raymond Genato

Mouse King, Parent

Born in the Philippines, Raymond has been dancing since his college days. A veteran of over fifteen years with the Lake Arrowhead Classical Ballet Company, Raymond has danced the roles of the Nutcracker Prince, Arabian, Trepak, and Toy Soldier. This year he reprises his role as the swashbuckling Mouse King. You’ll also see him on stage with his wife, Anny, as the Prussian party guests.

An accomplished dancer, actor, and choreographer, Raymond danced at the University of California, Irvine, where he studied under the careful tutelage of dance masters Israel “El” Gabriel, James Penrod, and Donald McKayle. He has performed such modern dance classics as McKayle’s Games and Album Leaves, and Sophie Maslow’s The Village I Knew. Ray’s theater and stage credits include Evita, West Side Story, and Me and My Girl. He has also been cast for roles in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet.