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Donna Lee Corboy

Kaitaia,NTL

Summary

A dynamic and creative professional with over 40 years of experience in performance and choegorahpy particularly in contemporary multimedia productions.


Visual art creation, event organization, and community art projects throughout Europe.


Proven exceptional leadership and artistic flair, enhancing projects with innovative design, photography and video skills.


Organizing artist exchange programs and multimedia art productions, achieving significant community engagement and artistic collaboration.


Disciplined and productive with diverse and varied portfolio showcasing artists as well as my personal evolution in artistic journey.


Seasoned Dancer_theatre Choreographer with exceptional teaching ability and patience working with students of diverse ages and abilities.


Trained in multiple techniques of dance including eurythmy, Gabrielle Roth 5 rythmns, Yoga, Balinese dance and mime.


photography service, portraits, events, books

visual arts photography, mural painting, sign painting



Overview

44
44
years of professional experience

Work History

Director Choreographer

Various Companies
1999.01 - 2022.01

My main profession is working with Movement, dance and theatre arts.

Spanning 40 years of experience I will include only some of the projects I have directed.


SKILLS

  • Organized and participated in music-video-photographic events in local bars and restaurants
  • Implemented artistic vision to give art purpose and meaning within a cultural environment.
  • Sold original art pieces through online platforms, gallery exhibitions, and direct customer interactions, while maintaining an active artist presence within the community.
  • Enhanced artistic projects by incorporating innovative techniques and materials for impactful visual presentations.
  • Collaborated with fellow artists on various exhibition and performances,
  • Curated successful art exhibitions, carefully selecting pieces that showcased diverse perspectives and styles.
  • Facilitated workshops for aspiring artists in contemporary dance theatre. fostering a supportive learning environment and strengthening technical skills.
  • Organized childrens summer activites art and nature.
  • Created concept designs and sketches to develop images and scenes in all my work.
  • brought international artists together for contemporary dance productions and international workshops.


CHOREGRAPHER-DIRECTER

  • Holland

international

TEATER GROEP LAAN VAN POOT

Het Strader Project R Steiner

Liefde van 7 Poppen P. Gallico

Sonetos del amore Oscuro FG.Lorca

The Tempest W. Shakespeare


  • Italy

international dance group

DANCE THEATRE WINGS AND FEET

  • La Casa FG.Lorca
  • La Araba Fenice Insorge
  • Night in Action
  • The Vagina Monologues

Composed pieces CSOA Imperia Community Art projects

  • Between Borders, multimedia collaboration project
  • Per Alice, artist multimedia collaboration project
  • Stella Luna, Dragica Sterzenkof (DL) animated object performance with overhead projection


  • Germany

INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS

  • Soaring into the Blue, dl corboy
  • Riverside, P Roth Radolfzaal theatre
  • The Frida Project, Cor Productions
  • Johannes Scenes R Steiner directer Heinz Federic,
  • mystery drama 3, R Steiner Heinz Federic
  • short film 2 woman 2 stories, B Brauen DL Corboy
  • Death by Train compilation multimedia dance piece (2nd prize, public prize Allanus Dance Festival.)
  • THE LITTLE MERMAID 4th year graduation performance Alanus university
  • TELEMAN postgraduate dance projection performance



MY PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

PERFORMANCE SOLO WORKS, CONCEPT, TEXT, COSTUME

Her Knee

I am Paper

Crazy Daisy

5 faces

Out of the dark


MY PERFORMANCE HISTORY

VARIOUS COMPANIES


GREAT BRITIAN

LONDON STAGE GROUP 1987'88

PORTAL PRODUCTIONS 1988,89,90

3x 4 hour long plays with a cast of 40 people

3'S A CROWD 1988

a joint chorography project with 3 young dancers

THE GREEN SNAKE AND BEAUTIFUL LILLY 1997

collaboration with The Mask Studio GB

BLACK EARTH Circle X Arts

48 member company 18 month project touring europe


GERMANY

DER TURM directer Christopher Marcus

Mystery drama projects directer Heinz Federik

The JOHANNAS SCENES

The SOULS AWAKENING


ITALY

ORANGE CLOCK TEATRO STUDIO PRODUCTIONS

created by Donna Lee Corby

WALKING THE PATH

BORDER LINES

ORANGE CLOCK NEWS

LA ARAB FENICE ENSORGE

DREAM BORN


STUDIO 9.11 DOLCEDO PRODUCTIONS

OUT OF THE DARK

ANGELS DREAM







Artist, Choreographer, Teacher, Event Organizer

Self Employed
1999.01 - 2024.06

PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE for theatre and music events, special occasions, personal portraits for clients, meeting their creative vision and ensuring satisfaction with the final product.

  • photographic collections and hand painted interior design for aged care residential homes. Casa di Riposo Dolcedo, Casa di Riposo San Remo, Italy
  • 2005-2006 artisitic directer and organization FIORI DI TESTA , short film festivals, Dolcedo


EVENT ORGANISATION/ARTISTIC DIRECTION

  • DOLCEDO VITA ART FESTIVAL. 2010

artistic directer for 2 month art festival of contemporary dance, film festival, children's week, recycle refashion week, exhibition of local artists and a concert with the san Remo symphony orchestra.


  • LA SCALA AZURRA beach bar and restaurant, Imperia Italy 2000-2004 Artistic directer for summer culture programme at




Art Exhibitions

Various
2008.01 - 2024.01

PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibitions


FACES OF DOLCEDO bar sottu monte Dolcedo

TIME PEICES Beatrice Brauen and Donna Lee Corboy STUDIO 9.11 Dolcedo

DOLCEDO LIFESTYLE ristorante Val Prino Prela

VILLAGE LIFE aged care homes La Borea San Remo, casa de Riposo Dolcedo

DOLCEDO CAMPAGNI co exhibition with Tytus Dubbel, Sala San Domenico Dolcedo

LA PIGNA, photographic group exhibition San Remo

MOMENTS IN A DAY photographic music evening Trattoria Villa Tella

A SLICE OF LIFE exhibtion in CSOA La talpa, Imperia

THROUGH MY EYE lifestyle photos Sala San Domenico

NOI SIAMO QUI artist symposium Oratorio San Lorenzo

VEILED TIME artist sympsium 2 Oratorio San Lorenzo

  • monthly exhibitions at the local Summer Market Dolcedo


ART installations

PER LE DONNE Casa della Rocca

OUT OF THE DARK Studio 9.11

DROP FROM THE SEA exhibiton space for Analisa Fontaine

RECYCLED TIME recycle refashion week Dolcedo Vita Art Festival

ELEPHANTS, SHOES AND EYEGLASS IMAGES

studio 9.11 B Brauen and DL Corboy

TIMES A CHANGING a weekly public installation in my Art space, Studio 9.11 a three year project.


BOOKS

I have self published and designed books of events for clients, artist portfolios and special family events.




Film Making and Video Visuals for Performance

Self Employed
2000.01 - 2024.01

CAMERA AND EDITING


  • DAS PALAAST Art Film sculpture and choreography

by B.Brauen, DL Corboy, M Pickering CH-IT-GB

  • THE DREAMING Art Film sculpture and choreography

by B. Brauen, DL Corboy CH-IT

  • 2 WOMEN 2 STORIES

art film by B Brauen and DL Corboy CH-IT

  • DANCING WITH WAVES trilogy

art dance films for artist Claudia Borgna USA

  • LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER

art for Claudia Borgna USA


CONCEPT FOR VISUAL PROJECTIONS

performances created by DLCorboy


HER KNEE

I AM PAPER

OUT OF THE DARK

BORDER LINES

THE TEMPEST


PRODUCTION VIDEO VISUALS

FILM AND EDITING


DREAM BORN solo DLCorboy

UNDER THE ARCHES Orange clock production

ITS A MAD MAD WORLD Orange clock production

THE LITTLE MERMAID 4th year grad. performance Allanus universitate fur kunst.

BEYOND BORDERS collaboration performance 3 dancers

PER ALICE collaboration performance dancer, 2 visual artists

OUT OF THE DARK performance DLCorboy


COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS C.S.O.A Imperia Italy

VAGINA MONOLOUGES Eva Ensler

NIGHT IN ACTION devised performance

LA ARABA FENICE INSORGE devised perfomance


MUSIC VIDEOS

CABBAGE CAFE, KRIS LANZARO. SPACCA LUCE.


EXTRA VISUAL PROJECTS

VIDEO SLIDESHOWS FOR WEDDINGS, EVENTS AND PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC and ARTISTS PORTFOGLIOS.






Writing and Text Compilation

Myself
1980.01 - 2024.01

Writing is part of my life since I was a teenager, initiating with puppet and theatre plays, and writing songs when working with children in need of special care, particularly those with autism.

During my dance training I participated in creative writing workshops with Ashley Ramsden and various others.

As a traveller I kept journals and wrote accounts.

I began writing for stage with my own solo performances and for theatre plays that were compiled by the performers, I was then engaged by other groups to write for them.


SOLO WORKS TEXT WRITING

Her Knee, Crazy Daisy, I am paper, Out of the Dark, 5 Faces


PERFORMANCE WRITING

Bar of Desires

Soaring into the Blue

Per Alice

two women two stories (co writer)

waking with milk in the eyes, based on the cave dwellers. Liefde von 7 Poppen text compilation

The green snake character portrayal

PUPPET SHOWS script adaption and songs

het blaue licht, the elves and the shoemaker, thumberlina, the zeeheks von het ouder loch.





Choregrapher Directer

Cornelia Klose
2022.07 - 2022.09

Directing a performance for dancer, actor and musician. contributing with graphics for poster and visuals for the video projections. rehearsals in Italy and Germany

EDUCATIONAL Workshops, Lessons and Classes

Various
1998.01 - 2022.09
  • EMERSON COLLEGE East sussex GB summer courses
  • PEREDOUR EURYTHMY SCHOOL summer courses
  • ON TOUR with THE SOULS AWAKENING

San Francisco, New York, Chicargo, Toronto, Vancuver.

  • ON TOUR with ASHDOWN EURYTHMY

schools throughout germany, holland, switzerland and France.

  • MEPPEL VRIJ SCHOOL Holland

4 weeks every semiester over 4 years, with difficult teenages

theatre choreography.

  • MEET UP STUTTGART international meeting for 3rd year eurythy students
  • MEETUP GOETHEANUM international 4th year student meeting Switzerland
  • ALANUS HOCHSCHULE FUR KUNST (university Bonn)

from 1995 until 1999 i was invited to teach in the performing arts vaculty. I worked 1 semester every year.



ORANGE CLOCK TEATRO STUDIO WORKSHOP WEEKS


  • CREATIVE WORKWEEK 1 /2 10 participants
  • TIME PASSES 6 participants
  • LEGS AND FEET 8 participants
  • ITS A MAD MAD WORLD 6 pariticpants


MOVING WORDS, BASIC SPACE ORIENTATION, EXCERCISES FOR A SANE MIND.

weekly courses over 3 years for local youth culminating in full scale community installation and art performances.


STUDIO 9.11 DOLCEDO

DEATH BY RAIL understudy for two dancers workshop

HIP HOP WORKSHOPS Alexandro De Paoli (Sweden)

PAINTING AND DANCE a set of summer workshops for children

DANCING IN NATURE 6 weeks childrens summer camp





Film Concept, Editing and Final Presentation

Claudia Borgna
2015.07 - 2015.09

collaborating with plastic bag artist CLaudia Borgna, I was responsibile for filming her improvised performance, creating the visual concept and story line.

The triology was shown at the musem of Contemproary Art in San Francisco USA, a 24 hour loop projection space.


DANCE THEATRE CO FOUNDING

Various
1996.01 - 2024.01

HOLLAND

1996 Cofounder MAUI POPPEN THEATRE

1996 Cofounder and ARTISTIC DIRECTER

International theatregroep LAAN VAN POOT


GERMANY ITALY

1999 Cofounder and ARTISTIC DIRECTER

international theatre company WINGS AND FEET


ITALY

2003 cofounder and ARTISTIC DIRECTER

ORANGE CLOCK TEATRO STUDIO


COSTUME DESIGN AND INTERPRETATION

The ROSE theatre

King Lear, The lad with Goatskin, As you like it.

LAAN VAN POOT TEATRE GROUP

Het strader project, The Tempest, sonetos del amore oscuro, Liefede van 7 poppen, Her Knee

JUGENDSTIL

Soaring into the Blue




2008 founder of cultural art space STUDIO 9.11

Graphics, Signs, Wall Paintings, Interior Design

Various
2005.01 - 2016.01
  • Bar Suttu Monte, handpainted outside sign for local bar.
  • Pizzeria Dolcedo, full size wall painting
  • Pizzeria La Fontanella, 2 outside signs, photographic exhibitions
  • agriculturism Casa della Rocca business card and website photos
  • Agricultirism Casa Didun, photographs for website, interior and reportage of olive picking.
  • Bed and Breakfast Arcadia Marina, interior design for 3 rooms, handpainted walls, furniture and lamps.


ART PROJECTS graphics for posters

  • Night in Action, la araba fenice insorge, the vagina monologues,
  • 2x shortfilm festival Fiori de Testa
  • performance Sei was du willst, C.KLose, Poster design
  • installation CLaudia Borgna, poster design, cd graphics
  • for 2 women 2 stories B.Brauen and donna lee corboy
  • night culture market Prela


EVO.

Scappa fuori art film club, CSOA,




GARDEN ANIMALS AND ART

Myself
2008.07 - 2016.02

GARDENING ANIMALS AND ART


Due to health reasons, I began an organic vegetable garden rendering enough food for personal use, proceeding on to an orchard with grapevines, pear and apple trees, cherries, figs ad other fruits.


I raised quails and free range chickens for eggs.


I studied and worked intensively with non toxic total organic pest and weed control.


learning to make compost and mulch.


studied and learnt water flow landscaping


initiated a medicinal herb garden I produced a serious of pure herbal organic olive oils for self use and to sell in the local market. I also produced herbal tea mixes.


I took on 4 old rescue dogs over the years, all benefiting from the life in the garden at the same time interacting with the children who visited regularly.


During the summer months I made small art events in the garden.

exhibiting my photographic work and inviting other artists to perform, play music or create nature installations.

I also gave outside watercolour painting and dance lessons.


I offered Breakfast with eggs and herbal teas' to small groups of tourists


I offered to the local community Sunday Morning dog garden.


I was volunteer at the local animal rescue for 10 years, one of my main focus points was interaction with animals and people, helping people with difficult dogs and encouraging visits to old peoples homes.




Visual Art and Photographic Collage

Myself
2000.01 - 2023.01

I have worked on a number of art photograph's combining my own photographs into collages that embrace a theme.

These art works have been commissioned and others sold.


ART WORKS BY COMMISSION

Architect Peter Uster Switzerland commission

4 women wearing Hats print on alluminion

dreamscape series, dreaming into winter print on plexiglass

the red madonna, heart seeds light box image


La Fontanella comission

a series of 12 large formate photos for a local restaurant Dolcedo, Italy


Yacht service commission

photographic collage SEA BREEZE


agricultourism CASA DIDUN

photographic images for 3 accomodation appartments

agricultourism CROCE DE MALTA

12 images for rooms plus business card


many other photographic works have found homes throughout Europe and GB, sold in the local monthly art market Dolcdeo and online.


PAINTING 2006/2016 commission work

Bar Sottu Munte outside sign

La Fontanella 2x outside signs

Pizzeria Dolcedo wall mural

B&B La Arcadia Porto Maurizio interior design for 3 rooms including painting and photographic images

la Scala AZZURA beach bar and restaurant

4x6 metre shower mosaic

2x interior toilet decoration images and decoration

private home (IT) wall murale 3x4 metres, theme Our Earth

private home (GB) 3x5 metres wall mural "The moon Prince, sun princess"

Artist AnnaLisa Fontaine (IT) design for her exhibitions space "drops from the sea"

Ann Marie Hancock Hong Kong, swim certificates x4 plus business card

Delia die business card, portfoglio book

private commission Berlin forest light 4x3 metre wall image


FESTIVE INSTALLATION

ZEN BEACH Paper, Bamboo and light installation private birthday party Monica and Luca

CIVEZZA COMMUNITY SPACE projection and light installation private party

CASA DELLA ROCCA installation for womans day celebrations. sculptures and cloth

VAL PRINO ristorante night market video and light installation

LA SCALA AZZURRA CULTURE BEACH Imperia decoration and installation weekly for 3 months each summer

FRIDAY NIGHT CULTURE CLUB Dolcedo light and video installations

SALA SAN DOMENICO Dolcedo installation for school theatre productions

Education

Associate of Arts - Diploma in Artistic Choreographic Interpretation

Nuremburg School of Eurythmy
Germany
07.1988

Bachelor of Arts - Dance And Theatre

London School of Eurythmy
East Sussex, Great Britian
07.1987

Associate of Arts - Childcare And Development

Hohepa Homeschool
Christchurch, NZ
12.1979

GED -

MCKILLOP COLLEGE School For Girls
Christchurch, NZ
12.1979

Skills

  • working with people of all age-groups with movement arts
  • leadership skills through directing and event organization.
  • Artistic flair towards aspects of interior design and theatre-dance set and costumes
  • Photography service and Adobe Photoshop editing skills.
  • Gallery and Exhibit Preparation
  • Multimedia ART productions and co.ordination especially in community projects.
  • Lessons in movement techniques for health and wellbeing
  • organising artist exchange programmes and symposiums.
  • working with organic gardening and animal wellbeing.
  • Visual digital Art images

volenteer work

ANIMALS

My love of animals led me to work as a volenteer at La Cuccia dog and cat rescue centre and kennels in Imperia Italy.

Engaging every Sunday to walk the dogs, eventually taking four dogs home to live with me over the space of 10 years.


In my local village I care for the wild cats of the village, now a collonia with 3 other families joining the association for cat care

in our village.


PEOPLE

I have also taken on the care of elderly folk who lived alone in my village. In particular 3 people who became part of my daily life,

shopping, looking after their animals and keeping company every week.


I am also active in my local community participating actively in the organising the local yearly festivals.


A special note. for 10 years I returned to New Zealand every year to look after and care for my mother who suffered from Alzheimers disease.


Languages

Dutch
Professional Working
German
Professional Working
Italian
Full Professional

Timeline

Choregrapher Directer

Cornelia Klose
2022.07 - 2022.09

Film Concept, Editing and Final Presentation

Claudia Borgna
2015.07 - 2015.09

GARDEN ANIMALS AND ART

Myself
2008.07 - 2016.02

Art Exhibitions

Various
2008.01 - 2024.01

Graphics, Signs, Wall Paintings, Interior Design

Various
2005.01 - 2016.01

Film Making and Video Visuals for Performance

Self Employed
2000.01 - 2024.01

Visual Art and Photographic Collage

Myself
2000.01 - 2023.01

Director Choreographer

Various Companies
1999.01 - 2022.01

Artist, Choreographer, Teacher, Event Organizer

Self Employed
1999.01 - 2024.06

EDUCATIONAL Workshops, Lessons and Classes

Various
1998.01 - 2022.09

DANCE THEATRE CO FOUNDING

Various
1996.01 - 2024.01

Writing and Text Compilation

Myself
1980.01 - 2024.01

Associate of Arts - Diploma in Artistic Choreographic Interpretation

Nuremburg School of Eurythmy

Bachelor of Arts - Dance And Theatre

London School of Eurythmy

Associate of Arts - Childcare And Development

Hohepa Homeschool

GED -

MCKILLOP COLLEGE School For Girls
Donna Lee Corboy