Ron Cisneros
RON CISNEROS
Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher
“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more dance to it.” – Bob Fosse
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Most dancers/teachers start learning their crafts at a very early age. This is a representative sample of my “hands-on” training and experience.
Crockett Dance Studio - 1950
Started Tap dance and tumbling with Jack Foy
Penny Davis Dance Center - 1955
Tap and Tumbling
Barbara Briggs Dance Studio - 1960
Home of the Camellia City Ballet Company
Banff Summer School of the Arts - 1963
Ballet, Men’s class, Jazz, Modern classes for six weeks and accepted to Summer dance
company for tour in Canada
Sacramento Music Circus - 1964
Received professional dance contract as a dancer with Sacramento Music Circus
ON STAGE AND SCREEN
1964-1976
City, Utah; Hyatt Theater, San Francisco; Andy Williams Television Show; Elvis Presley Television Special; Hello Dolly (movie) directed by Gene Kelly; Mary Poppins (movie); Viva Las Vegas (movie)
Disney on Parade
1969-1976
Dancer, Dance Captain and Associate Choreographer for Disney on Parade international companies
Cisneros Studios of Dance - 1976-2016
Owner and Teacher
Sacramento Music Circus - 1980-1988
Resident Choreographer for Sacramento Music Circus. Choreographed 75 musicals.
Sacramento High School - 1983-1987
Taught school at Sacramento High School VAPAC (Visual and Performing Arts).
Jazz Associate Choreographer for dance company
Wizard of Oz International Tour - 1988-1989
Played the Cowardly Lion in the international tour of the Wizard of Oz
Galena Street East Productions - Present
Lead Choreographer
River City Theatre Company - 1990 to Present
Artistic Director, Director, Choreographer
Natomas Charter Performing Arts Academy - 1997 to Present
Dance Teacher
RECOGNITION
Ron Cisneros - Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher
• 2011 Recipient of Sacramento Area Regional Theater Alliance (SARTA) Lifetime Achievement Award
• Winner of numerous SARTA “Elly” Awards for Choreography and Direction spanning more than 20 years
• Guest lecturer in dance and theater at University of California Davis
• During the Music Circus 50th Anniversary, I was identified as the person with the most performing and artistic staff credits in the 50-year history of the Company