Sunday, March 10
10:00am-11:30am
For dancers age 11+ years old (10 and under with special permission)
Bonnie Pickard Schofield was a Principal Dancer with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet where Ms. Farrell featured Ms. Pickard Schofield in a wide variety of Balanchine’s ballets.
Bonnie Pickard was a Principal Dancer with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet where Ms. Farrell featured Ms. Pickard in a wide variety of Balanchine’s ballets. Her principal roles include Chaconne, Scotch Symphony, Mozartiana, Liebesleder Walzer, Meditation, Episodes, Serenade, Bugaku, Brahms—Schoenberg Quartet, Ballade, La Source, Variations for Orchestra, Apollo, Divertimento No. 15, La Sonnambula, Divertimento Brillante, Tempo di Valse and Stars and Stripes Pas de Deux, as well as Bejart’s Romeo and Juliet Pas de Deux. She also served as a Rehearsal Assistant for Ms. Farrell after her retirement from the stage.
Ms. Pickard received her training at the Dayton Ballet School in Ohio under the tutelage of Barbara Pontecorvo and then began her professional career with Chautauqua Dance Company, going on to dance for North Carolina Dance Theatre, Tulsa Ballet Theatre, Montgomery Ballet, BalletNY, Chamber Dance Project, Configurations and appearing with Peter Boal & Company and as a guest artist for Ballet Philippines. Her repertoire ranged from additional Balanchine ballets to contemporary works by choreographers such as William Forsythe, Thaddeus Davis, Victor Quijada, Peter Quanz and Bam Damian.
Upon retiring from performing, she began guest teaching and coaching in Manila with Ballet Philippines while she lived there. She has since taught at The Kennedy Center’s Exploring Ballet with Suzanne Farrell and at Maryland Youth Ballet as well as served as a panelist for the Kennedy Center Masterclass series and for the National Society for Arts and Letters Ballet Competition. Her biggest role however, is that of mother to her young daughters, Penelope and Josette.
Photos provided by Bonnie
