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Mark Sean Panzarino began his studies at the age of 6 with Nina Youshkevich, protégé of Bronislava Nijinska.
His education continued at the School of American Ballet, the Joffrey Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School,
and at the David Howard Dance Center, before joining Miami City Ballet in 1990.
Favorite featured and soloist roles performed include Balanchine's
Allegro Brillante, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, A Midsummer Night's Dream,
Jewels (Emeralds), Scotch Symphony,
and Tarantella; Petipa's Don Quixote (Wedding Pas), The Nutcracker,
The Sleeping Beauty; and Litvinov's Cinderella.
Mark has performed, choreographed, and taught for Broadway
Dance Center, Dance Theatre of Harlem, the American Ballet Russe, Metropolitan Repertory Ballet, InMotion Dance Company, the
Renaissance Dance Ensemble, and Tampa Bay City Ballet. He is an adjunct at Eugene Lang College/The New School.
His most ambitious ballet to date, Fugue of the Mermaids, was presented at Steps on Broadway in April 2009
as part of their choreographic lab. A monthly cable-access dance-industry talk show with Mark as co-host is in pre-production.
Adam and Eve and God: a dance for two, will be presented in January 2010 by Texas Dance Theatre.
Additional notable projects include his sculptural work of mixed media, Touchdown, featured prominently
in the lobby of the Times Square Hotel, a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A book of short
poems was published in 2002. Mark is completing his first novel. His
ballet coach and life mentor is Peter Schabel. Mark lives in Manhattan with his completely spoiled
12-year-old dog, Zoey.
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