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In 2004, he and six of his dancers competed in the St. Petersburg International Ballet Competition in Russia where he received the Award for Best Choreography. Former students of Mr. Bishop's now dance with prestigious dance programs and companies in The United States and overseas. He has also trained several professional figure skaters, including Shizuka Arakawa, gold medalist at the 2006 Olympics in Turin. Mr. Bishop's ballet productions for Northwest Ballet have also attracted students and professional dancers from Washington to Russia.
In 2011, Mr. Bishop created a new full-length ballet entitled 'Emerald Bay' a beautiful but tragic love story that takes place in the Bellingham area in 1885. It first premiered at Meany Hall on the UW campus and was also be performed in Bellingham.
John Bishop, who has had a stellar career as a Principal Dancer during the 70’s and 80’s firmly believes that the more the world comes to know ballet, the better the world will be, because things of beauty bring goodness to the world. In the words of the great Russian writer Dostoyevsky, “Beauty will save the world”. The company’s upcoming season continues its ongoing vision to share the beauty of ballet with people around the Washington area and fulfill its mission as a regional ballet company.
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