Alan Obuzor

Alan Obuzor, originally from Pittsburgh, began dancing at the age of 9. Two years later he attended Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, where in 1998 he was a recipient of the very prestigious Princess Grace Foundation Dance Honorarium. Alan received a contract to join PBT’s professional Company at the age of seventeen. During his seven years in PBT’s Company, Alan danced a wide array of ballets ranging from classical to neoclassical to contemporary, which included principle and soloist roles in ballets such as “The Nutcracker,” “Swan Lake,” “Symphony in  C,” “Carmina Burana,”
and “Divertimento 15”. In that time he also worked with many world renowned figures in dance, and was selected to originate soloist roles in new works by choreographers Dwight Rhoden, Derek Dean, Matjash Mrozewski, and Jiabin Pan. Alan began teaching ballet in the upper division of Pinetree Performing Arts Center in 2002. Since that time, has joined the faculty of PBTS as one of the primary Pre-Professional Division teachers. Alan has created several pieces for Pinetree as well as new works for PBTS, Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Point Park University, Dancers’ Trust, and PBT.