About the Creator
Historical Performance Résumé
Martha Young
Before she created OneiraMind™, Martha “Mizzy” Rivera trained and performed throughout New England under the name Martha Young. This résumé gathers that history as it is currently known.
Many records from the late 1980s and early 1990s are still being located. Each credit is labelled to show whether it is documented, remembered, or still under research.
At a Glance
Disciplines and Mentors
Dance Disciplines
- Classical ballet
- Jazz
- Tap
- Musical theater
Instructors and Mentors
- Skip Warren
- Kathy Whitelaw
- Elaine Chase
- Terry Norgeot
- Suzette Hutchinson
- Additional instructors whose names are still being researched
Ballet Company Experience
Company Performances
-
Company performance
North Atlantic Ballet
Boston area, Massachusetts
Performed with Skip Warren’s ballet company.
Basis: Recollection
-
Company performance
Academy of Performing Arts
Orleans, Massachusetts
Regional company performance experience alongside intensive training.
Mizzy recalls being selected for leading roles by Skip Warren.
Basis: Recollection
Training Institutions
Where She Trained
-
Training & performance
Academy of Performing Arts
Orleans, Massachusetts
Intensive ballet, jazz, tap, and musical theater training.
Basis: Recollection
-
Classes
Boston Ballet
Boston, Massachusetts
Additional ballet classes. Not a member of Boston Ballet’s professional company.
Basis: Recollection
-
Training & performance
Northampton Ballet
Massachusetts
Ballet training on a full scholarship (see Scholarship below).
Basis: RecollectionUnder research
-
Classes
Brattleboro School of Dance
Vermont
Additional dance training.
Basis: Recollection
-
Classes
Berklyn Ballet
Vermont
Additional ballet training.
The school’s historical name and affiliation still need verification.
Basis: RecollectionUnder research
Musical Theater Productions
On Stage as Martha Young
-
Production
1991
Working
Provincetown Theatreworks
The Newsboy, featured in the number “Neat to Be a Newsboy.”
The 1991 production is documented in historical theater credits. Mizzy’s specific cast credit and the newspaper reviews she remembers are still being sought.
Basis: DocumentedRecollectionUnder research
-
Production
Early 1990s
Gypsy
Harwich Junior Theatre
Baby June. Directed by Nina Schuessler.
The exact production year, original cast list, photographs, and reviews are under research. Mizzy remembers positive local press attention.
Basis: RecollectionUnder research
Scholarship Experience
Scholarship
-
Scholarship
Full ballet scholarship — Northampton Ballet
Massachusetts
Associated with the foster-children’s arts philanthropy of actress and former ballet dancer Victoria Rowell, who founded the Rowell Foster Children’s Positive Plan in 1990.
The scholarship connection comes from Mizzy’s recollection and has not yet been independently verified.
Basis: RecollectionUnder research
Athletics & Equestrian Training
Rink and Saddle
-
Team
Nauset Flyers — hockey
Played right wing and goaltender.
Basis: Recollection
-
Skating
Speed-skating training; practiced figure-skating techniques on hockey skates.
Basis: Recollection
-
Equestrian
Studied dressage and hunter/jumper riding with her own Morgan horse, Stuffy.
Basis: Recollection
Archival Research
Still Being Recovered
Original cast lists, programs, photographs, and newspaper reviews from these productions and companies are being sought. This résumé will be updated as records are found; nothing here is listed as verified until it has been documented.