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Ballet Mistress
Laurence Menotti-Chevennement
 Laurence Menotti began her dance training in 1973 with her mother Nicole Menotti in France. In 1978, she joined the Geneva Dance Center (Switzerland) where she studied under David Allen and Claudine Kamoun for the pre-professional program. In1986, she was selected for the famous Varna Competition (Bulgaria) and she was also offered a contract with the Ballet du Nord Company (France) where she was principal dancer for fifteen years.
She has danced principal roles in many ballets, most of them were by Georges Balanchine. In 1989, she had a fabulous opportunity to dance in the Four Temperaments of Georges Balanchine with guest artist Damien Woezel, Principal Dancer of the New York City Ballet. During these years, she performed in works by Paul Taylor, Jose Limon, Martha Graham, Ali Pourfarrokh, Robert North, John Taras, John Carter, Jean Babilée, Jean-Paul Comelin, among others.
In 2001, she joined the Alberta Ballet where she danced principal roles with such choreographers as Mikko Nissinen, Helgi Tomasson, Rudy Van Dantzig, and Dominique Dumais.
In 2003, she decided to end her dance career and to teach private ballet classes and to coach. She has a State Diploma of Dance Teaching issued by the French government. She has taught also summer school in France and spring camp in Edmonton for intermediate and advanced students. She has served as a juror for the Ballet du Nord School in France for four years as well as guest teacher at numerous times.
In 2006, she was offered the post of Ballet Mistress for Citie Ballet in Edmonton for the Aurora's Wedding performance. For the 2006-07 Season she joined her husband, François Chevennement, as a permanent staff member.
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