- Amanda Schull
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name = Amanda Schull
birthdate = birth date and age|1978|08|26
location =Honolulu, Hawaii , U.S. flagicon|Hawaii flagicon|USA
height = 5' 5" (1.65 m)
club = San Francisco Ballet Company
deathdate =
retired = April 2006
occupation = Ballerina & Actress|Amanda Schull was born
August 26 ,1978 inHonolulu ,Hawaii . She attendedPunahou School , the oldestprivate school in Hawaii, and trained at Hawaii State Ballet under the instruction of John Landovsky. She spent many years at Hawaii State Ballet, but soon she was offered a full ride scholoarship to Indiana University, due to ballet. During Schull's sophomore year at Indiana University (as aballet andjournalism major) she attended the San Francisco Ballet School Summer Intensive. SFBS subsequently offered Schull a scholarship to continue her studies for an additional year.When Schull's year-long scholarship ended in 1999,
San Francisco Ballet 'sartistic director offered her an apprenticeship which she accepted. Schull was cast in the starring role of Jody Sawyer in the 2000 movie "Center Stage " while still an apprentice with SFB. She subsequently joined SFB as a full-time member of itscorps de ballet .As of April 2006, Schull retired from San Francisco Ballet. In May 2008 she was reported to be in Australia, shooting the movie adaptation of
Li Cunxin 's "Mao's Last Dancer". [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/all-about-this-city/2008/05/15/1210765058464.html All about this city for Kyle - Stay In Touch - Entertainment - smh.com.au ] ]References
External links
*imdb name|id=0776040|name=Amanda Schull
* [http://starbulletin.com/2003/06/26/features/story1.html 26 June 2003]Honolulu Star Bulletin article
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