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As a member of the New York City Ballet, Mr. Fleming danced solo and principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins. He also headed a group of soloists and principals from the New York City Ballet, which toured Europe and performed his choreography as well as that of George Balanchine. With Mr. Balanchine's encouragement he embarked on a career as a choreographer and received a fellowship from the National Choreographic Institute. Mr. Fleming served as the Artistic Director of the Compania Colombiana de Ballet at the Teatro Colon in Bogota, Colombia from 1985 to 1990. He was named Artistic Director of Bay Ballet Theatre in Tampa, Florida in 1993. For the last five years he has served as Assistant Director and Resident Choreographer for The Rock School for Dance Education of the Pennsylvania Ballet. Recently he was named Co-Director of New York City based Contrast Dance Theatre. He has choreographed a broad variety of works appearing in the repertoire of a number of different companies. Included are traditional full-length works such as The Nutcracker (four different productions) and Romeo And Juliet (on three different companies) as well as original full-length works Gaspar, Dracula and The Three Musketeers. Mr. Fleming has directed for the stage an international tour of the play K2 and choreographed the world premiere of Honky Tonk Angels the Garth Brooks musical. His work was recently seen Off-Broadway with the choreography for Anne Frank And Me at the American Jewish Theatre. He has choreographed The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe as well as Candide! for the famed Prince Musical Theatre in Philadelphia His pas de deux Opus Three was created for former Kirov Ballet principals Elena Martinson and Andrei Ustinov and was presented at the 1996 anniversary gala for the National Theatre of Estonia. In April of 1997 he Choreographed and staged the Grand Opening Ceremonies for the World Premiere of the international museum tour, TITANIC The Exhibition in Memphis, TN. It was presented on the 85th Anniversary of the sinking of the great ship in the Pyramid Arena before a live audience of 4,000. In 2000 Mr. Fleming created the acclaimed rock and roll ballet Janis & Joe for The Dayton Ballet. In 2000 he was commissioned by the Anton Dvorak Opera House in Ostrava, Czech Republic to choreograph a major work celebrating the life and work of Anton Dvorak. For this piece he utilized the resources of the Czech National Opera, Ballet and Orchestra. Additionally in 2000 he created two new works for Russia's St. Petersburg Male Ballet, both of which have been featured in that companies' international engagements. In 2001 he created Edge of Assurances for The Ohio Ballet with a percussion score. Additionally in 2001 he was co commissioned by The Dayton Ballet and The Ohio Ballet to create the critically acclaimed humorous baseball themed ballet Play Ball! - A Ballet in Nine Innings. In 2002 he created the special dance / theatre work The Awakening for the Grand Opening of Jean Claude Gaugy’s studio and gallery in Sante Fe, New Mexico. In 2003 he created The Legend of Metatron for the Dayton Ballet as well as choreographing an NBC television special Degas and the Dance. Most recently he has choreographed the entire 2003 season of The Sarasota Opera in Sarasota Florida, and in 2002 the opera Hansel and Gretel for the Temple University Opera as well as Aida for The Delaware Opera in 2004. His choreographic awards include Silver Medals at the Festival Des Arts Des St. Sauveur in Quebec the Silver Medal from the San Juan Competition and the Special Choreographic Award from the Youth American Grand Prix. Additionally his work was featured by the Gold Medal Winner at both the Youth America Grand Prix and the Cuban National Ballet Competition. He has also staged a dance/juggling routine for The LaSalle Brothers that earned a Bronze Medal at the Grand Prix du Cirque in Paris. In February of 2005 he was featured on MTV's reality series "MADE" where he was given 30 days to turn a high school jock into a respectable ballet dancer. It is one of the highest rated episodes in the history of "MADE" |
