Angela Zielen

ANGELA ZIELENS’S PERFORMANCES ARE SPONSORED BY TERRY AND SANDY STRINE

ANGELA ZIELEN is celebrating her 10th season with FSBT. A Delaware native, Angela began studying ballet at the age of nine at First State Academy of Dance. She augmented her training by attending summer intensives at First State Ballet Theatre, The American Academy of Ballet and studying under Angela DeMello, in Urbania, Italy. Angela was awarded the Delaware Dance Festival Artistry Award in 2012. Since joining FSBT, she has had tremendous opportunities to perform a variety of featured roles, including Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Marie in The Nutcracker, Kitri in Don Quixote, and Swanhilda in Coppélia; she also originated the role of Mina in the world premiere of Viktor Plotnikov’s Dracula. Angela is a graduate of the University of Delaware and former Assistant Director of the National Ballet Competition. Outside the studio, Angela brings her passion for the arts to Central Delaware, serving as the director of The Art Society at Loblolly Acres, a performing arts venue in Kent County.