Noelle Rose Andressen is a professional contemporary-modern ballet dancer, choreographer, dance educator, special events producer, actress (SAG-AFTRA), model, musician, composer, cancer survivor, author, human rights advocate (especially for abused children & women), Emmy nominated writer-producer, film producer, singer, performer, speaker and arts advocate and adviser. She's had the privilege of being photographed by the world, legendary dance photographer: Lois Greenfield who calls Noelle "a true DanceWarrior(R)" and appeared on the Weingarten cover and as Ms January of Ms Greenfield's 2019 DANCE Calendar. Ms Andressen has written and danced for over 30 years and choreographed for about as long. Being a native from NJ and having lived in NYC, Vegas, LA and many other places, she was able to gain great experience and knowledge from other artists and those that came before her who graciously passed on their expertise to her. The very first professional stage she was on while still a teen, was at the Bob Hope McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert where she met her future husband and began their careers in musical theater. The embryonic inception of her dance company was under "Noelle Andressen Dance" in 2000. That same year, her first professional choreographic work was seen nationally on TLNetwork. LIVE from Las Vegas featured her work in two episodes during the 2002 season and was asked to return several times as a performer. With an AA in Dance and being a Graduate of Fine Arts from UNLV; she's been able to currently pursue her MFA in dance arts & choreography. She's studied Horton and Graham techniques and also trained at Alvin Ailey NYC. Her personal teaching background delves into the art of dance as a means of expression and refining technique. 2005 was met with devastating news: she had breast cancer. The "Dance Warrior(R)" within rose up and conquered that disease. Having sold their Vegas home to pay for treatment, she and her husband migrated back to Los Angeles. With nothing to lose since everything was lost except her life, she started back at her beginning: ballet. She chose a quaint studio nestled in the quietness of a valley to rehabilitate herself from square one and would find the most unlikeliest helpmate in a beautiful stranger. "...broken body, broken heart, broken spirit..." Ms Andressen completely re-made herself as a dancer with a new perspective on life since her life was threatened by a ruthless disease. Please read "Dance Warrior(R)" from Cancer to Dancer book in the "Dance Warrior(R)" Book Series in which she shares intimately how she put her life back together after losing everything. She began Rubans Rouges and the RED RIBBONS dance drama in 2008 with the first performance in a small studio in a quaint valley. In 2009 she merged dance and her Emmy nominated film-making to form professional, multi-media Dance Drama(TM) dance company: Rubans Rouges Dance that expresses dance art through cinema, stage and various mediums such as her books, writings, animation, and more. Mostly seeing herself as a dancer that expresses herself through movement; she shares healing messages of understanding and compassion through her company's mission. Not necessarily defining herself as a choreographer alone, but a story-teller & dancer that uses her life's history and other's as a source of material (for herself) to give many HOPE. Not only does she "write what she knows", but also dances what she has lived through. "How else can I reach people unless I've been there myself. My quest is to touch hearts and share the sublime nature of love. Ultimately, my dance company was formed from a seed of deep LOVE. I've written my Dance Warrior and other Book Series to go deeper into the choreography so the audience can understand more. Please visit some of these sites for more details: www.noelle-rose.com; www.rubansrougesdance.com/artistic-director.html (for adults).
